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Speaking of beautiful movement!! WOW!! Check out that wayward canine! You top wire is soooo straight! Things have come a long way... I can TOTALLY 100% relate to everything you are saying. The bottom braces... ugh.... are so HARD to get used to. I do not remember the tops being this uncomfortable, s...

Hello again everyone, It's been a while since I posted!! I've missed you all. :) I had my 3rd adjustment today and I was also bottom braced!! No new wire on top. Just new ligs... I went back to silver as the grey ones that I got last adjustment stained some and I hated having to worry so much about ...

Congrats on the good cleaning!! I'm sure next time you go in they'll be lots to celebrate

And you have to let me know how those bottom braces feel in 18 days!! I'm dying to know.

Keep those pics and good news coming....
Talk to you soon.

Flora! That is awesome progress!!! Oh... the millimeters that our canines have traveled... <sigh> amazing! Don't you kinda enjoy that "tigh" feeling in the morning? I kinda like it! Am I weird? It's kinda like being sore after a work-out. It means things are "working". LOL Congra...

Oh yikes! Sorry about the image size; I doubt you wanted to see every cell on my face.

I'll try to get this right.

WK 12



DAY 1

Hello Again! So I had my 2nd adjustment today. They changed my arch wire from a 12 gague to a 14 gague (OUCH!!) and I changed my lig color from silver to a smoke grey... it's much lighter. We'll see how it goes with staining. If they stain I'll go back to silver b/c I never had a problem with that c...

Here are a couple of arch comparison pics.

Arch @ 6wks




Arch @ 11wks



I'm so excited about the progress.
Thanks KK, Flora and all for your encouragement and support!

Hi guys! Here are some 11 week progress shots. I can't take a good picture of it, but there is a gap between my right canine and my lateral at gum level. I can pretty much fit the head of a toothpic clear across to the other side, just so you can imagine the size. It doesn't extend to the bottom of ...

Tiffany, Welcome.

Glad to hear everything is going well with your braces so far. You'll find so much good advice and support on this board.
I look forward to reading about your progress. Thanks for sharing your story with us.

WOW Flora!! That is awesome progress!!! You must be so excited. It's such a relief to know that something is actually happening!

I still laugh at the fact that we were taking pics like 2 days in & looking for movement. LOL

Take two!

3/9/06



1/9/06

Hi guys ... It's been a couple of weeks since my 1st adjustment. Still feeling constant changes in my bite and while the visible changes are subtle I am starting to see movement. It's amazing... never thought I'd get used to these things, but now... I can barely remember NOT having them! Don't know ...

I see it... Since my adjustment I've been feeling pressure on my laterals. Not bad painful pressure, just a nice consistant kind of... snugness (is that a word?). Anyway -- check this out... I SEE IT! My left canine (right on the screen) has moved down. The wire is much straighter than even a couple...

Thanks KK and Flora! You guys are so supportive and wonderful all-around.

Flora -- supposedly I have silver. I'm gonna check my orthos little lig box and see if maybe he's been holding out on me with the "light silver"colored ligs! Hahah.

Sorry guys, posted those pics incorrectly; and now I cannot edit in this forum (?) Here they are again... 1st day in braces - 1/9/06 http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/7524/progress19067vq.th.jpg 6 weeks in braces - 2/25/06 http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/4739/progress225062qk.th.jpg Upper arch @...