Volare's Story - 10 months lingual iBraces:New Wire/elastics

[chocomorsel]

Is it too late to get those suckas plucked out? I'd pay the extra money myself if it means you'd be done soon. Anyway, looking at your pics I'm like, Oh my there's a lot of teeth in that mouth. I had my wisdoms out at 18 as they were growing in crookedly, pushing out the rest of my teeth and constantly getting infected. Don't miss them one bit. And recently I had two more removed. Anyway, good luck. Mine are'nt staying in any more than 23 months. I refuse and I'm moving so the have to go by the summer of 2012. Good luck with yours.

[Volare]

I really don't want to get the 3rd molars out. They are fully in and functional, but no iBraces brackets were designed for them, which is causing the problem. I should take some more photos...

[Volare]

Another visit to my ortho today. The iBraces have been on for 3 years now, with no end in sight. My ortho says I have two choices:

1 - remove my wisdom teeth
2 - replace lingual braces with regular braces, and attempt to get the wisdoms straighter.

There are no ibraces brackets on the wisdoms, so we haven't been able to do much as far as straightening them, although they aren't hugely out of whack or anything. It's just since they are in the very back, they are propping my bite open due to slight misalignment. I am really not thrilled with the idea of removing perfectly good teeth but I think I will go for a consult and see how much $$$ we are talking.

I may end up having to switch to regular braces anyway, as my front teeth aren't even really that straight. My ortho snapped my lower archwire today while trying to put a step in it to fine tune the result.

Ugh- this is getting old.

[lu lu]

Hey volare

I've only just come across your story. Going to follow it now.

post a piccie of what your teeth are looking like now.

I have lingual upper & ceramic lower & have only been in my lingual brace 2 months, so early days but seen a couple of pics of people's end results & now worrying I'm not going to be happy with my end result. I was told linguals could do what normal braces can but I'm not convinced after some photos. Obviously its early days yet.

Good luck with the rest of your journey.

I had my upper wisdoms out because there wasn't enough room for them & they were overlapping my other teeth. My lower wisdoms haven't come through but only because there's no room at the moment. I'd like them out if I could - peace of mind when my teeth are finally straight (if they ever are)

Keep us posted & keep them pics coming xx

[Volare]

Here is a view from about a month ago of my teeth. They look pretty much the same now as no elastics are currently being used. This is my "natural" bite as my ortho refers to it, but not how I bite normally. He says I am subconsiously moving my lower jaw forward in order to make the teeth fit together better. The wisdoms in the back are propping the bite open and preventing the teeth from coming together.



I am scheduled for my consult next week on my wisdom teeth and we will see then when/if I will be able to get those taken care of. I am pretty sure that even after getting the wisdoms out that I will still have to switch out of the iBraces in order to get the teeth perfect. As far as I am concerned right now they are nowhere close, and I think you all would agree.

[lu lu]

Thanks for posting a recent pic.

I don't think your end result is as far away as you might think.
I personally think your teeth look pretty good but that said they weren't that bad to start with anyway. It's just that one tooth on the lowers that needs correcting in my eyes but apart from that looking really good.

I'm worried that I'm not going to like the end result with my lingual. If i'm not happy with the end result I will be asking my ortho to whack on a ceramic brace for a couple of months. I just hope he wouldn't charge me extra for it as I was told linguals can do everything traditonal braces can.

Wishing you luck & keep us updated

[Volare]

I go in a couple of hours to get my wisdom teeth removed. Not looking forward to this at all!

[lu lu]

Are you having top wisdoms out or bottoms?

I had my tops out last year & it wasn't too bad to be honest.

I struggled more with my molars than my top wisdoms. I was told to take a week off work too becuase of swelling etc. didn't need it. I was fine.

Everyone's different though & i'm guessing the bottoms are worse & your case might be different but it really wasn't as bad as everyone made out for me & I got myself worked up for nothing.

Good luck!!!

[SilverGirl]

Good luck - I hope you heal quickly and that it speeds up the end of your treatment.

[Volare]

I had all of them removed. So far it hasn't been too bad. I was more concerned about the anesthesia than anything since I had never had that done before, but it really wasn't unpleasant.

They gave me some hydrocodone for pain, but as of this morning I'm just taking Ibuprofen for soreness. I will save the powerful stuff in case I get dry socket.

Hopefully the healing will continue quickly- getting tired of to seepage of blood. The bite is already greatly improved, so that is a good sign. I will go see my ortho in a couple of weeks and we'll see what needs to be done next.

[Volare]

I had no problems after my Wisdom teeth were removed, and for that I am very thankful. A couple of days ago I met with my ortho for the first time since they were removed. After looking at my bite, he did some wire bending in an attempt to get the rearmost molars on the bottom to intrude. Whereas my bite was formerly being propped open by my wisdom teeth it is now being propped open by the rearmost molars, albeit not anywhere near as much. I have started back on elastics in the front too, to try and close the front down.

He mentioned something during the appointment about some more drastic measures that the oral surgeon thought might be needed, but I didn't understand them. I will try and get clarification on what those things were, but I know he said something about a "plate".

[Crazy4Snow]

Wow, that is quite a mouthful!!! I envy those of you that got to keep your wisdom teeth!

[chocomorsel]

Glad you went ahead and got them removed. In a few months you will have forgotten all about them. And see how your open bite has improved already? Three years is a long time and hopefully you will be done soon without any further surgery. Good luck.

I recently got two more teeth pulled and now have a total of 24 teeth in my mouth. I hope I don't regret it later as now I only regret not doing it from the very beginning. My ortho thought I would get the results I was looking for with just the upper extractions. Oh well. We will see. Right now I feel like we just wasted 6 months and are behind. I have a little less than 14 months left and hope I get done in time because I am moving to a different state once my contract is up.

[Volare]

I clarified with my ortho what the oral surgeon was talking about. He (the surgeon) thinks I might need to get TADs to intrude my lower rear molars. He may very well be right. I don't see how the little wire is gonna be strong enough out there on the end to get it done. But we shall see! I should post some more photos...

[Dressy1]

I had no problems after my Wisdom teeth were removed, and for that I am very thankful. A couple of days ago I met with my ortho for the first time since they were removed. After looking at my bite, he did some wire bending in an attempt to get the rearmost molars on the bottom to intrude. Whereas my bite was formerly being propped open by my wisdom teeth it is now being propped open by the rearmost molars, albeit not anywhere near as much. I have started back on elastics in the front too, to try and close the front down.

He mentioned something during the appointment about some more drastic measures that the oral surgeon thought might be needed, but I didn't understand them. I will try and get clarification on what those things were, but I know he said something about a "plate".

wisdom teeth do not participate in chewing. there is no point in keeping them, they are the source of bacteria in the mouth too, since difficult to brush. so removing them was the right thing to do.. but
I wonder if he could use them as an anchorage for intruding second molars first, and then removing them...

intruding teeth is very difficult. it he wants to use a bite plate for that - is one thing. a lot of people say - it is not very effective though.
surgery on the other side will cost you 20 times more than the extraction you have just made.