msalicia

So, it's been about a month since I got my braces on, and I've already noticed improvement. I got them on the 17th of June, and that was a nightmare. I barely ate anything for a week. I had the bracket and two ligatures pop off within 24 hours of getting them, so they reattached that and put on all new ligatures. I'm guessing that's what it feels like when you get your braces tightened because they were sore (again) for a week after.



The pictures are terrible quality, but they're all I have. And they show the improvement anyways. The first picture is after my gap had already begun to close. It's not exactly an accurate portrayal of what they were before, but I'll try and get a copy of my pictures from my orthodontist later. Anyways, I was shocked to see that it is completely gone. My two front teeth are actually overlapping now! It is the oddest thing. I have had that gap since I was little, and it closed up in less than a month. And the two teeth beside them are starting to be pulled out from behind. I'm so excited for the end result! I get my bottom brackets on in a few months, so I'll see where it goes from there. They said it should take 2 years to fix my overbite and overjet, but they won't be able to fix everything completely because I was born without some teeth. He didn't want to pull teeth, so that's that.