After a bit of a break, I'm back to share some orthodontic updates through the first half of 2017!
In the first half of 2017, my treatment was primarily focused on intruding my back molars so that my bite would start to close. My width had been achieved and was maintaining well with the molded TPA. They had put in some gel under my molars to help push the teeth into the bone, and they also tried various TADs to help this movement. Initially they tried putting one single TAD in the roof of my mouth, and connected it to my upper back molars using a power chain. However I think the palatal bone had not finished healing from the MARPE, so the TAD got infected and came loose pretty quickly. Then, we tried placing a TAD on either side of my palate (the bone has been pretty stable there so far). This held pretty well and helped close the bite considerably. However this does cause a bit of an inward tipping but can be corrected easily. Unfortunately these screws also came loose by the time I returned from a trip to Cuba in May. When I came back, they evaluated my progress and found we had gotten enough intrusion from the TADs.We would be able to continue intruding using elastics and wire mechanics later on.
​Hope you enjoy these updates! More to come very soon.
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