I've been wearing braces for 9 months. After shifting my top teeth to far right my orthodontist is now trying to shift them left via to elastic bands (see pic). After wearing them for 2 weeks straight my left lateral incisor has become longer than the right and my bite is still not much better. I could really use some help understanding how to fix this length discrepancy and how to better fix the bite since these elastic bands seem to have made everything worse.
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You are an excellent candidate for braces. An orthodontist will need to examine your mouth to give you specifics on the type of braces and treatment time possible. You are young but the longer you wait the more difficult it becomes to move these teeth. It is possible you may need to have several...
10 mm is a LOT of overjet!For an adult the only way to correct this much overjet is to either extract two upper middle teeth or to reset your jaws surgically!Of course it would be possible to just straighten the teeth without the overjet correction
Most likely there will be no problem getting your braces on 2 weeks after removing your wisdom teeth. Your orthodintis will evaluate the situation prior to cementing the braces. If there is a concern they will let you know.
