Bite Opening more on right side

About 2 weeks ago I noticed that my bite had opened up on the right side.  I could no longer feel my molars touching when I bit down.  I tested this by trying to bite down on a piece of paper,  I was able to pull it right out when biting on my right side, but when biting on my left side I was still touching and could hold the paper in place while pulling.  I know that my bite would be changing and it is possible for it to get "worse" before surgery, but I still called my orthodontist to let him know. He wanted me to come in so he could take a look.  So I went in today and he confirmed that I was no longer touching on my right side.  He said there was about 1mm of space between those molars.  He said the brackets on my LEFT molars were really close to the bite-line and he was going to move them to allow the teeth on my RIGHT side to come back together.  I don't totally understand this.  But he removed/ repositioned the 3 brackets on my upper LEFT molars.

Bracket Repositioning

On 1/29/14 I had my second ortho appt since my braces were put on in September.  During this visit they took off some brackets and repositioned them.  I'm not really sure how many he actually did.  I would say at least 4 or 5, maybe more.  I thought it was going to hurt really bad, but I couldn't even feel most of them.  He did try to take off one on my upper second tooth and that one hurt BAD.  It felt like my tooth was loose and he was ripping it out.  So he didn't end up doing that one.

I'm just starting to feel back to normal after that appointment.  My teeth were really sore for about a week.  It was like I just had my braces put on.  So I was eating soft foods all week and taking ibuprofen or tylenol as needed.

Anyway he put my current wire back in after he was done (I'm in Damon Clear braces and still in the light round wire).  I will have this wire for another 10 weeks.  Then I'll get my wire changed to a heaver wire and 10 weeks after that they will take my initial molds to see if I'm ready for surgery.  So that should be around June.  He also said i might only need upper jaw surgery.  That is kind of exciting because that would probably mean a quicker surgery, less trauma and faster healing.  But I'll try not to get my hopes up yet...

PS. Next time I go to get my regular dental cleaning I'm going to stop at my ortho first to have them remove the wire.  That way the hygienist is able to clean my teeth easier.  Just a tip for anyone else in braces because I had a cleaning last month with the wire in (didn't even know it was possible to have it taken out for cleaning) and they didn't use the scaler on my teeth to scrape the tartar off on the bottom front teeth.  She just used a high pressure water jet and that really didn't remove much.