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I had an appointment Oct. 19th and the ortho said that he wants to talk about retainer options at my next appointment because the braces will come off soon! Then he asked me about a small gap that had opened up between my two front teeth. When I first had braces those two front teeth overlapped slightly, but after my teeth became straight the gap popped up. My ortho asked me if I wanted to close the gap and said no at first, but it was only because I was scared that it would prolong my treatment. ...
Wow time really does fly. I've been mia for a while because I was super busy and my adjustments weren't anything special. I will give a 6 month background before launching into my 7 month adjustment tale. Six months in my ortho was very very pleased. My teeth were moving very fast so he decided to be a bit aggressive. I thought YAY but was worried that I would endure some extra pain. He placed four wedges in my teeth (again) and changed my elastics to my original configuration. I ...
I've had three different configurations with my elastics in as many months. I was in elastics from day one and my first configuration was 1/8" heavy and went from my upper canines to the lower molar before the last one. Then a month later I had a triangle configuration with 3/16" elastics that went from the upper canine (the star in my elastics journey so far) to the tooth next to the bottom canine and the one next to it. Now I have the same configuration and elastics except everything ...
Ok, this post is going to be a mishmash of off-topic things as well as on-topic statements. I've learned a few things since having braces. Tiger blood is now a recognized blood type.Gadhafi's face seems to be melting. Methinks someone has found the Ark of the Covenant!!Having an 'advancement' archwire places to alleviate crowding kinda sucks, especially when you are only expecting to have a loose molar band replaced.If you own a waterpik, you don't need to floss. Ruh-roh, ...
So today was the day that I got my braces. First things first, everyone that said the spacers were the worst part were right. What they didn't tell you about were the molar bands. Now, everyone doesn't have to get molar bands and if you are one of those lucky ones, say an extra prayer tonight. They hurt, but it is temporary because the bands are smaller than the spacers, but if your teeth are sore from the spacers, it sucks. The good news is that once they find the size, they will glue them ...
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