Hi, I read your post, and I was screwed in ortho. I'm 54 and I was left with a 5-6mm overjet. I wanted to know who your ortho is. I'm in NYC. So far, they are telling me there is no hope to fix it under than surgery.
Thanks Fran
njbeachbetty wrote:My orthodontist initially hesitated to take me as an invisalign case - I had nearly an 8mm overjet. Now, three years later, my teeth are so perfect people I don't know tell me how beautiful my teeth are. How wonderful, right?
Anyway, this is how he got me to this point. First, an palatal expander for eight months - that was truly the worst part. I couldn't talk for a week! Then came ceramic braces - I only did this because my wedding was coming up and I wanted some kind of a difference. I had the ceramics on for four months and got them taken off for my wedding. Then I got married, when I came back from my honeymoon I started on my first of 37 invisalign trays. I am now on tray 36 of 37 and NEVER NEEDED REFINEMENTS! My ortho was quite pleased. He was expecting refinements.
As for elastics, my ortho put attachments on my teeth to hold elastics under my invisalign. Don't tell him - but I never wear them. Invisalign did all the work. By the way, I have absolutely no trace of an overjet anymore! I believe the true secret is have an orthodontist, not a dentist.
Hi there,
Take a look at my blog link below, I am having my overjet/ bite fixed with invisalign. It certainly seems to be working thus far, although I am only half way through my bottom arch and almost finished with the tops. I have photos of each stage. my ortho was happy to treat me, although he says it is challenging. I think, though, that that is more to do with the difficulty of moving a tooth that I have growing across the bottom of my mouth than with the overbite.
Have you gotten second opinions to see if there are options other than surgery? I suggest seeking orthos with advanced degrees or that are Premier Providers for Invisalign and get a couple of assessments.
I'm being treated for severe overbite and am presently having a mid-course correction (same thing as a refinement but earlier in treatment). I'm 59 and have a skeletal problem - curved lower jawbone - that is making my case hard to treat. So far, there have been no surgery recommendations. Initially, I was told I would require fixed braces if Invisalign didn't work, but so far this hasn't been required.
I've gone to a ton of interviews. ORtho should not have been done on me. I had 4 wisdow teeth and 4 premolars removed. The 4 premolars when I first did ortho at 13. I was left where my teeth don't meet, the dentist ran off with the money. I was a mess. Got on my teeth barely. However, I've been having facial spasms since then. No pain. I was left with 5-6mm overjet. That's not an overbite. They look at me and don't know what to do. They say there is n o room to move me back. I've spent a small fortune here in NYC.
Wireless wrote:Have you gotten second opinions to see if there are options other than surgery? I suggest seeking orthos with advanced degrees or that are Premier Providers for Invisalign and get a couple of assessments.
I'm being treated for severe overbite and am presently having a mid-course correction (same thing as a refinement but earlier in treatment). I'm 59 and have a skeletal problem - curved lower jawbone - that is making my case hard to treat. So far, there have been no surgery recommendations. Initially, I was told I would require fixed braces if Invisalign didn't work, but so far this hasn't been required.
Hi, I was reading your blog. Are you saying that you didn't have to remove any teeth. I have none to remove. I had my 4 premolars removed as a child and my 4 wisdom teeth as an adult. They are saying they have no room to move me back. I also have facial spasms because my bite is so bad. I'm not on my back teeth properly.
Was any room made for your teeth to move back if you didn't remove a teeth. Was there interproximal reduction?
Thanks Fran
quote="myhollywoodsmile"]Hi there,
Take a look at my blog link below, I am having my overjet/ bite fixed with invisalign. It certainly seems to be working thus far, although I am only half way through my bottom arch and almost finished with the tops. I have photos of each stage. my ortho was happy to treat me, although he says it is challenging. I think, though, that that is more to do with the difficulty of moving a tooth that I have growing across the bottom of my mouth than with the overbite.[/quote]
I have a 4mm overjet due in part to my bottom teeth tilting back. My dentist said that he will be able to bring the bottom teeth forward and the top teeth in so that I will end up with a 1.5 mm overjet. Has anyone had any experience with this?
I started out with a substantial overjet. I don't exactly know the measurement; however, my top arch was always much larger than my bottom arch.
In my case, I have had IPR on the top front 10 teeth (between 0.2 up to 0.5 mm on each of those teeth). My top teeth have been pushed in significantly, to the point where my facial structure has even changed a little (nothing drastic just looks slightly more sunken in than before). I now have a much smaller top arch.
Be sure to use a reputable orthodontist as these are not simple movements. I started out with a dentist who tried to fix the overjet and I ended up with a worse bite problem. I am now with an orthodontist (elite premier provider) and my bite is starting to look and feel a lot better.
