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Subject: Re: Is my ortho right in suggesting this??

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crrick

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Date Posted: 15:50:09 08/03/04 Tue
In reply to: DC_LA 's message, "Is my ortho right in suggesting this??" on 09:44:35 08/03/04 Tue

If you ask 50 different Docs you will get 50different opinions. I would be glad that you have one who can do it w/out extractions.

As far as a doc not trying to save you time or money this isnt true. I do this all the time. I had a pt today who wanted upper and lower lingual braces which is my most expensive option. After discussing treatment she opted for upper only with clear. One of my lower price options.

>Hi, I'm 19 years old and I was supposed to get braces
>about 8 years ago after wearing an upper headgear for
>a few years but I never went through with the two top
>and two bottom extractions needed before I got them
>on. Anyway I have an overbite and pretty bad lower
>front crowding (teeth over-lapping kinda looks like
>this if u were looking from above -_-_ ) and I'm
>supposed to be getting braces put on next week. The
>orthodontist says my molars align pretty well and my
>top teeth are nearly perfect, so he's only going to
>put braces on my lower teeth and give me a clear
>plastic aligner to wear up top (I'm not sure if the
>aligner is going to move those teeth or just hold them
>in place and help keep me from biting off my bottom
>brackets due to the overbite). My concern is what
>about the 4 extractions I needed all those years ago?
>He said he wants to avoid removing teeth and that he
>is going to straighten the bottoms out and put a
>permanent retainer in after the braces come off. To me
>it sounds like he's going to force fit all my teeth
>onto my bottom jaw, which he says is too small for all
>my teeth, and then fuse them in place; all in 15
>months. I would like to know if this is commonly done
>or does this sound like it might not work. It's rare
>that a doctor would actually try to save you money and
>treatment time(the last ortho I went to for a
>consultation wanted to put me in full mouth braces,
>bite plate, the works for 24 months.)Your responses
>are greatly appreciated. Sorry for the extra long
>message!

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