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Subject: Re: headgear for adults

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drrick

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Date Posted: 14:21:28 08/10/04 Tue
In reply to: tenny 's message, "Re: headgear for adults" on 13:02:23 08/10/04 Tue

Sorry about the terms,

I talk with a lot of doctors and sometimes I forget to describe in laymans terms. Distalize means move BACK.

Sounds like he is trying to push the molars back and then draw the front teeth back.

There are planty of ways to move upper back teeth back, I dont know your specific case obviously but there are a lot of ways to do it.

>'Distalize' would mean moving the molars forward?
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>I've got an overbite. My ortho says I need it to push
>my front teeth back...If that's the case, would I
>still have other options besides jaw surgery?
>
>I'll call him again to ask if I have a second option.
>
>
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>>If the headgear is being used to distalize teeth there
>>are many other ways to do it.
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>>I would ask about other options.
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Subject	Author	Date
Re: headgear for adults	Tenny	21:25:19 08/10/04 Tue
Re: headgear for adults -- drrick, 12:26:31 08/11/04 Wed