Hi guys! Just a little update...I went back to the ortho today. Changed out my upper power chain and all that regular stuff. I am having an issue with a back molar on my left side. It appears to be moving "up" too far. I noticed I couldn't floss without causing my gum to bleed and there didn't seem to be much room to take the floss up inbetween and always made it bleed. He said that usually he doesn't bracket back molars on adults but he wants to bracket upper and lower back molar on the...

AS always...before:


sorry some are so big, I am losing patience with my pics...big changes in this one year...so happy I have some time under my belt now....estimated time is 18 months, but we'll see. That would put me out of them in July..who knows! Canines are down, teeth are generally straight, but need some filing and all that..I am going in tomorrow for adjustment...thicker wires and...

Not too bad of an appointment today. I have taken Advil, so not feeling too bad right now. I got my power chain back! YAY! They took it off last visit as they repositioned a bracket, and because of that, they had to give me a thinner wire so my bracket wouldn't pop off. As if getting the power chain back on is not enough, my upper and lower wires went back to a thicker size and I am back in elastics 24 hours a day again. I'm sure by tonight I will be feeling it a little more...but so far so good....

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Bite made worse with braces in the beginning:


After 3 months of elastic wear:


few months ago:
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Treatment is going really well! The rubber bands I started wearing 6 weeks ago have done major changes to my bite and he is pretty clear in that surgery is not the correct route and neither is extractions...the rubber bands are doing what he wants them to do. He is still focused on bringing my upper teeth back a little more. We discussed IPR on some of the teeth, by shaving a little amount, he says he will be able to bring them back just that little more extra that he needs. The tech put a power...