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Subject: Re: Gap closure time

Author:
Kristie

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Date Posted: 10:52:53 08/03/04 Tue
In reply to: Michelle (in Maryland) 's message, "Gap closure time" on 10:15:00 08/03/04 Tue

Michelle-
Thank you so much for your posting! You made me feel 1000 times better. I didn't even turn my expander last night because I was feeling stressed out about the gap. I know I must sound crazy about this whole gap thing! Well thanks again for sharing your experience. Good luck with the rest of your treatment.

I am hoping having the top braces put
>>on will help close the space quicker?? I already have
>>my bottom ones on and it is doesn't seem like much is
>>going on down there...we'll see this whole process is
>>pretty nerve-wrecking.
>
>Hi Kristie-
>
>I've had my expander on since Dec. 31 (comes off in
>two weeks - yeah!) and was in a similar situation. My
>ortho didn't put my top ceramics on until I had
>stopped turning (mine was once a day for a month). But
>my gap started to close before then - about a week and
>a half after the gap appeared, it started to close on
>its own because the crowding started to be relieved.
>All the teeth that had been pushed together sort of
>took some "breathing room" and it pushed my two front
>teet back together. By the time I got my top braces
>on, in mid-February, the gap had already closed!

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Subject	Author	Date
No problem.	Michelle (in Maryland)	09:38:44 08/04/04 Wed