Hi fellow bracees, just thought I'd share with your my first
powerchain experience!
Had my second adjustment today and found myself leaving the office sporting a
10-loop powerchain up top
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
. Almost scored one on the bottom arch as well but the medicine-man decided on 'singles' instead. Next time, maybe. In the meantime, I have two new wires to get to know as well ("fairly hefty" ones, according to Mr Ortho-Man). He seemed to have a little trouble fitting them into the archwire-holes on the molar bands so I guess they are a little thick
![SoreMouth :soremouth:](./images/smilies/Hurt_Mouth.gif)
. The poor assistant tried to speak to him while he was trying to get em in there and he told her to be quiet cos he needed to concentrate with that type/size wire
![Exclamation :!:](./images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif)
. Mine was the last appointment before lunch so I guess they were in a hurry to get it done. Sadly no colours though. Was all primed to ask for
purple on the bottom arch but didn't quite get there. D'oh!
Having read others' post re 'powerchain pain' I was expecting some discomfort (though the actual chain itself was a surprise) but man-oh-man you can definitely feel em working their magic! I was expecting the teeth that are being retracted to hurt but not the molars! I guess I associated 'pain' with movement only, rather than pressure. Back to a liquid diet for me! It's a good hurt though; pain=progress
![Dance :dance:](./images/smilies/eusa_dance.gif)
I was getting a little frustrated by the lack of discernable progress.
Here's to getting rid of extraction gaps and hopefully the overjet!
Thanks for listening, good luck to all bracees!
![ThumbsUp :thumbsup:](./images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)