My major objective of doing orthodontics is to correct my overbite
problem.

See my pictures below taken in late July 2005 right before I had
braces.

http://www.geocities.com/markliu1989/

My ortho played around with my teeth slowly and slowly for almost two
years. Well, my teeth align much better now, but only a couple of
months ago, he started to correct my overbite. The overbite problem is
still pretty bad. For example, under normal/regular facial
expression, my lips still don't naturally close and teeth are still
visible.

I live in Illinois right now, but will have to move to Washington DC
in May. I told my ortho today, and he wanted to rush to take off my
braces. I said, wait, my overbite problem hasn't made any change
yet! He said, you need a little overbite. What a joke! If I need a
little overbite, why am I paying thousands of bucks and wearing braces
for 2 years!

I told him, I can come back after May if there is a need, but I need
to have my overbite problem properly corrected. But looks like he
still wants to rush. I don't like what he said: "You need a little
overbite."

Is he suggesting that he has problem correcting my overbite problem?

On 27 Mar 2007 09:59:16 -0700, wrote:

>My major objective of doing orthodontics is to correct my overbite
>problem.
>
>See my pictures below taken in late July 2005 right before I had
>braces.
>
>http://www.geocities.com/markliu1989/
>
>My ortho played around with my teeth slowly and slowly for almost two
>years. Well, my teeth align much better now, but only a couple of
>months ago, he started to correct my overbite. The overbite problem is
>still pretty bad. For example, under normal/regular facial
>expression, my lips still don't naturally close and teeth are still
>visible.
>
>I live in Illinois right now, but will have to move to Washington DC
>in May. I told my ortho today, and he wanted to rush to take off my
>braces. I said, wait, my overbite problem hasn't made any change
>yet! He said, you need a little overbite. What a joke! If I need a
>little overbite, why am I paying thousands of bucks and wearing braces
>for 2 years!
>
>I told him, I can come back after May if there is a need, but I need
>to have my overbite problem properly corrected. But looks like he
>still wants to rush. I don't like what he said: "You need a little
>overbite."
>
>Is he suggesting that he has problem correcting my overbite problem?

Funny, I don't see any orthodontic appliances in these pictures.

Can't tell much from the pre-treatment pictures, and of course have no idea
what your occlusion looks like now. Yes there should be some overbite at
the end of treatment. Without horizontal and vertical overlap the incisors
can't function very well.

carabelli

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:34:45 GMT, "carabelli" <> wrote:

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>Can't tell much from the pre-treatment pictures, and of course have no idea
>what your occlusion looks like now. Yes there should be some overbite at
>the end of treatment. Without horizontal and vertical overlap the incisors
>can't function very well.
>
>carabelli
>

Guess we are supposed to mind meld with the pictures, focus on
every possible outcome, then magically know the current alignment.

Around here, there is an orthodontist who is known for smaller fees. He
gets a fair amount of the local business based on fees alone. Virtually
every single case he does, the appliances come off before I would consider
the case to be completed. YGWYPF

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Amatus

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> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:34:45 GMT, "carabelli" <>
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> Guess we are supposed to mind meld with the pictures, focus on
> every possible outcome, then magically know the current alignment.

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:49:17 GMT, "Amatus Cremona" <> wrote:

>Around here, there is an orthodontist who is known for smaller fees. He
>gets a fair amount of the local business based on fees alone. Virtually
>every single case he does, the appliances come off before I would consider
>the case to be completed. YGWYPF
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>Amatus

SYGL

Amatus Cremona wrote:

> Around here, there is an orthodontist who is known for smaller fees. He
> gets a fair amount of the local business based on fees alone. Virtually
> every single case he does, the appliances come off before I would consider
> the case to be completed. YGWYPF
>

ASL?

Steve

--
Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001

Newbie wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:49:17 GMT, "Amatus Cremona" <> wrote:
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> SYGL

Sorry I stepped on your line.

Steve

--
Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001

On Mar 27, 1:21 pm, Newbie <n...@bix.nex> wrote:

> On 27 Mar 2007 09:59:16 -0700, markliu1...@yahoo.com wrote:
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Well, you didn't read my post.

On Mar 27, 1:34 pm, "carabelli" <redsl...@worldnet.att.not> wrote:

> Can't tell much from the pre-treatment pictures, and of course have no idea
> what your occlusion looks like now. Yes there should be some overbite at
> the end of treatment. Without horizontal and vertical overlap the incisors
> can't function very well.
>
> carabelli

Yes, I understand that. But mouth not closing and teeth being visible
under the natural condition isn't normal. These are supposed to be
corrected after treatment. I will take a few pictures of my current
teeth with braces and show you. Later.