my ortho just gave me elastics and said i should put them on every night

[herring]

to fix a few mm of overbite i suppose?
doesn't it literally push my maxilla back? i feel like i should just throw them away instantly

 

[Deleted member 3259]

Yeah it does. So what elastics does is basically, rather than fixing the overbite by also bringing your lower jaw forward, instead it pushes the maxilla back to align properly with your lower jaw.

 

[Deleted member 8080]

JFL at orthodontists ngl

 

[Deleted member 7125]

i should just throw them away instantly

 

[MentalistKebab]

to fix a few mm of overbite i suppose?
doesn't it literally push my maxilla back? i feel like i should just throw them away instantly

Just perma jut theory

 

[Deleted member 8765]

Show your orthodontist this website and say you’re telling me you want me to become a recessed Maxillacel? Say JUST FUCKING LAUGHING and knock down all his equipment on your way out.

 

[joeveniro]

lmao orthondontists are something else
''he has subhuman teeths so lets make his jaw subhuman too so hes completly dogshit, not just half''

 

[Deleted member 7125]

Show your orthodontist this website and say you’re telling me you want me to become a recessed Maxillacel? Say JUST FUCKING LAUGHING and knock down all his equipment on your way out.

Should call him an abused dog too

 

[Deleted member 2748]

lmao orthondontists are something else
''he has subhuman teeths so lets make his jaw subhuman too so hes completly dogshit, not just half''

i honestly don't get where this mentality comes from. it's as if improving the aesthetics of a patient along with functional improvements is somehow bad. it sounds so straight forward, just drag the lower jaw forward fixing the bite, improving facial aesthetics and leaving the airways untouched. but no, why not set the maxilla back, constricting the airways AND ruining facial aesthetics, right ? it's totally the way to go

 

[Deleted member 9919]

i honestly don't get where this mentality comes from. it's as if improving the aesthetics of a patient along with functional improvements is somehow bad. it sounds so straight forward, just drag the lower jaw forward fixing the bite, improving facial aesthetics and leaving the airways untouched. but no, why not set the maxilla back, constricting the airways AND ruining facial aesthetics, right ? it's totally the way to go

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ cause he'll have to go back to them to fix things

 

[JustBeCurry]

orthodontic industry be like

 

[ifyouwannabemylover]

I really doubt that the force applied by fukin rubber bands is able to do any real visible change to your facial bones. If that were the case then mewers would all be Chads by now. They mostly affect teeth alignment. I'd finish treatment as suggested by your orthodontist (unless it's some actual bogus) and get surgery later on if you feel you need it.

 

[athnico]

what about bands that close the bite? i.e lower jaw to top jaw vertically