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Subject: Re: bite ...

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Michael

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Date Posted: 09:10:54 08/02/04 Mon
In reply to: Clo 's message, "bite ..." on 01:51:32 07/31/04 Sat

>Hi,
>
>I have my braces now for 3 months and have this
>question about my bite.
>I would like to know what is best when you have braces,
>try to keep upper teeth apart from lowers all day or
>just
>the opposite, and try to keep them together. I am
>asking this because I did the first, not fully close my
>mouth, and now my bite is a lot worse than it used to
>be. I know they first align teeth and then fix the
>bite,
>but during these months my bite got really bad.
>Not a single teeth 'occluses' well. It really scares
>me.
>Did anyone of you also got a really bad bite, before
>it got better again ? And should my mouth 'be shut'
>or
>slightly open.
>
>Thanks in advance, Clo.

I have this problem too. I've had braces for only 2 weeks now. When I bite to eat, I have to bite wrong (it's like a slight overbite/crossbite now) in order to chew. In the first week of getting braces though, I couldn't bite at all because I had an overbite. I guess I adapted and my bite has gotten "worse" as you've mentioned. A lot of it is because I'm so used to my original wrong bite I think. When I'm not eating though, I don't really bite down. And when I sleep, I try my best not to bite down even though sometimes it's a reflex.

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