13 May 2006 (appointment 1)
My first days in braces, the crooked teeth are evident, I can't believe that I actually lived with that for 21 years of my life. The overlap at the front was paticulary bad, also one of the top canines didn't complete it's eruption due to the crowdting, as a result you can see that it has prevented me from getting a symmetrical smile, as one side of my lips are slanted where the canine is bulging out.
09 June 2006 (appointment 2)
The canine has come down beautifully, it is clear from this picture that the canine to your left (my right) is chipped, this was done by a friend of mine who catapaulted a stone at me when I was roughly 10 years old. I'm just glad it didnt get my eye. Also I opted for white ligs here (bad choice) in order to escape from ligature staining.
23 July 2006 (appointment 3)
Things look good so far, all the teeth are level now, however there is still a massive overbite, the teeth need to be pulled back.
13 August 2006 (appointment 4)
I've had elastics fitted to pull my teeth back, as a result I think some of the teeth have slanted, this maye need be rectified again once the teeth have moved back. I think its very clear on this picture that my upper iincisors are not symetrical, I guess I'll just have to live with that, it doesnt look too bad though. You may be able to notice a tinge on the rear lligatures, this is because the front 8 have been changed today . I have been gladly informed by my ortho that I am allowed to change the ligs myself without casuing any disruptions to my treatment. I usually change them once every 2 weeks. I can aonly be asked to change the front 8, so the rear ones looks so bad. You can also notice on this picture that my teeth have widened, one the first pic you could not see the rear teeth, but on this once you can make out the rear teeth. I think this may be the reason why a lot of girls have told me my voice has become sexier all of a sudden.
07 November 2006 (appointment 6)
Ok from the pics it seems that my teeth have actually gone worse, there is a reason for this. Since the teeth had all be straighted out, then came the messy task of closing up the gaps from the extraction. This has casued a lot of teeth to get bent again as the teeth moved back more gaps opened up at the front allowing the teeth to bend a bit.
I have also wasted 6 weeks of treatment time, because my ortho asked me to use single elastics, which didnt shift the teeth at all, so the whole period from appointment 4 to appointment 5 was wasted. On appointment 5 the ortho asked me to double up the elastics which skyrockted the teeth movement.
I was due for appointment 6 much earlier, in fact 4 weeks ago. But I missed it. The ortho was very busy so I had to wait 4 weeks to be seen again. So that's a total of 10 weeks of setback. But I'm back on track now. Hopefully by appointment 7 I should have overbite corrected completely, and the little gaps inbetween my upper front teeth sorted. Oh I forgot to mention I'm on a powerchain at the moment.
