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I went for my first adjustment today

My ortho said he is very pleased with my progress, and that my teeth are starting to unravel nicely

They took some photo's, and the ortho tweaked the wire a bit in various places and that was it! The ortho also said that I should be ready for new wires next time and he scheduled my next appointment for 6 weeks time (this one was 8 weeks after getting my braces put on).

I'm pleased that I'm getting slowly nearer to that goal of straight teeth!

Very cool Lizzy- Glad things are going smoothly for you. How does the new wire feel? I get my 1st adjustment 5/11 & Im totally looking forward to it. Scared & Excited. I havent had any pain so far so Im intrigued on how the adjustment feels.

oops I thought you got new wire already sorry

I went in for my first cleaning in early March and the ortho thought I had made "dramatic" progress. I wasn't quite as impressed as he was. He added some stops to my same wires and within a few days my teeth started moving faster again. He said it was a way of getting maximum use out of my first wires and I think he was right because the improvement was really noticeable. A few weeks later, I got my 2nd set of wires and I'm still seeing really good progress. (If anyone is interested, I'm in Damon's.)