Denise

Had another adjustment yesterday and got some good news. I only have one more wire change to go!! They will most likely put in the heavier stainless steel wire at my next appointment, both upper and lower, on June 30.

Yesterday, I got a button. Now, I thought I was done having annoying things glued to the inside of my mouth. Wrong!

The "button" is glued to my inside right canine. The elastic hooks around it and comes out to hook to my lower molar and canine to create a triangle. What this is doing is pulling the right side of my jaw out. Right now the teeth sit directly on top of my lower teeth, and the orthodontist wants them to sit somewhat outside of those bottom teeth. Will post pics when I can.

- this is a button. It's very tiny, and a bit sharp! It's fine when an elastic is hooked to it, but I cut my tongue on it this morning when it was out.

Tooth diagram if you aren't sure which teeth are which.

At night I have to wear two little triangles, using very, very small elastics (hard as heck to put on, I can't even get my finger through it, I have to use tweezers).

The triangles go from my bracket on each upper canine, and wraps around the brackets on the lower canine and laterals. I'm quite a sight at night these days, but I'm SO excited at the thought of these things maybe coming off at the beginning of October that I'm willing to do ANYTHING!!

A teenage boy got his brackets off yesterday while I was in there. They made him a candy bouquet, gave him balloons, and sang a song to him. I was so jealous I was seeing green the rest of the afternoon. That will be me soon come heck or high water!!!