Setbacks suck--Havin myself a pity party
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:54 pm
For the last 2 weeks I've been in both box and closing elastics, a round lower archwire and a top archwired on the four front teeth only. The idea was to finish closing/settling my bite and then deband in the next month.
At today's appointment I found out that my lower jaw is wanting to slide backward (old habits apparently) and my right upper canine had started rotating in (also back to its former position). Plus my overbite (ortho's term) started to re-emerge somewhat.
So then we started talking jaw surgery--ortho: "yeah you have a gummy smile, like me. but does it bother you?" me: "yes it does" ortho: "well do you want jaw surgery?" me: "nope, sure don't" ortho: "between now and our next appt I want you to think about whether you would rather have a a perfect bite or a comfortable jaw. i would rather see you with a comfortable jaw" me: "me too (of course).
So then back on went a full top archwire and a heavier bottom archwire, and class II elastics, and I"ll go back in 3 weeks. Then we'll see if we can try to settle the bite again. I guess my biggest concern is whether my bite will be stable when I'm done. Particularly given the canine rotation--but as my husband pointed out, I will have a retainer (rather than the nothingness for the past 2 weeks, aside from an elastic pulling it downward). Just don't want to have spent the past 2 and a half years and all this money for nothing in the end.
I will concede that my canine rotated back into the right place the second the wire went on and that my jaw is wanting to sit more forward after just a few hours of elastic wear---but I still want to have my pity party just a wee bit longer
At today's appointment I found out that my lower jaw is wanting to slide backward (old habits apparently) and my right upper canine had started rotating in (also back to its former position). Plus my overbite (ortho's term) started to re-emerge somewhat.
So then we started talking jaw surgery--ortho: "yeah you have a gummy smile, like me. but does it bother you?" me: "yes it does" ortho: "well do you want jaw surgery?" me: "nope, sure don't" ortho: "between now and our next appt I want you to think about whether you would rather have a a perfect bite or a comfortable jaw. i would rather see you with a comfortable jaw" me: "me too (of course).
So then back on went a full top archwire and a heavier bottom archwire, and class II elastics, and I"ll go back in 3 weeks. Then we'll see if we can try to settle the bite again. I guess my biggest concern is whether my bite will be stable when I'm done. Particularly given the canine rotation--but as my husband pointed out, I will have a retainer (rather than the nothingness for the past 2 weeks, aside from an elastic pulling it downward). Just don't want to have spent the past 2 and a half years and all this money for nothing in the end.
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I will concede that my canine rotated back into the right place the second the wire went on and that my jaw is wanting to sit more forward after just a few hours of elastic wear---but I still want to have my pity party just a wee bit longer
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