Re: Moving teeth after surgery for Midline

[Guest guest]

Kirstin, they can easily grind the tooth that is touching and make it

all better. it is probably a good thing to have the correction go a

little past midline (overcorrect) as it will surely drift back some

when the bands are removed. ask him at next visit and let him know

your concerns. or if you are worried at can't wait 6 weeks give him a

call, after all part of their job is to make you comfortable with the

work they do. eric

> Hello,

>

> I had surgery four months ago for an open bite, and the results were

> great. I was never exactly sure how a normal bite should feel when

> you bite down, but it felt pretty even on both sides and I could

> bite and feel each tooth if I moved my jaw around in different ways.

>

> The only thing I was disappointed about was that was midline was off

> just a little bit. My regular orthodontist said " oh, no it looks

> pretty good to me! " when I mentioned it to him so he never did

> anything about it.

>

> A new, younger (and very cute I might add haha) orthodontist just

> started working at the office and I had him for the first time a few

> days ago. The first thing he said to me was " Wow, the surgeon did

> an excellent job on you!! Your midline is off jussst a little bit

> though " So what he did was put one elastic from my upper right eye

> tooth to my bottom right molar, and another elastic from my upper

> left molar to my bottom left eye tooth. So the elastics look like

> this: \ \ in my mouth, supposedly to shift the top teeth to

> the right and the bottom teeth to the left.

>

> In a matter of hours, I noticed and felt that my teeth had moved and

> the midline was better. The problem is, when I bite down, I think

> it may be my eye tooth or a molar on the left that feels like it's

> in the way or something and I'm unable to make my very back molars

> touch together on the left side.

>

> Do you think this is a problem? Can he be messing up all the work

> that my surgeon did during surgery? I mean so what if my midline is

> perfect after this if it feels weird to bite down.

>

> How does he know exactly how far the teeth will shift in the 6 weeks

> before my next appointment? Couldnt they keep moving until the

> midline is off the other direction?

>

> I'm just worrying since I get my braces off the time after my next

> appointment and so I want to be comfortable with my bite before they

> take them off..

>

> Any input would be really appreciated!!

>

> Kirstin

[Guest guest]

Kirstin, they can easily grind the tooth that is touching and make it

all better. it is probably a good thing to have the correction go a

little past midline (overcorrect) as it will surely drift back some

when the bands are removed. ask him at next visit and let him know

your concerns. or if you are worried at can't wait 6 weeks give him a

call, after all part of their job is to make you comfortable with the

work they do. eric

> Hello,

>

> I had surgery four months ago for an open bite, and the results were

> great. I was never exactly sure how a normal bite should feel when

> you bite down, but it felt pretty even on both sides and I could

> bite and feel each tooth if I moved my jaw around in different ways.

>

> The only thing I was disappointed about was that was midline was off

> just a little bit. My regular orthodontist said " oh, no it looks

> pretty good to me! " when I mentioned it to him so he never did

> anything about it.

>

> A new, younger (and very cute I might add haha) orthodontist just

> started working at the office and I had him for the first time a few

> days ago. The first thing he said to me was " Wow, the surgeon did

> an excellent job on you!! Your midline is off jussst a little bit

> though " So what he did was put one elastic from my upper right eye

> tooth to my bottom right molar, and another elastic from my upper

> left molar to my bottom left eye tooth. So the elastics look like

> this: \ \ in my mouth, supposedly to shift the top teeth to

> the right and the bottom teeth to the left.

>

> In a matter of hours, I noticed and felt that my teeth had moved and

> the midline was better. The problem is, when I bite down, I think

> it may be my eye tooth or a molar on the left that feels like it's

> in the way or something and I'm unable to make my very back molars

> touch together on the left side.

>

> Do you think this is a problem? Can he be messing up all the work

> that my surgeon did during surgery? I mean so what if my midline is

> perfect after this if it feels weird to bite down.

>

> How does he know exactly how far the teeth will shift in the 6 weeks

> before my next appointment? Couldnt they keep moving until the

> midline is off the other direction?

