Week 65: Ohhhh... I'm Halfway There!! 15 Months!

Howdy!

Even though my ticker says 14 months and 1 day, I'm just going to say I'm at 15 months already.. (Plus I wanted to sing the song. lol! - Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi)

Anyway, my right side is looking better and better... I still have gaps but they're starting to close up. I also can see my midline shifting somewhat, but I still have a ways to go with that. I do know at my next adjustment, I'll be getting stainless steel archwires.. so I don't really know how to feel about that.

I'm also wondering if I'll have a new elastic configuration or if they'll just give me a new pack of Zebras and send me on my way.. hmm who knows..

Oh well, that's all for now!

Bye!

Dental Cleaning

Happy Friday!

I had a dental cleaning at 8am and everything went well. The dental hygenist told me that I had a little build up on my front teeth but besides that, my teeth were looking great. And that I was one of the best ortho patients she has seen. So that made me feel good, knowing that I'm cleaning my teeth really well. :D

After the dental hygenist finished cleaning my teeth then the dentist came over to look. He told me that I might not have to have any teeth extracted because of how my teeth are lining up but he's going to continue to watch them... I also asked him about the gingivectomy and he said that depending on how far my ortho brought my teeth down, then it might not need much of one but he said if I still did when my braces come off then he would let me know.

So we'll see what happens in the next year and some odd months. =]

Later!

Week 64

My teeth are still slowly moving but I can see a difference. They are really looking great. The only thing that kind of has me worried is once my midline is corrected, my right upper central is going to sit up higher and my right side is going to look lopsided.. Hopefully, my ortho can bring my upper right side down a bit more. I want everything to look straight.

I'm usually not a very picky person... but since I'm paying quite a bit of money to fix my teeth, I want everything to look right!

For the most part, I have forgotten all about my elastics... I forgot to take them out this morning and I started brushing my teeth... My toothbrush got caught on one my elastics and I couldn't figure out why it was stuck.... until I really looked and I'm like oops! and started laughing.

I truly am enjoying the braced journey! :)

Week 63: Sore from Rubber Band..

Hola!

So far, I'm seeing small amounts of movement. Even though this is a slower process, I'm still satisfied that at least my teeth are moving.

I woke up this morning with my rubber band pretty much embedded in my cheek... Now I'm sporting a nice sore on the inside of my mouth... =/ Believe I was sleeping on my left side and had my face buried in the pillow and that caused my elastic to press against my cheek... It did not feel good at all...

I also want my right side to move a little faster. My lower canine is pressing against my upper canine and every now and then I hear a creak and It feels like my upper canine is going to fall out. Everytime it happens, I quickly look in the mirror to make sure it's still intact. It is but I just think it's loose from moving.

That's about all for now!

Bye

 My overjet seems to be decreasing more and more. 

I'm so happy. :)

My left side is looking beautiful!!

My right side.... not so much...

Still needs a lot of work. =/

Week 62

Hi!

I don't think my teeth have moved or if they have, it's only minuscule amounts. Since I was excited about having elastics, I'm expecting my teeth to move in a matter of a couple of days lol, I should know better!

So I'll just continue taking pictures and wearing my elastics like I'm supposed to and we'll see what happens in like 6 weeks.

I don't have any pain with elastics anymore. I had some slight pain after 24 hours of having elastics but it was only in the morning. Mainly because I was clenching my teeth at night and then I'd open my mouth and it would hurt and ache.. I don't think I'm clenching anymore, so that's a good thing.

A funny story: Yesterday, I went over my parents house and I had not saw my dad since I got elastics... So I was talking to him and he interrupts me and says, what's that in your mouth?? I'm like rubber bands. He has this funny look on his face and he's ask me, why? So I tell him, that the elastics are going to move my jaw over some... He's like, So does that mean you're going to have a sideways jaw? I hope not....
 Of course, I start laughing.. That was just hilarious.

One thing that made me feel good was my dad kept saying how great my teeth look! I was beaming! :D All I have to say is my ortho is a miracle worker! :)


Bye!

I was right about movement. I compared my overjet pic from my

adjustment to this current pic and my overjet has went in a little!

So exciting! :)

Quick Elastic Update

Morning!

I'm a little sore but other than that, I don't really have any pain. So the zebras decided to play nice in there. lol.

I honestly thought that elastics would be as painful as first getting braces, but it's no where near. I have the occasional rubbing and every now and then my elastics will pinch my lip. I also can't open my mouth very wide but I find it pretty funny, esp when I yawn... My husband tries is best not to laugh at me,  but I tell him it's ok, I'm laughing with you.


But overall, I'm happy to finally have elastics, now I don't have to worry anymore. Plus, I'll start having more progress! :) I'm really happy about that.

Later!

10th Adjustment Complete: Elastics!

Hi!

I'm back from my 10th adjustment and I was given the dreaded... ELASTICS...lol

Right now, they're really not so bad but then again I've only had them for 3 hours.

So I'll update how I feel in the morning.

Anywho, I had my lower wire changed to a thicker wire, so my lowers are going to hurt. They're also a little tender right now because the ortho assistant struggled to get the doors on my brackets open.. When she finally popped them all open, I was sweating a little from the pressure on my teeth...

I also had my powerchain changed and yes it's still clear... I think I was in too much of a daze about the elastics to even think about getting a colored chain. Oh wells.

I'm honestly happy about my elastics... Oh yeah! They are Zebras... and I looked them up on the ormco website, they're heavy...

The zebra doesn't look very friendly.....

I have to wear one on my left side from my lower 1st molar to my upper left cuspid and I have to wear two on my right side in the same configuration. They are class 2 elastics, so they're going to pull my overjet in some more as well as line up my midline. :) Happy to have more progress...

Bye!

10th Adjustment Tomorrow :D

Howdy!

I'm excited about going to the ortho lol! Simply beccause I'm ready to see more movement. I know my teeth will ache from the new wire but such is braced life.

Plus, I'll be rid of this nasty powerchain... It's terribly discolored... I think since my gap is closed now, I'll ask for a colored powerchain as well.. Oh so tired of clear..

Anyway, I'll have an update tomorrow evening!

Later