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Subject: Re: Lowers on Today - Full Braces... Weird!!!

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HeatherS

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Date Posted: 05:31:53 07/13/04 Tue
In reply to: Garizona 's message, "Re: Lowers on Today - Full Braces... Weird!!!" on 05:23:51 07/13/04 Tue

I've wondered the same thing. Its nice to hear what others docs have told them :) My top ones go on first then in a few months the bottoms will go on.

Thanks and Take Care,

HeatherS

>That's what was explained to me too. My doc actually
>prefers to do both top and bottom at the same time
>anyway even for an overbite, because when the top
>front teeth smack the lower brackets it keeps the rest
>of the teeth from touching and helps them move
>together faster. Of course that also means you can't
>chew food very well. So in a way I'm fortunate that
>there's a filling needed in a lower molar, which will
>delay banding and brackets on the bottom for a while
>and give my upper arch a head start.
>
>
>>It was explained to me that putting the tops on first
>>would round out the top to make room for the bottom
>>teeth. I believe it is so that the top teeth don't
>>knock the brackets off the bottom teeth.
>>
>>>Why did you get the top braces on first? When I got
>my
>>>braces I got both the top and bottom at the same
>time.
>>>Is there some special reason for putting one set
>>>before the other? Just wondering.

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