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    Not sure if my upper teeth are straight :(

    Hi everyone, i am new here and so happy to found a forum like this..Now, it's my turn tell my story and ask the questions..

    My orthodontist kept saying that my treatment is almost finished. But somehow i am not happy with the result so far. I think that my 4 upper front teeth not too aligned. I feel that both of the lateral incisors are too push backward. As you can see, the right one almost doesn't have overjet. As i know, overjet should be 1-3mm. I have complained about this (but i didn’t said to her that there is no overjet, i just said: "It's too far backward") and she said that she did it on purpose, lateral should be behind the central. For the left lateral , since the central incissor is more far thicker, it make it looks prominent if i see it from the side. Btw, i know that lateral should be behind the central but just a little, right?

    Second, i complaint about why my midline is not same between upper & lower. She said that looking from the teeth structure they cannot on the same line...i mean WTF T_T. In the end, she put elastic and said it work for the midline. Maybe she will not do anything if I don’t ask her.

    Btw, my orthodontist is so rude every time I ask her questions, I really cannot communicate with her well. It seems it’s already her behavior because I saw the way she spoke to other patients almost the same.

    Moreover, i am really worry that overall all my teeth are too push backward since my sister who doesn't live with me kept asking why my gum looked so prominent now every time she visited me. And there is once when I went to salon to get my hair cut, the stylish asked me whether i asked my orthodontist on purpose to make my teeth pushed really backward O_0.

    Is there anything i can do to check whether it's already in the right position? What can other orthodontist check to know it? I wear braces for the second time and get my 4 teeth extracted. I have visited other orthodontist in the same hospital to ask second opinion (this orthodontist knows my orthodontist). For the midline, she said that my orthodontist is working for it now , and for the left incisor, she said that it should wait for the midline in the proper place to know it. She recommended me to tell my orthodontist again if it’s still too backward after the midline in the proper position. I told her about how I am afraid talking to my orthodontist and she told me not to worry because my orthodontist talks the same way even with her friends O_0.

    About my worry if the teeth too push backward, at first she said No and told me that everyone has different result and how it’s difficult to orthodontist to work on teeth which already get braces treatment since they don’t know the first mouth design. In the end she said that she need to see the mold first.

    I don't know if i am too perfectionist or what. Since i look at my teeth every day (to clean it), i am worry that my vision becomes not objective. However, I don’t know before that teeth can bring frustration for me. I don’t skip everyday without not thinking about it. I am try to not think about it, but I can’t.
    I tried to take picture with my phone, but somehow the problem I told is not clear in the pictures. When I look at my pictures, I do think they are not straight, but I don’t know which part is wrong.




    the 4 front teeth curve is not neat. not too clear in this picture though


    the right incisor doesn't have overjet. Compare it with the left one.


    it looks better in this pic. i guess because my gumline is not looked at all?

    http://postimage.org/image/34k433o04/
    The elastic i am wearing now..the left one to correct my midline..i don't have idea about the right one
    Last edited by illay; 09-04-2011 at 12:14 PM.

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    your teeth look pretty damn fine to mee, how long you had them?
    I had mine 3 yrs :P
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    Disapointed with mine much!

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