Week 102: Adjustment 17 Finished!

Hi!

I had my adjustment yesterday and again..  it was pretty uneventful. I had a x ray taken of my mouth and then my powerchains and wires were removed. I was told to brush and floss with the wires out and flossing was interesting. I kept snagging the floss on the brackets. lol

Anyway, my ortho came out and told me to open and close my mouth several times. He said he wants to continue to close my spaces up. So he told the assistant to put a closed chain on my lowers and an open chain on my uppers. I also, have to still wear boxes in the same configuration with the same strength elastics.

One thing that kind of scared me was he said at my next adjustment in 4 weeks, he wants to put a triple A? or maybe I misunderstood and he said a TPA, on my upper arch to add torque and flare my teeth out a bit. Really don't know what is going to happen at this next adjustment. I don't know if what he's going to be adding at this adjustment is an appliance or some type of wire. In a way, I want to call and ask to find out exactly what it is, but I kind of don't because I might be freaked out more by knowing.

So... it honestly might be best to wait and see at the next adjustment.

I don't really have anything else new to report, it all looks the same to me.

Actually, after doing a comparison from week 100. I do see quite a few changes. My gap between my two front teeth has gotten smaller. My lower arch has rounded out a little more. And my upper right side has come down a bit. :D I guess that goes to show that, even though I'm in the slower phase of treatment, my teeth are still constantly moving and improving. Makes me a happy girl! 

Bye!

Week 100: Not Much Has Changed

Hi!

It's kind of neat saying I've been in braces for 100 weeks. lol!

Anywho, I haven't seen much change in my teeth. The gap between my two front teeth has gotten a little smaller. I can't really tell if the gaps on my right side have moved at all. I've been doing better with wearing my elastics all the time. It just seems like this configuration has hurt a bit more than all the other ones.

Next month, will make it two years and I plan on doing a comparison. That should be fun.

I also have an adjustment coming up on the 16th and all I know is that I'll have some brackets repositioned. Just wondering what else is going to happen. Maybe, I'll finally get enough courage to ask how much longer. We'll see

That's all for now.