Any black people here?

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VistaXP
Posts: 49
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:05 pm

Re: Any Blacks here?

#16 Post by VistaXP »

tomelo wrote:VistaXP - I had a thin round wire nance on the bottom and a button nance on the top to keep the back teeth from moving forward. I wore the bottom for about 9 mo. and the top for 1.1 years. Interestingly, at one of my adjustments my orhto's superior questioned whether my ortho installed the nance without considering whether I actually needed it or not. Wearing the nance wasn't the worst experience but it certainly wasn't fun, so be sure to ask if you really need a nance or not before an ortho puts it in.

I wish I would've kept a "profile foto journal" to keep track of the changes. I definitely felt the changes when my ortho put on the largest rectangular wire. That's when my teeth started to upright/stand up straight. I could feel my bottom lip sinking in; almost like I was sucking on it :lol: .
Thanks for the feedback, I too will be getting a nance, but only for the top.
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Dovechild20
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Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:24 am
Location: MD

#17 Post by Dovechild20 »

I am a black female in braces since Sept. 2006, but Im not sure if I have that b-word you'r talking about, lol. However, most ortho's ive seen wanted to extract up to 4 of my teeth AND break and reset my jaw. I was NOT down for that and have subsequently found two ortho's who came up with better solutions.
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emford
Posts: 15
Joined: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:37 pm
Location: Saginaw, Michigan

#18 Post by emford »

Hi, I'm black but I don't have an overbite ANYMORE. I had braces and extractions when I was younger. I had 4 teeth pulled in all, 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom. They were actually able to close 3 of the gaps but not the 4th one, which is the reason I'm in braces again. I actually have just the opposite problem; I don't have enough teeth for the size of my bite, so because the 2 teeth on each side of my front teeth are too small, my ortho is going to leave spaces beside these 2 teeth to, for one thing, build them out and make them normal size, and for two, to "fill in" my bite, if that makes sense.
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killab
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Joined: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:16 pm

Black with Bimaxillary Protrusion

#19 Post by killab »

I'm an over 40 African American male and decided to get my teeth fixed and my profile improved. Here is a link to a case with extractions and miniscrews that you may find interesting.

http://www.cmj.org/periodical/PaperList ... 3361707878
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Boohill
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Joined: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:08 am

#20 Post by Boohill »

Hi Im a 35 year old black female. I did not require any extractions. All of my wisdom teeth have already been removed years ago. My problem is mild crowding.
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