Cross bite

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3 total messages Started by Darrell Roy Hougen Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:01

#42

Author: Darrell Roy Hougen
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:01

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My upper teeth are inside my lower teeth, ie., I have a cross bite
problem.  It appears to me that the problem would be corrected if the
upper teeth were moved forward about 1/4 inch.  I have talked to a
couple dentists and they recommended oral surgery to correct the
problem.  However, its not worth it to me to have surgery.  What I'm
wondering is whether it is possible to correct the problem with braces
possibly including an external appliance to be worn at night. A
potential problem is that I am already 28 so it may be hard to move
the teeth.  Any comments.

Darrell R. Hougen

Re: Cross bite

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Author: David Dodell
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:13

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hougen@focus.csl.uiuc.edu (Darrell Roy Hougen) writes:

> My upper teeth are inside my lower teeth, ie., I have a cross bite
> problem.  It appears to me that the problem would be corrected if the
> upper teeth were moved forward about 1/4 inch.  I have talked to a
> couple dentists and they recommended oral surgery to correct the
> problem.  However, its not worth it to me to have surgery.  What I'm
> wondering is whether it is possible to correct the problem with braces
> possibly including an external appliance to be worn at night. A
> potential problem is that I am already 28 so it may be hard to move
> the teeth.  Any comments.
 
Ask an orthodontist.

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Re: Cross bite

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Author: Darrell Roy Hougen
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:04

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david@stat.com (David Dodell) writes:

%hougen@focus.csl.uiuc.edu (Darrell Roy Hougen) writes:

%% My upper teeth are inside my lower teeth, ie., I have a cross bite
%% problem.  It appears to me that the problem would be corrected if the
%% upper teeth were moved forward about 1/4 inch.  I have talked to a
%% couple dentists and they recommended oral surgery to correct the
%% problem.  However, its not worth it to me to have surgery.  What I'm
%% wondering is whether it is possible to correct the problem with braces
%% possibly including an external appliance to be worn at night. A
%% potential problem is that I am already 28 so it may be hard to move
%% the teeth.  Any comments.
%
% Ask an orthodontist.

Thanks for the loads of help.  I was hoping that perhaps some
knowledgable person was reading this.

Darrell R. Hougen

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