Braces off!
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:00 pm
I finally got my braces off! After 3.5 years!
My issues were: a snaggletooth (right canine) and crowding on the upper arch. On the lower arch, a rotated incisor and two second molars that only partially erupted. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures before the braces went on, but here are some pics that pretty well show what my teeth looked like before:
http://www.mypicshare.com/je8jswfppic.html
http://www.mypicshare.com/c82v3pivpic.html
http://www.mypicshare.com/0vqs8it0pic.html
And here they are now, after 4 premolar extractions:
http://www.mypicshare.com/ja7dzyfepic.html
http://www.imagehoop.com/view_thumb/ae40f2110/Top teeth.jpg
The reason it took so long was because I got the 4 extractions a full year into braces. I was terrified of extractions so we tried without doing them, but decided it wouldn't work.
You can see I have a lot of bone loss.
I have a Hawley retainer. Any questions, please feel free to ask!
My issues were: a snaggletooth (right canine) and crowding on the upper arch. On the lower arch, a rotated incisor and two second molars that only partially erupted. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures before the braces went on, but here are some pics that pretty well show what my teeth looked like before:
http://www.mypicshare.com/je8jswfppic.html
http://www.mypicshare.com/c82v3pivpic.html
http://www.mypicshare.com/0vqs8it0pic.html
And here they are now, after 4 premolar extractions:
http://www.mypicshare.com/ja7dzyfepic.html
http://www.imagehoop.com/view_thumb/ae40f2110/Top teeth.jpg
The reason it took so long was because I got the 4 extractions a full year into braces. I was terrified of extractions so we tried without doing them, but decided it wouldn't work.
You can see I have a lot of bone loss.
I have a Hawley retainer. Any questions, please feel free to ask!
!
