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Date Posted: 11:52:11 08/12/04 Thu
In reply to:
Jim
's message, "Re: I am confused" on 11:47:52 08/12/04 Thu
By the way, I got all of my brackets and two of my bands installed at once. I only got the bottom arch wire at my initial banding, though.
After that, I waited a couple of weeks to get the Nance appliance (which added two more bands), and then a week or two later I got an extraction. Because my general dentist was going on vacation and couldn't do it at the set time, I had to wait for a couple more weeks (instead of 7-10 days as planned) before I got my top arch wire and such.
I guess I didn't really get all of my brackets, though. I still don't have the brackets for my premolars (I have 7--one was extracted), but at least three are beind added on the 16th.
I don't know. It's all confusing and everyone's treatment plans are different.
If you were really lucky, you wouldn't need braces. ;) Kidding, kidding.
But it is nice to be able to get used to everything all at once, eh? :>
>It's perfectly nature to question what you're doing to
>yourself.
>
>As many people may remember, I've gone on a couple of
>rants and insulted my orthodontist just because I was
>pissed.
>
>There are some orthodontists who do not use headgear.
>They refuse to. They find other ways to achieve the
>same result, or I guess leave the problem untouched
>and do what they can.
>
>I wore a headgear as a kid. I only had to wear it at
>night. They DO work. I'm sure you will get used to the
>headgear just as you will get used to the braces.
>
>I suppose you can call it off now and get a second
>opinion, but if the other ortho tells you that he
>wants to use a headgear and you want to keep the ortho
>closer to you, he's probably going to be a little
>peeved at you. :P
>
>Other than that, I don't know what to tell you.
>
>>I have just returned from getting my spacers on. I
>>will have eight bands put on next week and on the 26th
>>the rest of my mouth will be sealed in steel. But the
>>more I read here, the more I wonder about my treatment
>>plan.
>>
>>It seems most people get thier appliances on over
>>several months, first one jaw, then the other. Yet I
>>will have all the bands and brackets, top and bottom,
>>put on in a week. Is this because I have expressed my
>>"mixed feelings" (the orthos words) about the whole
>>process? Or is it just the normal way to put braces
>>on a fifty year old male? Or am I just lucky?
>>
>>Then there is the question of treatment time, which I
>>understand should be 24 - 30 months. Many here seem
>>to go from a year or less to no more than two years.
>>Once again, am I just lucky? How close is the
>>estimate to actual wear time. A good friend in high
>>school got his on as a freshman, supposedly for two
>>years, and still had them on the last time I saw him
>>in college, four years later. He was not at all happy
>>about that, or will I be if it happens to me.
>>
>>Finally there is the headgear thing that I am supposed
>>to "wear the hell out of" (orthos words). I told him
>>night time wear is doable, but public appearances are
>>out of the question. He said the less I wear it the
>>longer I will have to wear everything. I think I read
>>that Lynn, founder of this page, was told by one ortho
>>she had to wear headgear but went to another who did
>>it without headgear. The closest other orthodontist
>>who takes my insurance is over an hour away. I didn't
>>get a second opinion and now I am seriously
>>questioning myself for that. Maybe the travel time
>>would be worth it if I didnt have to wear what I am
>>sure will be a highly visable, highly embarassing
>>appliance that kids won't even wear.
>>
>>Or am I just getting cold feet and looking for reasons
>>not to do this?
>>
>>The spacers are certainly uncomfortable, but the pain
>>is not nearly as bad as I had imagined from reading
>>some post here. Or am I just lucky?
>>
>>Thanks for tolerating my rants and offering your
>>opinions.
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