| Subject: Re: Crossbite? how is this fixed? |
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cathie
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Date Posted: 18:25:26 08/17/04 Tue
In reply to:
Janell
's message, "Re: Crossbite? how is this fixed?" on 18:13:34 08/17/04 Tue
Janell - how is yours being corrected? I am 2 1/2 weeks into my braces and just wondered how your's was going. i did the palate expander and twin block first. how about you? Cathie
>A crossbite is where your bottom teeth (or one or 2
>teeth in my instance) is in front of your top teeth
>when you close your teeth together. It doesn't sound
>like that's what you have, but I'm no ortho! I have
>no idea how it's fixed, but mine is already getting
>better. If I were you I'd ask your ortho. Good Luck!
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>>How is a crossbite fixed? My ortho hasn't said thats
>>what I have but I think it is. My bottom arch seems to
>>lean to one side when you look at my teeth from above.
>>So my canines on the one side seem to almost touch,
>>while the other side the bottom teeth are behind where
>>they should be. So is this a crossbite? I had an
>>expander before, and they are threatening to give me
>>one again (NOT going to happen). Can crossbites be
>>fixed with elastics? Thanks for any help:)
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