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Well I had my appointment on 08/03/2021 and the braces are now off and I got my retainers on 08/05/2021. The braces came off pretty easily and the scraping to take off the glue was to say the least noisy. It was not painful and all I felt was pressure. They removed a lot of the built up stain and po...

Well I just came back from the Ortho and all was well. He made only two minor adjustments and said he was just nitpicking. My midline is perfect, underbite gone and my teeth are flat with no low or high spots. He put power chains again on the bottom and added them to the top. He is bringing the top ...

I have begun thinking about my meal plans since there is light at the end of the tunnel. After the two weeks of wearing retainers 24/7 and just eating nothing but soft foods, this is my first week of meals: Day 1 - Weekender bag of potato chips with dip. Day 2 - 24 extra crispy hot wings with french...

Hey everyone, I hope all is well. I had my ortho visit 06/01/2021 and all is progressing well. Again no pics at this time since there are no visible changes but when I have my General cleaning this month I will post a few as they will be looking good. So where do we stand now since I am now over 18 ...

Hey guys, I hope everyone has been well. It's been awhile since I have been on, so here is the latest updates. I have had 3 Ortho visits with the last one yesterday. I am not posting any new pics since the look of my teeth has not changed. My mid-line is corrected, my underbite is also corrected and...

Well I had my ortho appointment today and all went well. The Ortho is very pleased with the progress and I am as well. My bite is much better and I use the word flat as in the top teeth sit flat on top of the bottoms. They removed the power chains from the top but the bottoms are still there. The el...

Well welcome to the journey and nice progress. My mid line was also off because I remember the ortho telling my so very specifically. Part of the elastics I have been in were to correct that and it worked. And I am not an ortho but I will say to answer your question, yes you will achieve the results...

Ok, now for the current update and pics. I had my regular dentist visit and cleaning yesterday December 14 and all went well with no problems. They were able to use the electronic scaler this time and I think it does a better job. My ortho appointment was today and again no broken brackets, another ...

Hey guys, long time no see. Sorry That I did not post the update after my last visit on November 17 as I had some really pressing family problems to deal with due to this Covid stuff. The November ortho appointment was basically uneventful, and no broken brackets. Yea for me. I have power chains on ...

Well I had my ortho appointment today and another hour in the chair. You guessed it, they were adjusting my TMA wires again, the tech popped another bracket off of a crown and my third band was placed. The good thing is only 7 more bands to go, Ha Ha. When they adjust the TMA wires they are putting ...

Thank you for posting your journey here and welcome. Now considering that I am not an orthodontist and all of this is just my opinion, looking at the pictures you posted I can see what you are talking about, re class 2 and lip incompetence. I also can see why you chose to have surgery. I was told at...

Well a little update on eating with elastics. This was not much of a problem as I only have the elastics on one side so chewing was no problem but I have broken some while eating. Brushing is no problem since you take the elastics out. When I first started putting them on, I did not realize I had to...

Very nice progress so far, I bet you are pleased with the results and wish you the best for the future.

Well I am back from my Ortho appointment and I was beaten with a stick. It took every bit of an hour and they are now making my future appointments for an hour as something always seems to go wrong. And what went wrong do you ask, the tech popped a bracket on another crown. The result was that crown...

Well I had my Perio cleaning and scaling done yesterday, my gums hurt more than my teeth do and brushing hurts and burns. They did some bite wing x-rays and all was good and no caries. I did not realize that I had power chains on my top teeth until I saw the picture since the chains are silver and t...