What did your ortho do toward end of treatment?

[fins]

In the last few months leading up to debanding, what did your ortho do? I'm getting close to having mine removed and I wondered if they do little touch up things, for instance, moving a single tooth into better alignment or things like that.

[fins]

Is there a retainer with a bite block? Anyone have this?

[jaws]

I am in the last month or so of my treatment, and my ortho is being excrutiating with the details! I have been in every week for the past 3 weeks, and every time I go in he tries to tweak one tooth by 1mm. I'm glad he's taking his time to make things perfect, but in some ways I just want it to be over!!

Your ortho might do a little detail work, or you might not need it. I think it varies from case to case.

[pharie]

MY BRACES ARE COMING OFF ON JUNE 19 AND AT MY LAST APPOINTMENT I ASKED ABOUT A SMALL GAP I HAVE STILL GOT AND THE SHAPE OF SOME OF MY TEETH. I THOUGHT ALL THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFECT BEFORE THE BRACES CAME OFF. HOWEVER MY ORTHO IS A BIG BELIEVER IN LETTING THE TEETH "SETTLE" AFTER DE-BANDING AND TOLD ME THAT THE GAP WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AND HE WOULD SHAPE MY TEETH (SOME ARE A BIT MISHAPEN DUE TO BEING CROOKED FOR SO LONG) TWO OR THREE MONTHS AFTER DEBANDING. EVEN THOUGH THIS SEEMS A BIT WEIRD TO ME, HE HAS MADE AN AMAZING JOB OF MY TEETH SO FAR AND I TRUST HIS JUDGMENT. GOOD LUCK WITH YOURS.