ive had my braces on about a year and now have elastics to correct my overbite. there is about a 1cm gap when i bite on my back teeth, does any1 no roughly how long it will take to move with the elastics.
2007-08-19 16:32:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Well first off are you sure you have to move one centimeter?? That sounds like a lot maybe he said one millimeter? That's waht my ortho said, I just needed to move like 2 millimeters back. But anyways if it is one centimeter it may take a while it took my mouth about 6 weeks to move 3 millimeters forward! (it wasn't supposed to move that much but I wore them too long without getting it checked) lol. So it may take a few months. Good luck and take some pain pills...
2007-08-19 16:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Jenny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes keep wearing them as long as your supposed to! Then your braces will most likely come off on the day your ortho said they will!! Good luck!
2016-04-01 08:12:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure. Ask your orntidontist, usually time is going to vary for each individual.
2007-08-19 16:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont know i'm not a dentist. my dad was. prolly a year i would say.
2007-08-19 16:37:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
FYI, WE DON'T HAVE A MAGIC CRYSTAL BALL TO GIVE YOU A SCHEDULE.
2007-08-19 16:41:12 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