I found out my alternative is to pull all the lower teeth more backwards instead of IPR. Otherwise I run risk of developing an underbite. And in order...

It's been a while, so I'd like to confirm that indeed things have split, and I have update pictures: Decent gap, flaring molars, very weird bite...

Wow I think things are happening now. For the past couple days, there had been a slight pressure feeling in my front palate and around my front teeth....

I was only turning backwards for one day, so hopefully that didn't set me back too much. I'm sad the tension feeling is no longer happening with 1x tu...

@apollo I voiced these concerns to my ortho, explaining that I felt tension no matter which direction I turned the screw, forward or backward. I also ...

Instead of turning an additional 10 turns, my ortho suggested I go ahead with corticopuncture, since I wasn't feeling much tension while turning (rath...

And the journey continues. Today, I finally had my TAD-tightening appointment (delayed due to a month of horrible food poisoning). My surgeon agreed t...

My ortho says they will actually just re-insert the front TADs deeper, using an additional drill between removing and reinserting to reduce whatever r...

@apollo I'm at 45 turns, and I was told to stop turning completely before we had taken the x-ray. Ortho thinks my progress is sufficient and, in fact,...

Update: I had another x-ray done, which confirmed that my front TADs were not drilled deeply enough to reach the nasal floor. Apparently the surgeon e...

Update: I learned my TAD screws are the 12mm ones. My ortho is not one of the MSE specialists listed on Won Moon's site. I didn't even know the "MSE...

@apollo No scans done after installation. The TADs do not appear to be tilting or dragging, according to ortho. The surgeon was very careful not to sc...