I'm obsessing

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#1 Post by **alfie** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:38 am

I think I'm obsessing over my braces. I got them in on 12/12 and since then I've been closely monitoring the movement. Sadly, I have not noticed any.

You might say to yourself "that's not obsessing!".

Well, I take pictures of my teeth and, in Photoshop, I zoom in, measure and examine them like a CSI scene.

I might not be as obsessive if I noticed movement. Agh! Where's my progress???

#2 Post by **badbite** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:51 am

I do not have my braces on yet. I know I will be the same way. I am having SARPE in Jan, and I know I will be watching EVERY day to see the changes!

Maybe tomorrow you'll see changes!

#3 Post by **nogota** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:05 am

Hey,
I completely obsess too. I know I won't see any signficant change until I get a tooth extracted, but none the less, I stare at my teeth in the mirror every morning and every night.

Just hold tight, change will happen, even if the waiting is miserable.

#4 Post by **Lisa65** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:17 am

I still do the Photoshop and zoom thing sometimes, and I've had my braces 18 months

#5 Post by **BobKitten** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:52 am

yeah.... i'm a big teeth-starer too

my most embarrassing thing that MrBobKitten picks up on is my tendency to use Photobooth to keep snapping pics of me with my fingers pulling my lips back to see the teeth right from the roots! heh... i did try to be cool... for a few months, but nearly eighteen months in, it's only got worse!

wait 'til you see the changes starting to happen....! CSI will have *nothing* on you!

#6 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:56 am

I use PS to examine my teeth too... I also measure my gaps by proxabrush every time I brush. I also check my clear ligs after an adjustment to make sure that all of my ligs are the same clear. One time I noticed that 3 of them were a different brand of clear thus not all the same clear. The assistants thought it was weird I caught it, but did not give me grief and changed them out. It bothers me when I get a tiny speck of finely ground pepper or cocoa powder stuck between my lig and the bracket wing... Am I obsessive? Perhaps, but to each his own with oral hygiene and progress!

#7 Post by **HIMgurl** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:36 pm

wow! I can tell this is how I am going to be. Don't have my braces yet but am always looking for shifting teeth. We are normal guys! Lol

#8 Post by **Pepper** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:18 pm

Haha, I do that too.

#9 Post by **Traceymay** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:18 am

me too

I thought it was just me. I keep looking at a photo taken before braces and how they are now.

Last night I even got the Photo out to show my stepson my progress pointing out each individual tooth

Happy Christmas - Traceymayx

#10 Post by **smile2006** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:14 am

I have my braces off now and I've been asking Mr. Smile2006 to take periodic photos so I can be assured nothing has moved.....In some ways I feel more obsessed now that they are off, YIKES

#11 Post by **acd** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:43 pm

Alfie,
Take lots of pictures and don't compare yesterday with today but compare today with last month or two months ago and you'll be amazed at the progress. It's one of those you can't see the forest from the trees kind of things. Good luck with your treatment.

#12 Post by **mookie** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:54 pm

I must admit- I got my braces on 12/10. I was semi-obsessed before I got them but NOW, it is pitiful. I critique everyone's mouth especially my own. I notice braces on all people including a random background person in a movie or tv show. My husband thinks it is hilararious.

And I stare at my teeth in my visor mirror in my car at many traffic lights- or waiting for the train to pass. I just stare at my teeth

And to comment on my progress- my teeth look worse that before because my spring is pushing things all kind of ways. My friend irl has braces and say thats its normal for things to look a bit worse before you see improvements.

Hope she's right.

#13 Post by **AliKat** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:45 am

I look at my braces constantly, got a mirror I carry everywhere with me!!!!

#14 Post by **BobKitten** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:23 am

have to say... i think this is my favourite all-time thread!