First 'adjustment'

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#16 Post by **ariel86** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:34 am

i went monday for my first adjustment and it was nothing big. they changed the ligs and i have a rotated back tooth so they put a small piece of powerchain on 2 teeth to help it align (and its the only 2 teeth that hurt from that adjustment) so it was not a big deal.

Wed May 30, 2007 12:39 pm

When I went for my 1st adjustment it was painful. Even tho it was 3 months after they were put on. After it was just like as if I got my braces on all over again. The eating, and stuff, and pressure, and mild discomfort.

#18 Post by **AngelOfLife** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:13 pm

Angel, I have my first adjustment this Friday as well. Will be interesting to hear what they do to you - ligs change, or wires too, etc, so keep us posted, and of course, fingers crossed for no pain

Hope it goes well for you, and as painless as possible.

Thanks all for the comments. I am very pleased I found this forum.

#19 Post by **braves123** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:44 pm

my adjustments are every 16 weeks.Maybe because i am wearing the speed system brackets and they dont require frequent adjustments.

#20 Post by **braves123** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:07 pm

I like not having to go more often than every 16 weeks.

#21 Post by **kirjax** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:20 pm

wow 16 weeks!

See I'd rather go 6-8 weeks (which is what they told me I'd be coming in for) bc for me I feel like work is being done faster!

But my first adjustment this time is only 4 weeks. I actually don't know what they'll do. I was told bottom braces but who really knows at this point. I have had no discomfort at all and sometimes as strange as it sounds I want some....for me if I feel a bit of discomfort I feel like my teeth are actually moving!

#22 Post by **SnowSara** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:30 pm

I've only had 2 adjustments over 4 months, but each has been 8 weeks apart and the first one hurt pretty intensely the first evening, but then was gone by the next afternoon. My 2nd adjustment didn't hurt at all! I can't believe how fast my teeth are moving, too. I was told 18 mo, but it looks like I won't be in for much over a year if that.

#23 Post by **AngelOfLife** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:30 pm

I've only had 2 adjustments over 4 months, but each has been 8 weeks apart and the first one hurt pretty intensely the first evening, but then was gone by the next afternoon. My 2nd adjustment didn't hurt at all! I can't believe how fast my teeth are moving, too. I was told 18 mo, but it looks like I won't be in for much over a year if that.

Thats really promising, since I've been given an estimate of 18 months (maximum).

#24 Post by **AngelOfLife** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:49 am

Well, it's an hour since the appointment, no discomfort as of yet. I chose dark blue ligs, I'll post some pictures later and let you all know if I'm screaming in pain yet

Wire was left on, just a change of ligs and powerchain on my top teeth. One of my brackets fell off during the appointment as well! So far though, not as bad as I thought it would be.

#25 Post by **kypsis** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:54 am

Angel - no pain, that's great

Oooh, blue ligs! Did you do colors on both top and bottom?

I'm just back from my first adjustment, too - and also no wire change, just ligs. I chose purple ligs for the bottom, they look great! Clear on top, or else my boss would have a heart attack... Wouldn't want to be responsible for that

I also had some IPR (interproximal reduction, or teeth slenderizing) done on my crowded lowers. OUCH!!!! I had read about that before on this board, but I didn't realize they really FILE your teeth... The filer looked like a really thin nail filer, and she stuck it between two teeth and just sawed. Ugh.

When's your next adjustment? Mine is in 3 weeks again. Turns out that's how it's gonna be the whole time of the treatment - every three weeks. Most people on the board seem to have 6-8 weeks between adjustments, I wonder why my guy does it so often? Go figure...

But here's to time flying by fast, painless adjustments and lots of progress between adjustments

#26 Post by **AngelOfLife** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:41 pm

I have a realllllllly bad camera, just tried taking a few pictures and really didn't turn out well. I will go and buy one tomorrow though, because I want to take pictures so I can see the progress.

kypsis,

Great! Yes, I went for blue on top and bottom. Looks rather well, shame I don't have a good enough camera to show you all (the camera I have is from the stone age, my mobile phone has a brilliant camera, but taking a photo myself didn't turn out well).

The IPR sounds nasty

Next adjustment is 20th of July, 7 weeks.

But here's to time flying by fast, painless adjustments and lots of progress between adjustments

Amen to that.

#27 Post by **AngelOfLife** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:02 am

Thanks Meryaten

Upper teeth feel slightly tender today (it is hardly painful, I suppose 'tender' is the best way to describe it), guess thats thanks to Mr Powerchain there. No problem eating foods though,