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hi..
i wanna know 3 things
1. that's the "accepted" overjet? how big? 1mm, 2mm?

2. how long it will take (approximatively) to fix a 4-5mm overjet with elastics? how many months? (my teeth are straight now, almost 8 months in braces. i had no overjet at start, but i have now)
it needs to be reduced to a 0mm overjet, or 1-2mm overjet is allowed?


3. let's say... what could happen to a person that finishes the treatment earlier, remains with an overjet like 4mm, wears his retainer like it should. what can happen?
(not planning to do that, just wanna know)
thanks

i think an overjet of 0-2 mm is considered a normal amount

not sure how long it takes to correct

usually there is a little bit of relapse after taking off braces

haywire wrote:hi..
i wanna know 3 things
1. that's the "accepted" overjet? how big? 1mm, 2mm?

2. how long it will take (approximatively) to fix a 4-5mm overjet with elastics? how many months? (my teeth are straight now, almost 8 months in braces. i had no overjet at start, but i have now)
it needs to be reduced to a 0mm overjet, or 1-2mm overjet is allowed?


3. let's say... what could happen to a person that finishes the treatment earlier, remains with an overjet like 4mm, wears his retainer like it should. what can happen?
(not planning to do that, just wanna know)
thanks

I'm glad you posted this.. b/c I had the same question before and I don't think anybody answered. Maybe some of the orthos that come here sometimes can answer? I have an overjet too, which I too didn't have before I started. My bottoms have been retracted and now I have my tops to be retracted and right now I have a pretty big overjet.. I think it's about 7-8 mm! Yikes..

I would like to know too!