How many weeks apart are your braces appiontments

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#1 Post by **ChocolateMocha** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:57 pm

just wondering

#2 Post by **Laurie** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:22 pm

Six weeks for my first appointment after getting my uppers on.

Website · #3 Post by **alexa** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:45 pm

Yeah...MetalMouth Forum thing.

That aside, every 4 weeks, for me.

#4 Post by **BracesRacer** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:06 pm

Well I have only had two appointments after the initial one... but so far he has done adjustments every six weeks. You would think I could go faster... the teeth do all the moving in like 2 or 3 days and then they feel fine and dont seem to move much after that... I dunno he must know what he is doing. Maybe the root has to move to catch up or something...

#5 Post by **sashamax** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:45 pm

BracesRacer, glad to hear I'm not the only one who has this happen. I've only had 3 adjustments and each time movement occurs in the ensuing 1-4 days and then nothing until the next adjustment. My ortho once said that the bone needs 2-3 weeks to repair itself for the new tooth position, I'm guessing the extra time is just to make sure??

So far adjustments 1 & 2 were 5 weeks and adjustment 3 is this week at 6 weeks - the extra week has made the interval seem so much longer.

#6 Post by **Elyse84** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:09 pm

I've had 8 week breaks in between appointments. I'm only up to my third adjustment in a few weeks.

#7 Post by **lionfish** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:38 pm

Six to eight weeks to start, now four weeks apart.

#8 Post by **LaaLaa** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:52 am

My appointments are 4 weeks apart so far. Granted, I've only gone to one adjustment but the next one is 4 weeks away.

KK ~

I think I'd go crazy and get upset if my appointments were that far apart. I sometimes even want to go in more frequently.

#9 Post by **Clairey Fairey** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:18 am

6 weeks so far, but I've been told some of the appts will be 10 weeks apart!!

#10 Post by **JumpTheDitch** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:38 am

Usually 6-7 weeks.

#11 Post by **Lisa65** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:26 am

In general they are 6 weeks apart, unless he has something major planned for me.

#12 Post by **smile2006** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:32 am

My appointments have generally been four weeks. Right after jaw surgery I was seeing him every two weeks. At the moment I'm on 3 week intervals as well in anticipation of getting my braces removed soon. Tomorrow is an appointment but I still have a little gap that will probably negate getting them off. I can tell you if I had 6 or more week intervals I would not be getting clear power chains. After 3-4 weeks they have had it (yellowish)!

#13 Post by **MissDiana** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:58 am

I had six weeks between the day I was braced and my first official adjustment, and its every four weeks from there on.

#14 Post by **laurene** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:07 am

I just got braced a couple of weeks ago. My next scheduled appointment is 8 weeks later. This seems like a long time to wait after getting braced to see the ortho. Sounds like other people see their ortho more often. Now I'm concerned.

#15 Post by **AngelOfLife** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:41 am

6 weeks for me, only had one adjustment so far though