>

> I'm just worrying since I get my braces off the time after my next

> appointment and so I want to be comfortable with my bite before they

> take them off..

>

> Any input would be really appreciated!!

>

> Kirstin

[Guest guest]

> Hello,

Same thing happened to me. My bite felt different after he fixed my

midline but for me, I still have a good 5 to 6 months more with

braces on so the work is not finished.>

> I had surgery four months ago for an open bite, and the results

were

> great. I was never exactly sure how a normal bite should feel

when

> you bite down, but it felt pretty even on both sides and I could

> bite and feel each tooth if I moved my jaw around in different

ways.

>

> The only thing I was disappointed about was that was midline was

off

> just a little bit. My regular orthodontist said " oh, no it looks

> pretty good to me! " when I mentioned it to him so he never did

> anything about it.

>

> A new, younger (and very cute I might add haha) orthodontist just

> started working at the office and I had him for the first time a

few

> days ago. The first thing he said to me was " Wow, the surgeon did

> an excellent job on you!! Your midline is off jussst a little bit

> though " So what he did was put one elastic from my upper right

eye

> tooth to my bottom right molar, and another elastic from my upper

> left molar to my bottom left eye tooth. So the elastics look like

> this: \ \ in my mouth, supposedly to shift the top teeth

to

> the right and the bottom teeth to the left.

>

> In a matter of hours, I noticed and felt that my teeth had moved

and

> the midline was better. The problem is, when I bite down, I think

> it may be my eye tooth or a molar on the left that feels like it's

> in the way or something and I'm unable to make my very back molars

> touch together on the left side.

>

> Do you think this is a problem? Can he be messing up all the work

> that my surgeon did during surgery? I mean so what if my midline

is

> perfect after this if it feels weird to bite down.

>

> How does he know exactly how far the teeth will shift in the 6

weeks

> before my next appointment? Couldnt they keep moving until the

> midline is off the other direction?

>

> I'm just worrying since I get my braces off the time after my next

> appointment and so I want to be comfortable with my bite before

they

> take them off..

>

> Any input would be really appreciated!!

>

> Kirstin

[Guest guest]

> Hello,

Same thing happened to me. My bite felt different after he fixed my

midline but for me, I still have a good 5 to 6 months more with

braces on so the work is not finished.>

> I had surgery four months ago for an open bite, and the results

were

> great. I was never exactly sure how a normal bite should feel

when

> you bite down, but it felt pretty even on both sides and I could

> bite and feel each tooth if I moved my jaw around in different

ways.

>

> The only thing I was disappointed about was that was midline was

off

> just a little bit. My regular orthodontist said " oh, no it looks

> pretty good to me! " when I mentioned it to him so he never did

> anything about it.

>

> A new, younger (and very cute I might add haha) orthodontist just

> started working at the office and I had him for the first time a

few

> days ago. The first thing he said to me was " Wow, the surgeon did

> an excellent job on you!! Your midline is off jussst a little bit

> though " So what he did was put one elastic from my upper right

eye

> tooth to my bottom right molar, and another elastic from my upper

> left molar to my bottom left eye tooth. So the elastics look like

> this: \ \ in my mouth, supposedly to shift the top teeth

to

> the right and the bottom teeth to the left.

>

> In a matter of hours, I noticed and felt that my teeth had moved

and

> the midline was better. The problem is, when I bite down, I think

> it may be my eye tooth or a molar on the left that feels like it's

> in the way or something and I'm unable to make my very back molars

> touch together on the left side.

>

> Do you think this is a problem? Can he be messing up all the work

> that my surgeon did during surgery? I mean so what if my midline

is

> perfect after this if it feels weird to bite down.

>

> How does he know exactly how far the teeth will shift in the 6

weeks

> before my next appointment? Couldnt they keep moving until the

> midline is off the other direction?

>

> I'm just worrying since I get my braces off the time after my next

> appointment and so I want to be comfortable with my bite before

they

> take them off..

>

> Any input would be really appreciated!!

>

> Kirstin