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Just a quick post to say i'm very happily debraced! I'm getting on ok with my Essix retainers and tonight I actually had my first corn on the cob post braces...it was beautiful haha!

Oh wow! Not long now! bet you can't wait to get them off! I'm on countdown myself too!

Today I had my last adjustment before I get my braces off in 11 days! Today mainly consisted of replacing an upper right 2 bracket that came off on Friday and placing a few more springs on the lower arch to try and get them a bit more upright, I'm pretty sure they dont want to move much more though ...

thank you all :) I literally cannot wait to get them off now. I'm also currently having some massive movement. I had a gap on my lowers at the front this morning and now this afternoon the gap is gone! I just hope my two teeth at the front that are tipped over a bit decide to stand up over the next ...

ARRGGGGHHH I'M SO EXCITED!!!! :-* :-* So i've just got back from another adjustment (just closing the remaining gap on the bottom and trying to upright my bottom teeth a bit more) and my ortho has finally given me a date to be debraced! (Assuming all is well that is!) I've got a final check on the 5...

I remember getting my braces on, probably 30 mins each for my uppers and lowers. I was there a lot longer for my photos and x-rays, the photographer kept changing my poses and the radiographer got nervous and kept making mistakes once they discovered I'm involved in radiation safety!

So today...after 2 years of having no updates on my progress from my ortho (even when I asked him how long i had left) the words "we are coming to the end" finally left his lips. I'M SO HAPPY!!! All that is left to do on the top is even up my two front teeth slightly, and on my lower arch ...

My ortho is definitely not my most favourite person today so so sore already!

hey all! It took a good while until they decided to engage my blocked out incisor, as they were waiting until there was definitely enough room to pull it forward. Once it was engaged and attached to my arch wire it moved forward seriously quickly. So don't worry about that too much! :) I'm actually ...

Attached is a little progress shot from today...still no comment from the ortho on how long I have left. Still lots to do on my lower arch...

Another adjustment today, I haven't noticed much movement, but my gaps must be closing.

I'm also still in my elastics, just with added sidewinder springs now! Hopefully, my gaps will close a lot quicker now that these are on.

Hope everyone is doing well

Happy holidays everyone, hope you're all having a wonderful time and not too many problems eating

Hiya, they're called tip edge brackets. I couldn't really find any info about them on this forum but a quick Google search and I found their site. I think they're quite good really. In theory they move the teeth in two different ways thus shortening treatment time. .. however I just know they are qu...

...all today, you can see my blocked out lateral incisor and one of my extraction sites.


suppose i should add, yes i do have 2 archwires on top. one going through the 'tunnel' the other in the slot on top

top left = day 107, top right = the beginning, bottom = today