Progress halted - elastic waste of time!!
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:18 am
Hi all,
I'm afraid I need a bit of a rant.
I've now had my braces for 17 months (original time scale was 18 months) and thought things might have been on the homeward stretch. As pictured in my avatar, I had the diagonal elastic to correct midline. So I was wearing this as much as possible and things were very, very slowly beginning to shift around a little. So at my last adjustment (the one before last) he said carry on with the elastics and he wanted to see me in 4 weeks from then.
Then, as I was booking my next appointment, the receptionist/nurse told me he wasn't actually going to be there for a good few weeks after that so I ended up with an appointment about 7 weeks away.
About 5 weeks after the adjustment I noticed in the mirror that my lower right canine was becoming crooked and twisted. As I looked more closely I realised that the wire had not been clipped into my damon bracket and was therefore not attached to the brace. With the elastic pulling the bottom arch towards that tooth it started to get squashed and was trying to find room by twisting.
So, where was my ortho in my hour of need? Who knows. Luckily I managed to see another who could only tie the bracket back on as a) I had a very heavy wire on due to the elastic and b) the tooth was so out of place that there was no way he could pop it back in.
About a week after this the temporary wire popped off and the tooth continued to twist out of place. I decided to wait the extra week to see my proper ortho and see what he said. He agreed that it had moved out of place and went to get a slightly lighter wire and, whilst trying to click it into place, forced it so hard that my tooth itself clicked loudy causing me immense pain! He then put in a lighter wire still and told me to stop with elastic for a while.
So, here I am, temporarily without the elastic. The reason I'm so angry is that my teeth tend to wander and I can aready see/feel that the months of wearing the elastic have been undone and this wouldn't have happened if he had checked he'd done the adjustment properly the first time. I'm already running over my eta.
Sorry for moaning everyone (if there's anyone still reading) I'm just really frustrated.
LoobyLou x
I'm afraid I need a bit of a rant.
I've now had my braces for 17 months (original time scale was 18 months) and thought things might have been on the homeward stretch. As pictured in my avatar, I had the diagonal elastic to correct midline. So I was wearing this as much as possible and things were very, very slowly beginning to shift around a little. So at my last adjustment (the one before last) he said carry on with the elastics and he wanted to see me in 4 weeks from then.
Then, as I was booking my next appointment, the receptionist/nurse told me he wasn't actually going to be there for a good few weeks after that so I ended up with an appointment about 7 weeks away.
About 5 weeks after the adjustment I noticed in the mirror that my lower right canine was becoming crooked and twisted. As I looked more closely I realised that the wire had not been clipped into my damon bracket and was therefore not attached to the brace. With the elastic pulling the bottom arch towards that tooth it started to get squashed and was trying to find room by twisting.
So, where was my ortho in my hour of need? Who knows. Luckily I managed to see another who could only tie the bracket back on as a) I had a very heavy wire on due to the elastic and b) the tooth was so out of place that there was no way he could pop it back in.
About a week after this the temporary wire popped off and the tooth continued to twist out of place. I decided to wait the extra week to see my proper ortho and see what he said. He agreed that it had moved out of place and went to get a slightly lighter wire and, whilst trying to click it into place, forced it so hard that my tooth itself clicked loudy causing me immense pain! He then put in a lighter wire still and told me to stop with elastic for a while.
So, here I am, temporarily without the elastic. The reason I'm so angry is that my teeth tend to wander and I can aready see/feel that the months of wearing the elastic have been undone and this wouldn't have happened if he had checked he'd done the adjustment properly the first time. I'm already running over my eta.
Sorry for moaning everyone (if there's anyone still reading) I'm just really frustrated.
LoobyLou x