Severe malocclusion
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:26 pm
Hi,
I am 29 years old and have been wearing braces now for just over 1 1/2 years. The reason I started wearing braces was because my dentist told me that my eye-teeth on my upper right and upper left were not my permanent teeth, but still my baby teeth. My permanent teeth started growing in, and without any place to go, grew forward and pushed my front teeth out. I decided to take out my baby teeth and start orthodontic treatment to pull the permanent teeth into their correct position. I am now at the point where my permanent teeth are very close to where they should be. But, in the process of correcting these teeth, I developed a severe overbite. (I was not made aware that I could develop an overbite by using braces, as this was not discussed when I had a consultation with my orthodontist and made the decision to start this treatment.) My orthodontist measured my overbite to be 6 (mm, I assume). He is telling me that I do not have very many options to correct my overbite other than jaw surgery, but I would prefer not to go that route because of fear of further complications. I have read some information on the Herbst appliance. Is this one option? What other options are available?
Thank you for reading this.
I am 29 years old and have been wearing braces now for just over 1 1/2 years. The reason I started wearing braces was because my dentist told me that my eye-teeth on my upper right and upper left were not my permanent teeth, but still my baby teeth. My permanent teeth started growing in, and without any place to go, grew forward and pushed my front teeth out. I decided to take out my baby teeth and start orthodontic treatment to pull the permanent teeth into their correct position. I am now at the point where my permanent teeth are very close to where they should be. But, in the process of correcting these teeth, I developed a severe overbite. (I was not made aware that I could develop an overbite by using braces, as this was not discussed when I had a consultation with my orthodontist and made the decision to start this treatment.) My orthodontist measured my overbite to be 6 (mm, I assume). He is telling me that I do not have very many options to correct my overbite other than jaw surgery, but I would prefer not to go that route because of fear of further complications. I have read some information on the Herbst appliance. Is this one option? What other options are available?
Thank you for reading this.