BlondeAddiction's Braces Addiction:

*NEW whitening Update at the bottom WITH PICS - Dec 15th*

Hey everyone!
So it has been 3 weeks now since I had my braces removed and I can't say how ecstatic I have been! Here's where I'm at so far! :)
The evening after I got my braces off, my friends all threw me a huge surprise party at a bar to show off my new smile. I was stoked!!! I could NOT stop smiling, and people left and right were asking to see them and take photos with me. I would look back at the pics ...

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UPDATE: MORE Official Before/After photos will be added within 24hours!
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My 16 month Braces journey has finally come to an end. Bittersweet.... NOT!!! lol!!
How was it? Did it hurt? How are my results? Was it worth it? I was glued to the clock the whole time and tracked my deband from start to finish. Read my timeline below!

8:29am - Arrival at the office.
It was an eerie feeling ...

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So it is now 7 days until I get my braces off!! What a crazy 16 months! I got so giddy today when I woke up to a text message on my phone asking me to call and confirm my appointment! I called, and spoke to the front desk asking HIM to confirm that I was indeed getting my braces off. After a few moments he comes back and says "It says here you're scheduled for de-band". SCORE!!! Then, after another brief pause, he comes back with "Uh oh, ...

HOLY CRAP!! I literally just finished crying on the way home from my Ortho appointment!! Just finished up my appointment and my Ortho says everything is perfect!! He removed my powerchains, cut my wires on uppers and lowers from the Canine and removed them so I now only have a wire attached to 6 teeth on top and bottom! He then put white ligatures around each bracket to help hold my new tiny wire in place. I look like I have traditional braces now and it's so funny looking to me. I asked about my ...

Yippers!!! Finally I'm a happy girl!!

I snuck in an appointment today even though my actual date is Oct 24th. I had mentioned in my last Blog I was going to do this to talk to my Ortho regarding my "off" front central incisor. I'm TONS happier after this afternoon's drop-in with him!!!

He explained to me that what I'm seeing is just the way my arch is. That's how it's gonna stay, and he told me we're a million times better than when we started out. I got a ...

Where the hell has BlondeAddiction been?? LOL!
Yeah I know- smack me! I started the awesome schooling and sport of Solo Skydiving which has drained me mentally as well as physically. I also got a new Phone AND Laptop (The keyboard had broken so I had no way to update LOL) so NONE of my old photos and stuff have been transferred over to this one. I feel 'empty' regarding my progression photos. I haven't even TAKEN a photo in about a month so yeah, slacking tremendously. School started up for ...

Hey hey!
Had another Ortho appointment Wednesday afternoon. Nothin too major. We've been moving my powerchain over tooth by tooth to fix my midline and we still had 5 more teeth to move so I was expecting the powerchain to go to my canine and be done with it. Instead I was pleasantly surprised when he said we were gonna go ahead and put my powerchain back across the entire uppers- from molar to molar! Woohoo!! It's been 3 days now and all my gaps are closed across the entire uppers! I also ...

Not too much to update about considering my last appointment was only 7 days ago BUT still enough to keep record of. :) I went in an hour ago and as scheduled, were putting on a new powerchain to move over my upper central lateral. In case you missed last weeks' blog, we're moving each tooth over one-by-one since we had to shift my midline last month- so I have 2 more spots to move over before THAT's done. Just as my Ortho's assistant removed the old powerchain and put the new one on- POW! The bracket ...

12 HOUR UPDATE AT BOTTOM:

Guess who slipped in another adjustment this afternoon?! <== THIS GIRL!!

Been monitoring my huge GAP situation for a few days now and decided I was getting pretty darn agitated with it. Called my Orthos office to stop in and grab some more Elastics since I had run out over the weekend and was using my old ones in the meantime. My Ortho sat me down and took a quick peek. "WOW! Did your teeth do that in just 1 week"?! "Um. actually ...

My newest Ortho appointment was yesterday morning and it was a pretty quick one. He took a look at my bite and informed me that my lower jaw has finally come forward to as far as it's going to go (I think that's a YAY lol). He also did a quick check to make sure all lower gaps were closed and said that we were DONE with lower powerchains for good! He removed the small silver one he had placed last month on half of my lowers and we got to work on my midline. Since my lower center gap had closed, ...

Where has the time gone?!
Welcome to my 1 year summary on my Braces with the Ups, Downs, and everything in between! I wanted to cover things that people have said (and say) and/or asked me in my normal day-to-day life about my teeth and share my feelings and opinions on my 12 month metal mouth journey. The way it's affected my job, my friendships, my family, and strangers I meet.

CHAPTER 1 - THE QUESTIONS:

The 1st and foremost question I get from everyone is... ...

I'm stoked!!! SO much stuff has happened today at my appointment and I'm jumping for joy! I just got home and I had to hurry up and write this because there is so much to cover! I'll try to keep it as short as possible. Pfft, who am I kidding, this is ME you're talking about. LOL!

I arrived at my Ortho 10 mins early and they saw me right away. I saw my ortho for just a few mins before we got to start on my 3 month cleaning with my Hygienist. I mentioned I had a malfunctioning bracket ...

Hey everyone! Another braces update for you guys (and myself for the sake of documentation)!

I can't say I'm thrilled with today's appointment- I'll tell you why.

Had my Ortho appointment 3 hours ago and thankfully I'm not as sore as I was expecting I would be so that was a PLUS. As soon as I arrived, the assistant (who I adore) got to work on removing my Powerchains before my Ortho came in. Whew, no discomfort. Another plus. He had me do all the usual- "bite down, ...

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Sportin my new white Powerchains today!
*NEW 24 hour update with pics at bottom!!*

So today is *drumroll* my 9 month anniversary of my braces!! I also had my Orthodontic check up to celebrate the occasion. Heh. More great news and more great progress!

Had my appointment at 10:30 this morning, and I knew I was due for a new set of Powerchains since I had just gone 6 weeks without having them so I was prepared for that. ...

So tonight I was taking my normal 3 week progression photos when I realized three things.

1) The time is FLYING by so fast that I feel like I'm taking pics every week even though I'm not.
2) My bite has changed a LOT in just the last 3.5 weeks.
and 3) I've really come to love (and appreciate) my Elastics! lol!

Being that I never really had a 'bite' per-say, it is so wonderfully awkward biting down without teeth hitting and poking the roof of my mouth. ...