Adjustment 18: Purple Chains, Cut Wire and Finally Asked...

Hola!

Finally can post about my adjustment... I didn't have Triple A's(?) installed, didn't even have a wire change. I basically had my power chained changed to a pretty purple upper and lower chain. :) My upper wire was cut in the back on both sides. so it's only going to my six's on both sides of my arch. Nothing was done to my lower wire. The new power chains were a bit tight and I had some minuscule aching the next day but nothing major.

I also finally asked how much longer I had.. The best answer they could give me was, that I was originally quoted 30 months and right now, I'm at 24. So we'll see where I am in 6 months. There's also a possibility I could either get my braces off early or have treatment extended, it all depends on my spaces closing. Which includes the space between my two front teeth as well as the spaces on the right side.

So in other words, it's just a space closure waiting game and I HAVE to wear my elastics all the time and make sure to put them back in immediately after I eat and brush.

With the thought of possibly being free a little early or even right at the 30 month mark, I've been doing a great job remembering to wear my elastics.

Just going to continue to be a good ortho patient and wait for these spaces to close and "try" to be patient. lol


Bye! :)

*Pics coming soon*

2 Year Comparison...

Hi!

I'm a little late as far as posting a 2 year anniversary post but better late than never.

It's so cool finally making it to 2 years, it's seriously hard to believe. I thought that it would take forever to get to this point, but in reality, it flew by. It is simply amazing after looking at my pictures how much my teeth have changed and just how darn good they look. I can still see that there is a bit more work still to be done. So I'll just have to be patient and keep on riding the braces train.

Anyway, on to the comparison:

I'm not sure if it's the angle,for my 2 year front view picture, but my midline looks really off. The gaps on my right side still need to close. One other thing I noticed, is how healthy my gums look now. Makes me happy. :D
 Despite my teeth still being a work in progress, I tell you one thing, my teeth now look like they belong to someone else. It's just unbelievable! If you are considering getting braces, DO IT!!!! It is SO WORTH IT!


Later! :)

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.

Week 96: Ortho Appointment 2 Days ago and 22 months!

I've been a little MIA for a bit. Life's been pretty busy lately. Plus, I really haven't had much to report since everything has been moving slowly.

Anyway, I went to my ortho appointment on the 4th and it was pretty uneventful. My ortho came over and asked me to open and close my mouth several times and told the assistant, that he wanted to continue space closure and wanted me to wear boxes but just on my lower 4s instead of my 3s. So in other words, he just wanted me to hook my elastic one hook back from my previous configuration. And that was it, I was sent on my merry way.

I honestly thought that I would get scolded because I'm suppose to wear my elastics 24/7 and I've probably been wearing them for like 19 hours a day. I was just afraid that by me not wearing them like I'm suppose to, that my teeth didn't move enough. But obviously, they must have moved enough. :)

Happy 22 months for me! It's been an exciting journey thus far and it's had it's ups and downs but more ups than anything else. My teeth look great and I know that since I still have some time left, it will only get better!

I'll post pictures from week 93 soon as well as for this week.

Later!

Week 93: A Little Movement and Snapping Elastics..

Morning!

I've been noticing that when I have my elastics in, that my gaps on the right side are a lot smaller but once I take the elastics out, it seems like the gaps open back up. So hopefully, with religious elastic wear, the gaps will close all the way and stay that way.

My gap between my two front teeth is shrinking too and my upper midline is slowly moving towards the center to meet my lower midline.

I've also been having problems with my elastics snapping in my mouth. Whenever I yawn, they snap a little against my gums without breaking.. But they have also snapped and broke in my mouth a few times. My husband can usually hear when they snap and he looks at me with very wide eyes and says, Ouch! O.o

It is a bit painful when the elastics break but I just go and put a new pair in and I've just been trying to not yawn as wide. lol

That's about all the news I have.

Cya

Dental Cleaning and 21 Months

Hi!

Dental cleaning went really, really well. The dental hygenist only had to scrap my teeth a little, she told me that I have the cleanest teeth she has ever seen in an orthodontic patient.  That made me happy. There were no cavities whatsoever and everything looked really great.

The only problem that the hygenist had was that my lowers were a bit tight and the floss kept shredding in between my teeth. Hoping that by the end of my treatment, I'll have a little bit of space to get the floss through.

So my prayer was answered and I had a clean bill of dental health. :)

I love the number 21.. I don't really know why but I just do. In 3 months, it will be 2 years in braces. Wow!

Hoping that I won't have much longer to go.


Will do a comparison soon.

Cya