Thirty with Braces

As predicted the braces did not come off today. I've been sporting silver wires wrapped around my bottom braces for the past few months to keep them in place while the uppers finished aligning.

Well somewhere along the way I developped a teeny gap one tooth off from the center. Yep - right off center bottom row. Yes, I floss. No, I didn't realize that gap was there *rolls eyes*

So my lowers are newly braced with clear ligaments (I forgot how hard it was to see those when paired with ceramic braces) and my uppers got a power chain re-attached on the inside to rotate some more. I just had the chain come off two appointments ago so I was bummed to revisit that.

The bright news is I'm supposed to come back in two weeks from now to have the rotating chain replaced then the braces may come off at my normally scheduled visit a month from now. This is the first time I've had a band replacement mid-appointments so I'm taking it as a sign the end is nigh.

My lowers are all sore. Luckily it kicked in after the St. Patty's dinner we'd cooked. I have also redevelopped my "tongue'ing the inside power chain" hobby and my tongue tip is already sore :/

So not a bad visit and I'm glad my ortho holds himself to a higher standard than I do