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Hello everyone,
had my first adjustment yesterday, and wanted to show the progress my teeth made in 2 months:

This is day 1.


Less than 2 months later.

My ortho said my teeth have straightened out a lot. Sooner than expected, so he'll be putting in the microimplants next time - yeaaaah! He expected to wait for 6-8 months before doing that, so I'm really excited since this is going at least 2-4 months quicker so far.

WOW! Your teeth look great! Awesome progress for just 2 months! Your wires have really straightened out! I hope I can be so lucky for my teeth to move that fast!

Thanks! Best of luck to you!

I forgot to add, as you can see (can you?) they also changed my wire. They put in a much thicker and sturdier one, it's square, not round. So from what I understand I moved on to 2nd phase? What exactly does the square wire do?

Wow, what amazing progress in such a short time! Congratulations! I'd also like to hear about the square wire since I got one on top last adjustment. It's still a NITI but it's square and the assistant really had to push to get it into the molar tube thingy.

Your teeth looked great to begin with; I don't know that I would have even bothered with braces. Your after picture looks perfect.

I agree, you teeth looked great on day 1 !!

Your lower wire really straighten out. Great progress

Thanks for the compliments ...and I've had to explain to just about everyone why I'm doing this. Obviously not for cosmetic reasons. I have spacing from missing #6 bottom teeth. They were taken out when I was 10 and 12 years old. And while the other teeth moved a lot closer to the front, there was still some tipping and small to moderate gaps. It's hard to clean larger spaces and gums might get worse with age.

I really beat up myself for being stupid as a kid. I ate so much sugar! I really didn't have to lose those teeth but now I know better of course, and I'm happy I'll still have 28 natural teeth (1 crowned but still...)