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#1 Post by **xTc** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:28 pm

Hey all, hope everyone is well and looking forward to Christmas

I'm about 6 months in now, my lowers have really straightened up but my uppers are bugging me. The ones that I was most concerned about are the front two, they overlapped slightly and still kind of do. Do you think they'll straighten up? I feel pretty bummed as they don't seem to have moved for months now even though I've had power chains etc in for about a month.

As you can see they're a lot straighter overall, but don't seem to have moved much since about 2 months in.. Is this as good as it's gonna get?

Also, I've noticed I have a little chip on my front tooth, is this easy to fix?

Pics:

Day 1:

7 weeks in:

Today:

#2 Post by **KJK** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:59 pm

You can definitely notice the difference with your front teeth, XTC.

For me, it was the two front lateral incisors that weren't straight. Finally, after 16 months (as of today), they are in-line, but with more room to go. Definitely some frustration along the way. However, I've learned that you've need to trust the process -- things will eventually fall into place. Just may not happen as fast as you want/expect.

As for the chip, your regular dentist can repair that. Since my laterals weren't straight/and I didn't have any overbite, those laterals were significantly chipped away (I didn't notice until my teeth began to straighten out). My ortho was able to use composite to temporarily make them look great, but will need to have some work done by my dentist once I have my linguals/ibraces removed

#3 Post by **xTc** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:24 am

Ahh Ok thanks, so they will definitely straighten up completely? It'll just take a while?

#4 Post by **KJK** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:21 pm

well, that's why you got them, eh? My teeth have definitely moved for the better -- just took longer than I wanted for my top front (although I was given a timeframe of 15-18months -- I suspect it will go a little longer and I'm ok with that). However, I've read on this board how it was a shorter time frame. Just talk to your ortho about it.

How much time did your ortho say for you?

#5 Post by **xTc** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:35 pm

KJK wrote:well, that's why you got them, eh? My teeth have definitely moved for the better -- just took longer than I wanted for my top front (although I was given a timeframe of 15-18months -- I suspect it will go a little longer and I'm ok with that). However, I've read on this board how it was a shorter time frame. Just talk to your ortho about it.

How much time did your ortho say for you?

Yeah lol, my ortho said 18 months I think..

#6 Post by **KJK** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:04 am

patience is the key although for me, that was hard at the start. I wanted results asap. I haven't asked my ortho lately when he thought I would be done although he did say that he would like to do an x-ray during my next visit on Jan 5 to see how far my roots have moved.....that's a good sign in my mind.

have to say that in hindsight, time has flown by (although at certain times it didn't feel that way).

good luck

kevin