6 month update! Haven't been here in a while!

[ash0708]

Hey all,

I haven't been here since my quad-helix drama nearly 5 months ago, but I wanted to stop by and update on my journey. I was braced April 5, 2007 with Damon upper and lowers, and got a quad helix two weeks later. I had the quad helix removed 5 days later due to a problem with geographic tongue, and at the time got all 7s bonded.

I have had three adjustments since, and at the last two my wires have been bumped up to .18 and .20 (I think?) respectively. At my third adjustment, which was today, I also received Class II elastics. I am in the tortoise elastic and have two on each side of my mouth. One is a diagonal line from my top 3 to bottom 6 tooth, and the other is an upside down triangle on my top 2 and 3 and bottom 2 (same on each side). I am in A LOT of pain as these elastics are tight. In fact, the ortho said I had to take them out to eat, which makes sense b/c I can't even fit a straw in my mouth. But, I still have to wear them all the time.

This is my second time in braces, and at my consultation he said I had a Class I bite with a Class II jaw, due to the correcting that was done as a child. So now I think he is trying to fix my jaw. With all this progress so early, I feel like he is trying to get me out of these things quickly!

Anyway, that's my story. Braces really aren't as bad as they seem. I'm hoping to be out of these in the next year, if not sooner!

Take Care,
Ash