Did you get your braces off earlier than quoted?

[Denise]

My ortho quoted me 18-24 months, but judging by my progression I'm hoping it won't really take that long. Many of my friends who've had braces also said they got theirs off early. Any experiences in here to help get me through these last 8 months or so?

[Sunny]

When we talk to the patients we work with who 'graduate' early, mostly they're the people who've done exactly what their ortho's have requested. Hygiene is A1, elastic wear is spot on, no missed appointments etc.

It's great that you're getting close Denise ... just keep doing what you've been doing and hopefully you'll be able to change your 'tickers' before that eight months is up!

[Denise]

I sure hope so! I wear my elastics every second of the day except for when I'm eating (and sometimes even then, if I can eat around them). My teeth are moving at a great pace, I think. I posted updated pics in my blog. I have my next appointment on February 1, and will ask him then what he thinks my estimated time left is.

[MorningLight]

I was quoted for 18 months and I'm to be getting them off at 13 months...next month! I think the ortho anticipated me needed elastics, which I ended up not needing at all. I didn't need any bite adjustment. It seemed like as soon as my teeth had space, they knew exactly where to go and lined up nicely. A friend of mine, on the other hand was told 18 months and she's going on 2 years now.... SHe's had a lot of trouble with her bite, contraptions breaking on her and gaps not closing.

[Bunny]

Hi hun, I was quoted 18 months and the actual time will be 14 months, 4 months is a lot in my book! I think your teeth are like mine, moving at great pace, my Ortho capitalised on that on about my 4th adjustment and said he would "crank things up a bit". I have had power chains and they hurt but they work, no question!
Good luck with your treatment and I hope you graduate early too. xxxx

[LMontro]

I've been told just 6 months - Sounds good to me and hope that'll end up being the case! As it's just to fix overcrowding on my bottom teeth and I have brackets on my front 7 teeth, it's apparently an 'easy' procedure.

Good luck all!

[lightened]

I was told 2 years approx...
its been 9 months...
so far so good he is very pleased with my progress...
I REALLY HOPE.. NO I AM BEGGING THAT I WILL GET IT OFF SOON.
All my friends never wear their elastics and brag that they got their elastics sooner than i did. They are foolish. I will wear my elastics every second of the day :/

[ksmoguy]

My treatment time was estimated at 24 months and I am at the 3.5 month mark right now. I am hoping to get out of these things earlier and so far I think my teeth have moved quicker than expected and my overbite is not as bad now that the teeth have been moving around. Its to early for me to ask about getting out early, but I think that at the 9-12 month mark I will ask him if he thinks it will be sooner than the 24 month initial estimate.

[MsMichelle]

It would be awesome to get my braces off as well. My ortho quoted to me 18-24 months as well. I had a tooth that needed to be rotated so they used a button and now pretty much that tooth has moved and is doing it's thing. I just got my powerchains the other day and my ortho is definitely happy with results and so far so am I. I see her again in about six weeks so we shall see what is going on with them. I would be just as excited if after the year mark a few months after that.

Good luck to all of those early parolee's... lol!

[LatiasWindBlast]

Mine was predicted to be 18 months, but.. They changed it to 24. Happy happy. -.-

[livelavalive]

My treatment time was supposed to be from November 27th 2007 until August 1st 2009.
21 months turned into 27 months but my teeth still are overbitten. I wish I had braces for another two months or so, but there is no way I'm ever going to get them again, I would be way too freaked out to go through with it.

[Xamanus]

On my first sitting my ortho said 18 months.. but today after my 3rd visit.. he said it will be done before 12 months
Just take care of your hygiene, brush and clean your braces after every meal.,, and dont ever miss your appointments.

[josie]

I've had 2 extra appointments because a wire came out of a bracket twice. Each time my ortho not only put the wire back in, but did something unrelated and extra - the first time he changed the other wire and the second time he put a spacer in. I would have been waiting another month before either of those things happened, if I hadn't gone back to see him. (My teeth had moved faster than he'd expected this time.)