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My molars don't connect together flat.. it seems they sit on eachother at a bit of an angle. Is this normal? Will my ortho want to correct that before I get my braces off? Should my molars meet completely flat?

Shes trying to pull my upper jaw back a bit but I feel like it makes my bite so weird!...when I wear my elastics and bite down its like my front teeth are the only things connecting.. I have to pull my lower jaw back to just connect my molars.. shes so insistent on changing my bite but it doesn't feel natural at all.

Not sure what you meant by meeting together flat, but your teeth are supposed to mesh together properly after everything. I found an image off an ortho's blog post which shows the ideal bite relationship of the molars.



Your bite is going to feel off and ever changing as your ortho is working on fixing it, so give it abit of time. But that said, if it gets to the point where it hurts your jaw joints, be sure to bring it up to your ortho.

I know how you feel! I'm having a few issues with my bite at the moment. It feels really uncomfortable at times and imbalanced. Have you told her about it? Definitely bring it up during your next check up. I'm certainly going to in mine

assertives wrote: ↑Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:22 pm Not sure what you meant by meeting together flat, but your teeth are supposed to mesh together properly after everything. I found an image off an ortho's blog post which shows the ideal bite relationship of the molars.



Your bite is going to feel off and ever changing as your ortho is working on fixing it, so give it abit of time. But that said, if it gets to the point where it hurts your jaw joints, be sure to bring it up to your ortho.

Thanks hats helpful... By not sitting flat I guess I mean when I bite down I can stick my tongue between my top and bottom molars because they only sit on the outter edge of the tooth... if that makes more sense !

solo321 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:30 pm I know how you feel! I'm having a few issues with my bite at the moment. It feels really uncomfortable at times and imbalanced. Have you told her about it? Definitely bring it up during your next check up. I'm certainly going to in mine

I have.. she kind of just says we need to try to adjust things still even though im happy with the way my bite is without elastics lol

Good luck at your appt!

Steph30 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:59 pm

assertives wrote: ↑Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:22 pm Not sure what you meant by meeting together flat, but your teeth are supposed to mesh together properly after everything. I found an image off an ortho's blog post which shows the ideal bite relationship of the molars.



Your bite is going to feel off and ever changing as your ortho is working on fixing it, so give it abit of time. But that said, if it gets to the point where it hurts your jaw joints, be sure to bring it up to your ortho.

Thanks hats helpful... By not sitting flat I guess I mean when I bite down I can stick my tongue between my top and bottom molars because they only sit on the outter edge of the tooth... if that makes more sense !

Oh. If that's the case then it's not normal and will need to be fixed, otherwise you will get premature wear on your molars. As your bite is changing, it will take sometime for your jaws to adjust to how it's supposed to rest or meet. So discomfort is normal.

I also had that after wearing elastics to extrude molars. They tilted inwards and only touched at the outer tips, so I could stick my tongue between them. It eventually sorted itself out at the cost of losing all the work done and some mouth space, and the risk of breaking teeth due to clenching, which luckily did not happen... It's not normal and needs attention as this causes too much pressure where the teeth touch, and you risk chipping and breaking them...