Asymmetrical bottom arch? (w/ pic)

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NKovaci88
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Asymmetrical bottom arch? (w/ pic)

#1 Post by NKovaci88 »

My bottom arch seems to be asymmetrical...one side is clearly shorter than the other. I've always noticed this, but last adjustment my ortho. put in a thicker wire and I feel it's gotten worse.

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I placed a red line to show how it's uneven...

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#2 Post by switchblades »

That is something that could be either the teeth being uneven, or a jaw alignment issue. Mine was a little of both, but I opted away from surgery to correct my bite. I'd recommend talking to your ortho :)
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#3 Post by NKovaci88 »

switchblades wrote:That is something that could be either the teeth being uneven, or a jaw alignment issue. Mine was a little of both, but I opted away from surgery to correct my bite. I'd recommend talking to your ortho :)
Hmm, I don't think it's a bite problem, but the teeth themselves that are uneven. I'm not sure how it happened, because I don't recall them being this lopsided before I had braces...

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#4 Post by drrick »

or you never noticed it before.
One you really start looking at your teth (as everyone with braces does)you can really start to notice things. I would show your doc at your next visit and see what he/she has to say
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#5 Post by mp921 »

I'm having the same problem. If mine was this way prior to surgery, I never noticed it. However, I'm assuming that's very possible considering I had an overbite and never really paid attention to my bottom teeth. I noticed it around 5 weeks post-surgery. It could have been there from the moment I woke up in recovery but I was wearing heavy elastics 24/7 and couldn't open my mouth enough to tell. I hate to think it's a result of surgery, which they tell me it isn't.

Is this correctable with orthodontics?
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#6 Post by mp921 »

I just thought about something. I have a bit of an open bite on one side now which my ortho is correcting with elastics. My back molars aren't making contact on the right. I wonder if this is the reason.
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#7 Post by drrick »

the elastics are correcting that -- probably all part of the plan
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#8 Post by AngelaMCB »

I have the same issue with my teeth. Although I have a mid-line issue too right now. Your teeth are looking great other than that, though!

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