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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / August 2005Bottom braces affect biting
I just had my bottom brace on today. A couple of brackets on the bottom right prop up the molars on the top. The result is that I cannot clench (or in other words, tightly bite down) unless I intentionally move my lower jaw a little bit to the left. I am not sure if this is considered normal while one wears dental braces, or they must be adjusted so that I can naturally, comfortably bite down? I wanna know more before I make another appointment. Thanks a lot! sorry cant answer that - call your dentist and ask ! While undergoing orthodontic treatment, it is impossible to have a "good bite" while teeth are being moved around. You might not want to order a steak any time soon <G>. Good luck, Fawks > I just had my bottom brace on today. A couple of brackets on the > bottom right prop up the molars on the top. The result is that I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks a lot! I had braces for 10 yrs. I still wear retainers at night. I went through a lot of different things, including fun rail road tracks, and lip bumpers on the bottom. Your bite will probably be off for a few weeks. Eventually it will settle in. Just from personal experience with braces. And there is one more problem with me. That is, it is so easy to bite my cheek now, even if I eat slowly, I still bite my cheek 4 to 5 times a meal. I just looked into my mouth and found quite a few wounds on both sides. I am afraid they are gonna turn to bad ulcers. Will the pain go away, too, or it's gonna stay for the entire duration of the treatment? > I had braces for 10 yrs. I still wear retainers at night. I went > through a lot of different things, including fun rail road tracks, and > lip bumpers on the bottom. Your bite will probably be off for a few > weeks. Eventually it will settle in. Just from personal experience > with braces. > I just had my bottom brace on today. A couple of brackets on the > bottom right prop up the molars on the top. The result is that I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks a lot! As an orthodontist, I would hope you would call me if you were my patient. I'd like to take a look and see if anything could be done or whether you just have to tough it out charlie ruff I dunno about the biting of the cheek though. I don't believe I ever had that problem. Yeah I had sores in my mouth occasionally from the brackets maybe grabbing my cheek or just from sleeping on my side. I'd definetly want to have that checked out. Your mouth with probably be sore for a week or so. Depending on how they are moving your teeth. I think the only 2 horror stories i ever had in my 10yrs of the things was....Having a herbst dig into my back skin and cause a large ulcer (my doctor came all the way down from his home in Pa/md line down about 2 hrs just to come to the office and fix my problem...That was the best doctor i ever had). The other not so horror but still not cool was when I had one of the nurses taking off the bands that go over the brackets to help hold the wires in...She yanked the tool out of my mouth and cut my lip. Needless to say I was not please with the action. Despite a persons attitude you should not bring it to your work. Soon the pain won't even bother you though. I reccomend some oragel to help with any discomfort....It maybe be temporary, but it does the trick when you're trying to sleep and you're aching. I dunno about the biting of the cheek though. I don't believe I ever had that problem. Yeah I had sores in my mouth occasionally from the brackets maybe grabbing my cheek or just from sleeping on my side. I'd definetly want to have that checked out. Your mouth with probably be sore for a week or so. Depending on how they are moving your teeth. I think the only 2 horror stories i ever had in my 10yrs of the things was....Having a herbst dig into my back skin and cause a large ulcer (my doctor came all the way down from his home in Pa/md line down about 2 hrs just to come to the office on a sunday and fix my problem...That was the best doctor i ever had). The other not so horror but still not cool was when I had one of the nurses taking off the bands that go over the brackets to help hold the wires in...She yanked the tool out of my mouth and cut my lip. Needless to say I was not please with the action. Despite a persons attitude you should not bring it to your work. Soon the pain won't even bother you though. I reccomend some oragel to help with any discomfort....It maybe be temporary, but it does the trick when you're trying to sleep and you're aching. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I think I need to call my dentist and see if he can fix the cheek-biting problem. > I dunno about the biting of the cheek though. I don't believe I ever > had that problem. Yeah I had sores in my mouth occasionally from the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > help with any discomfort....It maybe be temporary, but it does the > trick when you're trying to sleep and you're aching. Just curious, how come you need to wear brace for 10 years? > I dunno about the biting of the cheek though. I don't believe I ever > had that problem. Yeah I had sores in my mouth occasionally from the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > help with any discomfort....It maybe be temporary, but it does the > trick when you're trying to sleep and you're aching. I had a small mouth, so I had a reatiner that would expand the top of my mouth, I had an overbite that was corrected with a Herbst appliance, (its been a long time so i forget some things) I had a few of my front teeth not coming in right so I had another retainer to bring them down right. Had lip bumpers, retainers...sooo many things. They even gave me clear retainers towards the end of my treatment, but it didnt do what they wanted it to do so I had another retainer made...I still wear that retainer at night. I was not informed at the begining of my treatmean (as well as my parents) that i would be wearing retainers the rest of my life. I remember I used to ask the docs when they would come off. After 4yrs I gave up...They would always say oh a month oh a year oh this oh that and I gave up. I don't know many people that have had theirs on passed 5yrs. Its ok though. My teeth look great. Even though I complained about the pain soo many times it was worth it. Its funny cause I used to joke about getting them when i was little and i ended up getting them when i was in 3rd grade...... >Just curious, how come you need to wear brace for 10 years? Slow learner ? -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com |
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