Top front teeth hitting bottom front teeth

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landela
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Top front teeth hitting bottom front teeth

#1 Post by landela »

I know this has been answered before, I just can't sem to find it. :(

Anyways, the past couple of days I've noticed that my top front teeth are hitting my bottom teeth when I bite down, and it feels like my bottom teeth are resting against the back of my top teeth. Before, it felt like scissors (which is what I had read they should feel like). Now, my top teeth have to go over and kind of slide down my bottom teeth. Also, I've noticed when I wake up it seems like I am pusing my bottom teeth against my top teeth in my sleep.
Is this all normal?

I'm having a very, "I hate braces" week. The past couple of months I've been pretty positive about this whole thing up until I had an emergency appointment Tuesday to get some brackets repositioned. I'm to the point where I want to take pliers and pull off the brackets, or to call the ortho and be like, "I'm done! Get these things off my teeth now."
Laynie

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#2 Post by purpleteeth »

I have little bite turbo's on the back of my front teeth because otherwise, my top teeth would be biting off my bottom brackets. I am used to the sensation of my teeth "coming together now" and I felt this before the bite turbos were placed there too.

What you are describing sounds NORMAL to me - however calling to ask your ortho might put your mind at ease. Braces have made me very aware of my teeth :oops:

Might you be clenching your teeth too? I know I clench a lot and my ortho knows too.
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#3 Post by landela »

My teeth aren't close to hitting the brackets when I bite down, so thats good.
I'm not clenching my teeth either. I actually try to keep them apart as much as possible because right now I hate the way it feels when I bite down.
I'm gonna give it a couple days before I call my ortho, but I wanted to see what people on here had to say first.
Like you said, with braces I am much more aware of my teeth, and so something may seem wrong to me when really its completely normal. Every little movement makes me freak out and wonder if its something I should be concerned with.
Laynie

Braced - April 24, 2008
Last adjustment - December 16, 2008
Trangle elastics - August 26 - Current (only at night from 11/11/2008 - Current)
Treatment end date - January 28, 2009

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#4 Post by Danielle »

I have little bite turbo's on the back of my front teeth because otherwise, my top teeth would be biting off my bottom brackets.
Same here: I bit off one of my brackets two days into braces--not good. I had a lot of extra glue applied to my back molars. I couldn't bite all the way down for a couple of weeks, but eventually I was able to. I don't know how that works but it does. I'd ask to see if something can be done about it. For me, it actually helped to speed the process along.
Every little movement makes me freak out and wonder if its something I should be concerned with.
I'm usually the exact opposite!
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Re: Top front teeth hitting bottom front teeth

#5 Post by PigletInIowa »

landela wrote: Anyways, the past couple of days I've noticed that my top front teeth are hitting my bottom teeth when I bite down, and it feels like my bottom teeth are resting against the back of my top teeth. Before, it felt like scissors (which is what I had read they should feel like). Now, my top teeth have to go over and kind of slide down my bottom teeth. Also, I've noticed when I wake up it seems like I am pusing my bottom teeth against my top teeth in my sleep.
Is this all normal?
I have been having the same problem since 2 months ago, when my ortho started to use power chain to close my upper premolar extraction gaps, my upper fronts went back a lot, and my bottom front are hitting the back of my upper front. Plus, due to the shape of my left central incisor, it has a very thick left ridge (about 1mm) on the back, which is always hitting my lower fronts. My ortho insisted on not shaving down the ridge, but pushing my upper fronts and lower fronts into my gum to open the bite. Thought it worked a bit, but I still can bite into the upper fronts 50% of the time, plus, I really don't want my upper front incisors to look shorter. lower fronts biting into the upper fronts is also a really weird feeling since I've always had an overjet before and never know if the touching is ok or not. And my upper fronts have been pretty sore from the biting pressure.

But my ortho also said starting from my next adjustment, he will do IPR to my lowers to bring the lower fronts back a bit (though only 1-2mm top) Anyway, from all the consults I went to, if the orthos are going to adjust your teeth to the classic "kanine relation", and if the lower fronts are hitting the back of the upper fronts, it'll be an issue of the tooth size and the only thing they can do is IPR. Anyway, bring this issue up to your ortho and ask for a solution.
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