yesterday I had another adjustment. For a month I had elastics that should
have done 2 things : close my bite and improve the overjet. They did not do
any of those two things. I started a conversation with my ortho. She said my
overjet is quite bad. Certainly a premolar width my whole upper arch needs to
be moved backwards. I asked if she was sure this was the good way of dealing
with this. I said, look at my profile, I think the balance of my upper teeth, lips
and nose is now good. I think the reason of the overjet is to be searched in
the lower jaw. That one should be more forward. Saying that to an university
professor surrounded by some of her students. After some time she admitted I
was totally right. Then, she said, we have to alter the whole treatment plan.
My blood started to boil. C'mon, after all my previous treatments, one would
expect now a decent plan and then stick to that. My treatment is once more
built on sand, slowly sinking away as nor the overjet, nor the open bite seems
to improve. I remained calm and asked if it is possible to tackle the open bite
first and then see how much overjet there is and then try to correct that. That
would be possible, but probably would end in a BSSO after all. But the wisdom
teeth need to go anyway, she said. First they needed to be extracted because
this would be necessary to move the upper arch backwards. Now they should
be extracted because it would be too difficult to intrude all these upper molars
to close my bite. Is there still anyone following ? Anyway, she made some
multiloop archwire to close the open bite. Now I need to do some study about
multiloop archwires. Because I think, and feel this archwire is only extruding
my front teeth. And that is not good. I do not need that and it is not stable
also.
So, the basis of my treatment is wrong, and the treatment now is ... wrong ...
I fear. Beside that, I feel great. Uhummmm. No, I do not feel right. Because
I asked to look at the left bone anchor while "she was in there". I feel pain all
the time and just know something is wrong. Yes, she said, it is very inflamed.
Me heading to the department where they did the surgery. Needed to wait for
almost 3 hours before someone could look at this. Not the surgeon who placed
the anchors. Not good they said. We will make an X-ray. And again, not good.
Probably the left bone anchor is coming loose. The surgeon herself would call
today if the situation could improve by itself. She did not phone, so probably I
will need surgery again to remove and replace this bone anchor. Oh yes, it was
once more a great adjustment. Anyway, this is the result of all that :
Now, if anyone would be able to say why these molars would intrude and by
doing that close my bite, please tell me. The elastic there is only as decoration,
I fear. It is so loose it can't work at all.
