Just a quick progress update after my last ortho appt. Also – I really struggle with how to name these videos…please excuse the absurdly long title.
Tl;dw (too long didn’t watch…that’s a thing right?): everything is good, premolars are almost all the way forward (left one is, right one still has a tiny gap). Next they’re gonna put me in a new wire, tweak aesthetics/occlusion, then do a CBCT scan to prepare for implants, do implants, then after they settle pull the molars forward.
Glad to hear your’re doing well. To respond to your question, I do find your updates helpful. I’m finishing up the AGGA phase of my treatment in about two weeks, and with some of the odd stories out there on the interwebs it’s reassuring to see you and other folks who are further along in treatment moving forward.
I’m well aware that the negative stories have prior jaw surgery, failed ortho and various extractions in their history that would certainly affect their outcome, and I trust my doc, but every little bit of encouragement helps. Thanks for your contribution!
Thanks Steve! I will keep the updates coming. Congrats on being almost through the AGGA phase! I hear you on the negative stories. After Ronald Ead’s case (which he shared after I had already begun AGGA treatment), I decided I needed to keep my head down and stay away from negative stories like that, at least until I’m through with my treatment. Information and anecdotes can be helpful, but past a certain point it’s only paralyzing and disheartening, and can make you forget that most people have good outcomes. I am rather curious about them, because I haven’t been following, but I think I’ll have to catch up once I’m finished with my own!