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The ortho did say I could keep the tooth but it would take "much longer" to get everything to fit.... not sure if that would have worked but we both thought the arch was wide enough without it. And my top arch needs to be a bit larger so no point making the bottom arch too large. extractio...

jem wrote: ↑Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:28 am How did your ortho find the space to get all your bottom front teeth in line? Amazing progress!

Good question, because I didn't mention I chose to have one tooth pulled ! I'll post photos.

Well I haven't updated this in a while so it looks like big changes: 1yr 5 mon progress.jpg I'm quite happy except that my upper midline is way off.... but my ortho doesn't seem to notice/care and I don't see how it can be easily fixed; on my upper arch I only have a wisdom tooth on one side so I b...

Well I haven't updated this in a while so it looks like big changes: 1yr 5 mon progress.jpg I'm quite happy except that my upper midline is way off.... but my ortho doesn't seem to notice/care and I don't see how it can be easily fixed; on my upper arch I only have a wisdom tooth on one side so I be...

Looking good ! You're already in rubber bands so that's a good sign of progress

erin5550 wrote:
Amazing progress!

Thanks

Thanks; I'm much happier with my teeth now but more than a year to go...

Patience is so hard. I am 3 days in fully braced and I am constantly looking for the changes already haha. I can't wait to see your photos! Hopefully you'll see some changes pretty quickly :) I haven't updated in a while. Major developments have been: - Top midline was very off and they have been t...

It's normal to feel nervous Josh, but definitely worth it.

Excellent progress Aussie especially in your top arch. And the teeth that are attached to your archwire at the bottom are also coming into line nicely. Finding space to join those instanding teeth to the archwire looks like a bit of a challenge. Is the metal arch inside your teeth an expansion devi...

Progress pics. Things are moving along...still not enough room for those two blocked out teeth on the bottom. And my top midline is off by a lot so they're trying to fix that now...

istase2000 wrote:Wow the top is straight already! Great progress

Thanks Yours are looking great too !

Month 4 progress. Brackets on two front teeth were re-positioned to push them up and make them shorter. The ortho filed down the front teeth a bit and next time will do some more so that they match each other.

I don't have the spurs or the tongue crib but I have an appliance called the 'tongue spinner' by my ortho, see below: tongue spinner.jpg Don't know if it's available to you, here is a link: http://www.tonguechewing.com/habitappwilson.html Basically this appliance is for retraining the tongue into co...

I'm curious - is it possible for the molars to intrude whilst molar bands are attached. It seems in your photos that you have molar bands? I just wonder if they prevent the molars intruding .... my molar bands are right up against my gums. What do you think?