I had my adjustment this morning, and apparently I was supposed to wear my Class II elastics at night for the past 12 weeks! DOH! I seriously don't remember them telling me that... So now I'm back to elastics full time, but my configuration is a little bit different. I'm still in a Class II configuration on my right side (where my open bite is) but now I'm in a triangle configuration on my left side. WHAT? Wait, shouldn't my triangle configuration be on my RIGHT side, where my teeth need to come together? I'm
SO confused. I even asked the assistant if my orthodontist wrote that down right, and apparently he did. I could have
sworn triangle configurations are meant for bringing teeth together...
I'm really tempted to call my orthodontist office to confirm my elastics configuration again. [edit 11:55am] I called and he tried to explain why my elastics are this way. All I know is that he was trying to compare it to like gears in a clock, and how my teeth need to come together.. yada yada yada. I didn't understand any of it, but at least he knows what he is doing lol
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| Open bite with Class II elastics. |
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| Triangle elastics on left side |
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| Week 88 - Front view |
I also asked my orthodontist how much longer he expects me to be in braces. He said that it all depends on how strict I wear my elastics. <Okay kids, time to do a little math!> My overbite is currently at 3mm, and he wants it to be at about 1mm, and teeth move 1mm a month. So since it needs to move 2mm, that will take about 2 months. Then he said I will probably do final tweaks for another month, so I should be done in about 3 months. This again all depends on me and how well I wear my elastics.
HOLY MOLY. 3 more months!!! That means I should be done by October! Yeah baby! Please believe that I will be wearing these babies 24/7.
Of course I still feel like my elastics configuration is backwards, but I guess I will just have to trust that my ortho knows what he is doing. *shrug*
Your teeth are looking great, great progress. I haven't logged into Blogger much for aggges so need to try and catch up with peoples blogs.
ReplyDeleteOctober hey, not long to go! I should get mine off by then, hopefully! Still a couple of things that need work though
Thank you! A part of me feels like my teeth won't be done in 3 months.. I still have alignment issues on my right side and those teeth need to come down. *sigh* so much work to do and I don't know if 3 months is enough time! Here's hoping!
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