venusasaboy wrote:When I first got my braces off, I was so happy with the results. Everything was perfect and looked even. About a month afterward, I ended up losing my retainers and the ortho took 1 month to replace them for me, and that's when my teeth started to move. My ortho offered free braces or retainers again because it was their fault it took more then 2 weeks, so I got a retainer on the top and bottom braces. After that, I was never really satisfied with my teeth again. I should have gotton both top and bottom braces, which is maybe why my bite is off now.
I just don't think I can do braces again- I have spent too much time working at this and it doesn't seem reasonable as far as asthetics go. I don't understand why I'm not able to use a removeable appliance of some sort to fix the grinding and minor front teeth shifting. It does seem rather odd that braces are the only option when there are so many types of appliances out there. I'm not sure where to go from here becuase it seems like the majority of orthos don't want to fix teeth with an appliance- and I am not going to risk getting veneers. I don't know what to do, I'm just so fed up with orthodontics in general. Its almost pointless to have even had braces, like it was a tease to see how my teeth were and then to have still worn retainers and have my bite ruined little by little. The reason I decided against braces again is because I don't have much faith that my teeth won't just move back no matter what I do. I don't understand how that even happens, or how so much money can be thrown around in a whirlwind cycle.
Aww... that's lousy
In that case maybe you should have gotten full braces again when it was offered. I'm not sure (I could be wrong) if retainers or other removables could fix the problem on one side with your bite. You could ask your ortho about inman aligners, which would probably fix the slight tilting in front in just a few weeks, but it wouldn't do anything about your bite not closing all the way.
I went and had 3 consults when I replaced my retainer, and 2 out of the 3 said I would probably need braces on my lowers again for almost 2 years, 1 said it might be able to be done with an inman in 8-10 weeks. It's been a pain in the behind trying to find a dentist/ortho that uses inman but I did find one, so in my opinion it's worth looking. The cost factor is much better, both my other consults not only said it would take nearly 2 years, they both suggested invisalign too. I don't have any bite problems anywhere other than the front, so it's a matter of moving my lower fronts behind my upper fronts - that's all. Invisalign is also close to 5K, and that much for what I want to accomplish sounds way overpriced. I'd probably get another consult and see if they can do something with springs or screws that you turn in a retainer - that's how I'm fixing my two relapsed uppers. I asked my ortho about trying to have both upper and lower bondeds as well as removables after treatment again and he was kind of iffy about my uppers but if there's a way, I'll do it, even if it has to be bonded in sections. That way the risk of relapse is less, even if you miss a night of retainers.... and at least it would be safe to go the day without them.
