When oh when will I get my braces off?

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#16 Post by **nvcarissa** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:33 pm

Like many here, I was told that my braces would probably come off six months post op. I guess that's the standard response. Well, IF my debanding date holds, it will be 13 1/2 months post op that they will come off. And yes, at about six months I felt like I was going to lose my mind. Tweak, tweak, weird gaps, more tweaks, but now, finally...it looks ready to go.

Crossing my fingers...but not holding my breath!

#17 Post by **freerideuk** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:10 am

are you aloud to tell your ortho that you feel your bite is as close as you want and you just want them off?

cause if i had my braces on longer than 6 months after my opp ad just want them off lol

xxx

#18 Post by **phil** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:38 am

I am planning on about 12 months post-op ortho...if I'm lucky! There's still a lot of work left to do with my bite, and I dare say that it will take a while before my mandible establishes equilibrium, and they know exactly WHERE my bite should be!

I figure if I accept it now, and my debanding ends up being sooner than a year from now, I'll be pleasantly surprised. I look at it this way--I lived with my malocclusion for over 40 years, what's one more year in my life to get it right? And dealing with braces is NOTHING compared to recovery from surgery!

#19 Post by **iristurquoise** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:21 pm

I love all the positive attitudes. My orthodontist said yesterday "Well yah between 6 -12 months." Sometimes I wish he'd just say "Yah about 6 months" and I'd take it as it was if it was longer. I'm coming to realize though that the month that has just passed after my surgery flew by and 5 months from now really isn't that far away. I just pray I'll be pleasantly surprised.
As for the method, I'd say you were right because I only had regular orthodontic elastics after the surgery. After a week I was more or less back to normal too.

#20 Post by **asd** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:50 pm

Ive just turned 18, i was wondering if age matters as to how long after the op you keep them on, because i thought mayve if your older your teeth may have more of a tendancy to move back to how they were. Im just so desperate to get mine off. Im 4 weeks post op and want them off already!! My authodontist had said they earliest they could come possibly come off is 6 weeks but my teeth have gone all wierd and gappy since they op so im guessing it will be 3-6 months which is the average.

#21 Post by **iristurquoise** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:25 pm

I'm hoping someone could answer this question too. I'm in the same boat (17 and 5 weeks post op ) but my orthodontist was not as sympathetic as yours.

#22 Post by **ohmyjaw** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:36 pm

I am exactly four months post-op today. I think I have a ways to go, but I am afraid to ask just how long. My teeth look pretty good, but they don't fit together that well. I thought they would fit together really nicely after the surgery, but that is just not the case.