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Need advice on orthodontics
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| Momto2Under2 2005-02-09, 3:09 pm |
| I am 35 and just now getting braces. My upper arch is very crowded and
crooked, but my lower arch is fine for the most part. I asked my
orthodontist if we could just correct the upper and he said yes.
However, the more I research this, the more skeptical I'm becoming.
Would I be compromising my result (perhaps my bite) if I didn't correct
both arches together? I'd really like to save myself the money and
trouble if bottom braces aren't necessary, but on the other hand, if
I'm going to do it, I want it done right.
Does anyone have any input? Have you ever heard of someone getting only
upper orthodontics?
TIA,
Momto2under2
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| Steven Fawks 2005-02-09, 3:09 pm |
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Hopefully an orthodontist will respond, but I have not seen any
cases treated by any of several local orthodontist where only
one arch is treated.
Guess anything is possible, but it sounds very unusual.
JMHO,
Fawks
> I am 35 and just now getting braces. My upper arch is very crowded and
> crooked, but my lower arch is fine for the most part. I asked my
> orthodontist if we could just correct the upper and he said yes.
> However, the more I research this, the more skeptical I'm becoming.
> Would I be compromising my result (perhaps my bite) if I didn't correct
> both arches together? I'd really like to save myself the money and
> trouble if bottom braces aren't necessary, but on the other hand, if
> I'm going to do it, I want it done right.
>
> Does anyone have any input? Have you ever heard of someone getting only
> upper orthodontics?
>
> TIA,
> Momto2under2
>
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| carabelli 2005-02-12, 1:31 pm |
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"Momto2Under2" <cmyka@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1107927203.360042.8230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I am 35 and just now getting braces. My upper arch is very crowded and
> crooked, but my lower arch is fine for the most part. I asked my
> orthodontist if we could just correct the upper and he said yes.
> However, the more I research this, the more skeptical I'm becoming.
> Would I be compromising my result (perhaps my bite) if I didn't correct
> both arches together? I'd really like to save myself the money and
> trouble if bottom braces aren't necessary, but on the other hand, if
> I'm going to do it, I want it done right.
>
> Does anyone have any input? Have you ever heard of someone getting only
> upper orthodontics?
>
> TIA,
> Momto2under2
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I seldom will do ortho on a single arch anymore, never say never though. I
found that I usually worked harder and longer with less success. In any
case when I do I still charge a full fee - with the qualification that at
any time it may be necessary to do the other arch also. Good luck. So, yes
it can be done.
carbelli
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