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Carrie had her fifth adjustment yesterday. No luck on getting rid of the hated bite stoppers, which she may have for the duration of her active treatment.

As far as braces changes:

- She is released from the "pain chain" (upper power chain).
- The ortho repositioned the brackets on her upper front incisors and her right lateral incisor. Presumably he will use the brackets on the front incisors as pivot points to bring down her lateral incisors and give her less of a "bunny rabbit" look to her front teeth.
- She got a stronger upper archwire (.16 x .22, I think). Her lower archwire remained the same. I think her ortho is being considerate and only causing aching on one jaw at a time!
- Same ligs as last time (silver) and I think they look chunkier when new. They do seem to sort of "settle in" as the weeks pass, though, and begin to look a little smaller.
- The ortho told her she'd get elastics to start midline correction at her next appointment (January 11). This means rubber bands for our next Vegas trip!

She's feeling a bit of pressure across her upper front teeth this morning, but nothing she can't easily handle.

I posted some pics from right after her appointment on Flickr:
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I took quite a bit of video, which I'll try to edit today and put up on YouTube.

change of plans with braces.  They are actually trying a expander as they do feel they can achieve some expansion in the upper.  so, got the spacers put in yesterday and next week, get the expander.  Expansion to be done over 6 - 7 weeks and then hold it in place for another month before braces go on. Anyone here ever get an expander and if so, what was it like? 

Time is flying by! We had a nice Thanksgiving and then a long weekend in Las Vegas -- shopping, eating, drinking, dancing -- which was super fun.

Carrie has her next adjustment tomorrow afternoon. Her ortho plans to move some brackets, so it should be a longer appointment than usual. I'm still hoping she can lose the bite stoppers, which continue to somewhat frustrate her. She may also get elastics at this appointment. I'm going to have her stick with the silver-colored ligs (and power chain, if she continues with that). I'll make the usual video and put it on YouTube, of course!

That's a bummer!

I was not able to continue as my dental insurance came up short...the appliance was over 2000.00
I was molded and on my way with it
I’m very disappointed

Thank you xxxforce for your suggestion. I sent an MP to him.
I'll wait then.

This brace looks awesome  ;D

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This is a lot ta place in your mouth ! How long can you keep all this stuff in your mouth ?

I voted for the common pink clear but I am not a big fan of retainers. I do prefer what it is fixed.

you can try to reach the shop-technician by sending him a private message - His user is named "shoptechniker" or you write an email to the shop adress and im Sure they will forward your message to the technician.

the gum coloured retainers of yesteryear

Any suggestion on how to contact the person in charge of making the retainers?

Du hast Recht. Vielleicht koenntest du deine Zahnartz fragen?

Ich haette gerne Schrauben in meinem Retainer!

Hi,

I'd like to know if it is possible to create a custom double feed plates with sander >
I'm think something very close to a double feed plates with

• Plastic-coated labial bow top and bottom
• A circular wire on the back of upper front teeth
• Spring wires on the back of the bottom front teeth
• Pelotten top and bottom
• Sander on the top

Something like we can see on the illustration of the modified twin block mit pelotten & the Stretching Plate with Cheek Guards (Upper Jaw) or bottom modified Stretching-Plate.
I like when the top & bottom plates are very thick and feeling the plastic everywhere which give me difficulty to speak with the Sander ;D.
I already have a top and bottom modified Stretching-Plate and I think it is time to change with something more fun!

What do you think is it possible to make it?

Thanks

I forgot to mention this in my initial post, but before my braces went on when I was maybe 13, I not only wore a cervical headgear for a year or so (though to be fair, I didn't wear it that much), but I was also given this weird and super bulky retainer that looked something like this (http://www.bronskyorthodontics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/06mda-1.jpg and http://www.bronskyorthodontics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/06mda-2.jpg), and which had a bulky plastic-covered wire over my front teeth and springs in the back that hooked above my molar bands.  Suffice to say, it made it difficult to talk, and I fully admit that I basically never wore it, despite having to wear it full time.  I'd simply remove it the moment my parents dropped me of at the bus stop.  I have no idea if the ortho even knew, because a year later my braces went on and it was replaced with a purple removable bite plate, which I also never wore.  And seeing as I only had braces for about two years, I'm not sure if it even really mattered.

Ooh very nice! Was that through a Dr. Or an Orthodontist?
Yes share some pics. And what color did you get?

Warum hat mein loser Retainer eigentlich Schrauben zum Verstellen ? Ich dachte Retainer sollen nur den IST Zustand halten und keine Zähne mehr bewegen.


Gruß

Braces25

Sounds really Interesting.
Would you mind showing a Picture of that appliance?

I was on the later side - got my braces when I was 31, had them for nearly 3 years. Clear ceramic top and bottom, with a lower lingual holding arch for the first few months, and then elastics in a number of configurations. I certainly enjoyed my time in braces - and only lowlight was that I didn't have any more interesting appliances. I had always wanted a headgear, but was not needed as part of my treatment - I did have a cervical headgear that I would wear occasionally when traveling (for fun)..

I just got fitted with a twin block style appliance for sleep apnea!
This particular appliance has occlusal coverage with acrylic...but lower mandible advancement comes from an expander screw embedded in the lower “block” that helps to push my jaw forward to open the airway instead of used to widen the arch. I am very excited & will post more as it develops