Re: wires off!! but a question...

January 27, 2004

Don't worry about that. I have a bad overbite right now, but I too

can make my bottom teeth go in front of my upper ones if I with too.

If your bite lands in the correct position when you bite normally...

then congratulations! Your surgeon did an excellent job.

And yes, it will take some time for your muscles to " train "

themselves in their new position. So, your teeth will collide

accidentally every once in a while. In time,it will stop.

Keep up your good progress!

> I finally got my wires off last weekend (5 weeks) and I couldn't

> feel better. The hell was definitely worth it. I got home from the

> surgeon and made myself scrambled eggs, my first real meal! Since

> then, I've basically been eating everything I normally would, with

> the exception of something unusually tough, like steak. I love my

> smile now (will be even better when braces come off in 2 months)

and

> everything healed well. My only question is this. I had a slight

> underbite and had it moved back about 4-6mm. Now that the wires

are

> off, my bite lands the way it should in the new position. However,

> if I try retract my lower back, i can move my top teeth back

behind

> my lower teeth, sorta of the way it was before, but not as severe.

> Of course, it feels wierd and I couldn't chew that way. But I

never

> could do the oppositie when I had an underbite, that is move my

> upper teeth over my lower. Often when I'm eating the upper and

lower

> front teeth land on each other by accident. Is this because my

> muscles still aren't used to the new bite and need time to streth?

> Obviously, the teeth are in the position they should be, so I'm

just

> wondering if over this will go away and I won't be able to move

the

> lower back quite so much.

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