Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:33 am
wooowwww class1 bite approaching!
Hang on there!
Hang on there!
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KK ... pics at 19 months ...
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:46 am
Looking very good!!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:51 am
well done kiwi, well done.
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:43 am
wow KK that is fantastic progress, your teeth are looking very good, and isn't it amazing the way not just your teeth but your whole mouth/lips seem so different. A bit more relaxed or something. You must be delighted with your progress
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:44 am
Hi Karen,
That's it, I officially designate you to be my role model!! Looking great, I hope I can match your progress. Your pics are really great, what camera do you use? I cannot seem to get anything good with my wifes Pentax Optio 230? Do you use flash or some other lighting?
Your advice to me has been spot on, I am now on day 3, still have chewing pains but at least I can now chew, managed 1/2 an apple after lunch, it sounds stupid I know, but I was proud of that!
I still feel as if my lips do not work over the brackets and I am sure my speech is affected, I asked my son about how long it took for such problems to pass and he said that I did not have a problem at all. He had full metals for about 2 years when he was around 14 or so.
Tim
That's it, I officially designate you to be my role model!! Looking great, I hope I can match your progress. Your pics are really great, what camera do you use? I cannot seem to get anything good with my wifes Pentax Optio 230? Do you use flash or some other lighting?
Your advice to me has been spot on, I am now on day 3, still have chewing pains but at least I can now chew, managed 1/2 an apple after lunch, it sounds stupid I know, but I was proud of that!
I still feel as if my lips do not work over the brackets and I am sure my speech is affected, I asked my son about how long it took for such problems to pass and he said that I did not have a problem at all. He had full metals for about 2 years when he was around 14 or so.
Tim
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:49 am
Hi,
great pics showing a fabulous improvement !
I was thinking about this. If you had some IPR done between the lowers, maybe
6 or even 8 front teeth, then even with a tiny IPR, there would be some room
so that your lower arch would become a tiny bit smaller in the front when closing
the spaces of that IPR. Maybe this would create much easier a good bite in the front.
My second ortho had once a patient who had a BSSO done. They advanced the lower
jaw, but they did it a bit too much. So this patient had as a result a small class 3 bite.
I said, you could do some IPR in the front. Seemed they did that and it worked well
and fast. It can probably be calculated how much, but I can well imagine if even a very
small IPR is done, maybe 0.25 mm per tooth, then easily a total of 3 to 4 mm of space
can be created. 0.25 mm is not much, 3 to 4 mm is already almost too much. So this
is a great method, Clo thinks ...
great pics showing a fabulous improvement !
I was thinking about this. If you had some IPR done between the lowers, maybe
6 or even 8 front teeth, then even with a tiny IPR, there would be some room
so that your lower arch would become a tiny bit smaller in the front when closing
the spaces of that IPR. Maybe this would create much easier a good bite in the front.
My second ortho had once a patient who had a BSSO done. They advanced the lower
jaw, but they did it a bit too much. So this patient had as a result a small class 3 bite.
I said, you could do some IPR in the front. Seemed they did that and it worked well
and fast. It can probably be calculated how much, but I can well imagine if even a very
small IPR is done, maybe 0.25 mm per tooth, then easily a total of 3 to 4 mm of space
can be created. 0.25 mm is not much, 3 to 4 mm is already almost too much. So this
is a great method, Clo thinks ...
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:52 pm
Looking good, KK 
Nice
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:56 pm
It looks like you have come a long way. Your teeth look really nice!!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:29 pm
Wow great progress Karen
You must be very chuffed!
You must be very chuffed!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:19 pm
Awesome progress!!!!!!!!!! 
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:50 pm
WOW!!!!! 
Your teeth look amazing!!!
Good luck on whats to come!!
Your teeth look amazing!!!
Good luck on whats to come!!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:47 pm
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:12 pm
Wow KK!!
Your teeth look fantastic! You must be so proud of how good your teeth look already!
Thanks for posting your photos. Gives the rest of us inspiration!!
Your teeth look fantastic! You must be so proud of how good your teeth look already!
Thanks for posting your photos. Gives the rest of us inspiration!!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:01 pm
Karen, your teeth are looking aswesome!
Great pics too.
Great pics too.
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:11 pm
Lookin' fab, Kiwi!