What helps teeth move faster with braces?!
Question:
What helps teeth move faster with braces?
I just got my braces a couple of days ago, and I really hate them.
My top teeth are almost completely straight, the reason I got braces [which the dentist said were not mandatory, but would perfect my already nice teeth] is for a couple of crooked teeth on the bottom. I got braces on top & bottom though because I also have a slight overbite. Anyways, for these 2 small problems I have them for 1 year - 18 months. Ugh! The dentist said the better I cared for my braces & obeyed the food rules the sooner they'd come off, so I plan to do both of those of course. Is there anything else I can try to help shorten the time I'm in braces by making my teeth move faster??
Thanks!
♥ Clare.
Answers:
I got my braced for the EXACT same reason and I thought my teeth looked fine. I don't think you should suggest a power-chain because that is more for the middle/end of your treatment.
First off, if you break a wire or a bracket try to get it fixed immediately. For the time that something is broken that's about how much longer you'll have to be wearing them.
For your overbite you may be getting a stopper. One of the most annoying, but helpful things in the worlds. It's a peice of metal glued on the back of one of your largest teeth. When you get that it will prevent your back teeth from touching. It's very uncomfortable so what I did was made my mouth lopsided so one side touched to relieve it. DON"T DO THAT. Now I have more problems because my bite has shifted.
When you get rubberbands where them as directed, that will definately speed up the process, or atleast make it as fast as possible.
Make sure you listen to everything the orthodontist says, and although it's hard, follow all the rules, it'll be worth it. That's really all I can suggest. You sound like a class one, so don't let your bite shift or else you'll be a class two, that means you'll have to where them longer.
Be glad that you don't have to where them for 3-4 years like some of my friends.
Hope that helps! =]