Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi all,

last week I posted this :

viewtopic.php?t=24435

I had an appointment this week, and told about it to my ortho. Indeed it is
very loose, she said. I said it probably could come out even without turning
it. But geeez, I did not mean she should try this. Anyway, she pulled it out
without turning. It worked, but it hurt too. Darn ! But this is not good news
though. There is simply no other place to put it. So, she can't do what was
planned on my right side. Another complication for my case which is already
way too complicated.

She placed the lower braces and used the left micro screw to try to intrude
better my upper (left) molars. The hardware looks now like this :



And the micro screw looks like this :



Doesn't it look like it is caged somehow ?

But now I feel totally not great about what is happening. I know that to
close a bite, just extruding the front teeth is NOT a good idea. It is not stable
afterwards. I did read about this, experienced this before and ... advised this
here several times to other members who got such a relapse later on. This is
just not a good method I know for sure. But now I have this method myself.
Beside this unstable result, I think my bite is way too open to just close it by
extruding the front teeth. Arggg, this is going downhill again ...

Can't the screw be reinserted once the site has healed up, Clo?

Clo,

I am so sorry to hear this news. !!!BIG HUGS!!!

I know here on the board we are hoping and praying that you and your ortho to be able to find a solution and close your bite. Is surgery not a possibility anymore? Looks like you're back to being Elastics King at least with the micro screw one. I hope the elastics and lower braces aren't causing you too much pain.

I just wanted to tell you how much I admire you for your endurance and thank you for encouraging me when I was having a tough time. I know most of us would have given up now. I so hope there is something else out there you can try that works.

Good luck and keep us updated!

Your brace buddy,

Hannah :]

Thanks.

@ Lisa65 : maybe, I simply don't know. But I am now a lot more not at ease
with the bite closing method I have now (elastics in the front). I simply know
this is going to end badly.

@ hannah164 : thank you so much for your kind words. These are really very
much appreciated. About the surgery ...

@ Meryaten : ... surgery ? I am convinced that it will probably the only way to
get a better bite. And you know I am not happy about that at all !

Clo- This totally stinks for you. I keep waiting (and hoping) to read one of your posts that is positive. Hang in there.................I still know a good surgeon in SC who could fix you up in a heartbeat. I hate to see you spending so much of life's energy on this. Surgery might be the best option I'm afraid, you just can't keep putting yourself through this.