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My ortho's not been keen on letting me have coloured powerchains (he says he gets better movement from the gray. Don't ask me how that works ). This last appointment though the assistants were on my side and had the sparkly purple powerchains on before he could comment!
It's a bit hard to see but if you look closely (easiest to see in the centre of the lower chain) you can see that my purple powerchains have silver sparkles. Nice, huh? Jealous KK?
Ohhh sparkly purple cute...I like....The 3-looped purple power chain I got faded and looks rather sickly...bleh...good thing its only on one side in the back. This might not be a color choice when I get power chains...
LiFe iS A HoOt iF You arE aN oWL...O.o
Sept. 28 ~ Consult with Orthodontist
Dec. 5 ~ Spacers In
Dec. 12 ~ Braces On!!!
Okay, my pearl ligs were looking kind of dingy (see below: 1st is before, 2nd is after) after three weeks so I went and had them changed today to clear. I drink coffee with cream every morning and love catsup so the ligs were starting to stain (doesn't show so well in picture but in the daylight they were quite yellow). So now I am avoiding stainers (coffee, tomato sauce, mustard, curry) as much as possible and using straws! I asked to see what smoke looked like but I think the assistant did gray because they were very noticeable, not at all like Sbebs. I'll just have to try a bunch to see which I like the most when I go for my adjustment.
Page 8 shows a pallete of all the colors. Hope that helps, I really have enjoyed the smoke. Just a hint of color + stain resistant = a great combination!
Braced with 3M Clarity ceramics, except molar brackets in metal
Uppers 1/10/07 Lowers 3/8/07 Estimated 18 months
Thanks for the tip KK. I didn't know that about purple, but that would explain why the last extraction gap which has stubbornly refused to budge over the last year with the gray powerchains is suddenly close to gone!
Man, this forum is making me really jealous! I'm currently serving in the military, so there are strict rules as to what colors I'm allowed to sport on my braces.
Basically, I have the options of clear, black, white or grey. Is that boring or what?
Spacers: 1/26/05; 2/6/06; 3/15/06; 4/24/06
4 First Bicuspids removed: 2/2005
Metal Braces, top and bottom: 3/1/05; Debanded 7/26/07
Hawley retainers top and bottom
Haha. Really, I don't know what happened. I think I was focussed so deeply on my irritation with my orthodontist, that I just started naming colors. The ortho asst. looked mortified, which seemed to egg on the insanity.
It's not so bad though. People mostly only see the uppers and the red powerchain. Heh.
Spacers: 1/26/05; 2/6/06; 3/15/06; 4/24/06
4 First Bicuspids removed: 2/2005
Metal Braces, top and bottom: 3/1/05; Debanded 7/26/07
Hawley retainers top and bottom
I'm getting braced just before Easter, and my 12-year-old daughter is trying to convince me to get all different easter egg colors (pink, lavender, yellow, blue, mint). I'm not that brave for my first set. Brave for me will be any color other than clear or silver.
Palate expander: 10/10/2006 through 03/27/2007
Spacers and brackets: 03/27/2007
Archwire: 04/05/2007
First adjustment: 06/05/2007
). This last appointment though the assistants were on my side and had the sparkly purple powerchains on before he could comment! 
