Long time reader, first time poster here... I've been a visitor to this site almost since i started wearing braces almost two years ago now, and found this site sooo useful! Ok, brown nosing over lol
I'm in the latter stages of treatment, with the results quite spectacular if i do say so myself, with just one gap approx 3mm to close between a pre-molar and a molar on my top jaw. I'm wearing elastics from the top to bottom jaw, and a spring for extra "oomph" to help close it. I'm due to see my ortho in around 3 weeks, whereupon he will have expected that gap to have closed (i doubt it will have made it tbh).
Nevertheless, under this expectation, he had said that arrangements would be made to have my braces removed at the next appointment, which i was fairly stoked to hear. BUT, it occurred to me last night that isn't there normally a waiting period while your teeth are allowed to "remember" their new positions? My ortho seemed to suggest the braces were to come off very soon, or as soon as that gap closed anyway, but surely my teeth would need additional time to settle into their new final positions? A rather long winded question, I know, but i wanted to check what other people's experiences had been. While I can't wait to have the braces removed, I don't want them taken off too soon and run the risk of my teeth sliding about again!
Cheers!
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