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#16 Post by **Tin Indian** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:48 pm

I had molds done, then xrays and pictures took, financials taken care of and braced all in the same day, all in 2 1/4 hours.

#17 Post by **rsprouse** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:01 pm

What information is gathered depends on the difficulty of your case and the ortho's experience and technique. The standard operating procedure taught in school is to take a Pano, Ceph, and FMX, upper and lower impressions, intraoral and extraoral pictures (posterior, bicuspid area, anteriors, bite, arch, profile, straight on, etc) and potentially a bite or CR registration. Some people take more info and some less. It is used to properly diagnose and plan your treatment among other things.

Regards,
Rory

#18 Post by **stargirl** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:00 pm

At my initial consult, I had everything done - x-rays, molds, pictures, bite impression, and I even got spacers put in!

About 10 months in, I had another x-ray to check root alignment.

I think my ortho is pretty thorough!

#19 Post by **hippyhippo** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:02 pm

I had two sets of molds done. One for permanent records, which have been passed back and forth between my ortho's office & my surgeon's office already. The second set of molds were used for creating a glue tray to which my brackets were pre-attached to. On brace day the tray was popped in my mouth, excess glue scraped away, and presto! I was fully braced.

#20 Post by **Sweet L** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:20 pm

At my first consult, my ortho checked my teeth, and told me that I needed panoramic x-rays, once I had them done, I take them back to my Ortho, she checked them, told me that I needed my wisdom teeth removed and gave me another app. to have my molds done 11/07, I guess that maybe she'll take pics. as well...
I'm still waiting for the extractions, but really looking forward to my B-day!!!

#21 Post by **tracy729** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:40 pm

My ortho took photos and xrays first and then they did molds the day I got braced.

What exactly are the molds used for?

Tracy

Website · #22 Post by **Kell** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:42 pm

I never had molds done. I got pics from all different angles and x-rays, that was it.

Same here.

#23 Post by **Joel-** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:33 pm

At my first consultation I got xrays, pictures, and molds taken, $245

#24 Post by **dougwell** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:45 pm

I had x-rays, pics and molds done at the consult ... $130

#25 Post by **erik** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:20 pm

For me, all the real mouthwork was all at once. My consultation was just an examination and explination, nothing was done other than schedule me for two appointments, back to back, on the same day.

So brace day came... There was paperwork (break out the checkbook). Then the first real action was the impressions, followed by pictures and x-rays. Then, it was to the "chair" and my teeth were polished, which I thought was nice! Then came the infamous lip spreader and the installation of brackets and wires... I was done in just under two hours total (for everything).

I was sort of surprised they could do it all in one day, but I did not need spacers (no bands) so I guess the ortho just got me started. Maybe my case is so easy he did not need to view molds immediately...

For my kids, it was the impressions, x-rays, and spacers on one visit with the actual installation of hardware on another day.

Erik