Today, went to my Ortho for my consult. Found out my teeth were in much worse shape than I thought and my jaw joint has been severely diminshed on the left side. Apparently I grind my teeth and didn't know it!
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It is amazing what you find out about your body when you get an expert looking at xrays and molds. I was astonished to see how my teeth looked in the molds. In addition to my 5 mm overbite, my top and bottom teeth have raised up and leaned inwards and then overlapped. What the body does to compensate for a small mouth!
The Ortho set my B-Day for Mar 22!
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I will get the Damon brackets on uppers and lowers and wear them for approximately 22 months, then permanent retainers and a mouthguard (for the grinding). Thankfully, the Ortho doesn't want to extract any teeth at this point. He said we might down the road, but lets see what the braces can do first. My thoughts exactly!