at what state of treatment did you notice what ur new smile

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#1 Post by **believer1964** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:55 am

In other words, the smile I see now at 2 months in braces is not going to be the same smile I see in 1 year from now or even 1 1/2 yrs from now.

Knowing what you know now, at what stage at your treatment did you see what your new smile was really going to look like (after 1 year? or a month before your braces came off ) .

#2 Post by **revontuli** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:47 am

I have just one month and one week behind me, so I'm still waiting for a change.

#3 Post by **Dilema** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:00 am

revontuli wrote:I have just one month and one week behind me, so I'm still waiting for a change.

I had mine placed on the 11th of September, you?

#4 Post by **haywire** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:20 am

my smile didn't change very much in the last ~11-12 months so i think i can say i saw my actual smile after 4-5 months in braces

#5 Post by **blackapple** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:55 pm

I love mine now. I was just noticing this week when smiling in pictures that I love how my uppers look. My lowers are slowly changing but I love what I see so far. My teeth have made major progress in only 2 months time it's unbelievable to me.

So happy I decided to do this. My self confidence has improved as well.

#6 Post by **NervousNewbie** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:43 pm

revontuli wrote:I have just one month and one week behind me, so I'm still waiting for a change.

I'm not even at a month yet, but I'm getting impatient already! Boy have I got a long way to go, haha.

My teeth haven't moved at all yet. They haven't even connected the wires to the molar bands yet (and said they don't know if they're going to do it next visit, either), because right now they are just loosening up my teeth for movement. Ugh, they're loose, I'm ready for movement!

#7 Post by **caitlin1120** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:57 am

I would saaayy...yesterday haha. I'm in the final stage of my treatment (14 months in) and I just got my elastics at my adjustment yesterday so I can fix my bite. I don't have much to change, but I can notice a difference in my smile already when I wear the elastics. It's a good difference too - hooray!

I was totally eager to find out what my smile was going to look like when I was first starting out, but now that I pretty much know what it is I find treatment that much harder because I'm so excited to see the final result! In retrospect, not knowing might have made things easier. The last few months are going by so slow now looking at my awesome but imprisoned smile!!

#8 Post by **Snowglobe32** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:20 am

One of my options during my treatment consultation was to do SureSmile.

From what I have heard, SureSmile allows you to see the result in the beginning and at every step. It was too expensive for me so I couldn't do it. But who wants to see the end result ahead of time?

#9 Post by **VA5** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:24 am

Sometimes I feel like my smile more or less looks the same, still. I have less protrusion, sure.. so in that respect it changed about 1 year into treatment. However, my lowers are still leveling out, and I'm waiting for those to have that nice curve that you see with people who have perfect teeth.. it's hard to describe correctly. I just don't have that yet, and once I have that, and my midline shifts over a tad, then I'll have my new smile.

#10 Post by **ashesgap** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:22 am

I've had mine for 7(?) months now and don't see much differance. Mostly because i have spaces on top and my ortho won't close them till my one crooked tooth straightens. But the minute i get power chains i'll be jumping up and down.

#11 Post by **TinselTim** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:30 pm

If you have a phone that takes photos, try and do a quick shot of your teeth every month (or use a camera... I'm just suggesting that a phone is super-easy).

You'll think that after 4 months your teeth look "amazing." (and they will)

And then again after 6 months, you'll take a picture, and you'll be even more amazed (and also think that maybe the 4 months photo wasn't so "amazing" after all).

Then a year goes by, and you'll be surprised at how great you thought your teeth looked at 6 months, because they'll look stellar after a year.

I've just crossed the 24 month mark, and have been taking plenty of photos along the way. It's interesting to look back at the photos from a year ago -- how I was totally ready to be de-banded ("get these off of me!") but now I can see that keeping with the program was totally worth it.

I'm constantly amazed at how great the before and after photos are on this forum: but the 4 to 6 month mark seems to be about where everyone starts to realize that they are on their way to a killer smile.

#12 Post by **Dilema** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:20 pm

TinselTim wrote:If you have a phone that takes photos, try and do a quick shot of your teeth every month (or use a camera... I'm just suggesting that a phone is super-easy).

You'll think that after 4 months your teeth look "amazing." (and they will)

And then again after 6 months, you'll take a picture, and you'll be even more amazed (and also think that maybe the 4 months photo wasn't so "amazing" after all).

Then a year goes by, and you'll be surprised at how great you thought your teeth looked at 6 months, because they'll look stellar after a year.

I've just crossed the 24 month mark, and have been taking plenty of photos along the way. It's interesting to look back at the photos from a year ago -- how I was totally ready to be de-banded ("get these off of me!") but now I can see that keeping with the program was totally worth it.

I'm constantly amazed at how great the before and after photos are on this forum: but the 4 to 6 month mark seems to be about where everyone starts to realize that they are on their way to a killer smile.

pics or it didn't happen

#13 Post by **TinselTim** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:27 pm

Fair enough

I posted this about... I dunno... maybe 4 months ago?

http://archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

But now, I *really* see how awesome the progress is

#14 Post by **TinselTim** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:30 pm

PS. In all fairness, my teeth have been shaved since then (the animation link above). I need (and will) post some recent pics... once I got to the "shaving" process, I was truly amazed at "what will be."

#15 Post by **revontuli** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:40 pm

Dilema wrote:
revontuli wrote:I have just one month and one week behind me, so I'm still waiting for a change.
I had mine placed on the 11th of September, you?

Hi Dilema -- I had my installed September 13th. I keep watching for changes but not as often as I did at first!

So far... nothing. I'm heartened by this thread, though, and hoping that by winter I might see a glimmer of hope.