Progress

Hey boys and girls, just a quickie.

Had another adjustment on tuesday... (they come around quickly these days)... and got my bottom wire changed again. This time to a thicker one, but unfortunately he had to leave a tooth un-engaged.... mega bummed, but i guess these things will happen. He was unable to get the thicker wire to bend towards the tooth, so we're waiting for more space to appear. I can't help but think that this could be a reacurring problem. This wouldn't be a big deal ...

G'day, all.
It's now been just over 3 months since i had my Damon braces put on, and things are going very well. As you might remember I had an overbite, and zig-zagging teeth which made me very self concious, but now the top row has straightened up nicely and the gap has started to close.
The bottom row still has a long way to go though. My ordontist has been waiting for the bottom canines to move a little bit more before he could engage the 2 teeth (sorry but don't know specific ...

It has been around 10 weeks since i last updated my journey... mainly because i couldn't get onto the site...... so i thought i would give a quick update.

Firstly, i have seen a great amount of movement and have been amazed at how quickly they moved in the first month, and how they continued to move in the last week!
I had incredibly crooked teeth and a very bad (well i thought it was) overbite. And being 6ft 3", most people have to look up to talk to me and the gap ...

Today has been the 3rd day since i got my braces. All i can say is: PAIN!!

I had my Damon Clear braces fitted on Friday and so far I haven't been able to close my teeth as each tooth feels extremely sore. So i have been on basically a liquid diet..... weetabix, protein drinks and mashed up food. Oh yea, and lots of alcohol...

The feeling has been very strange, rather like having a spoon constantly in your mouth, and i can only hope that i will become used to the invading ...