6 days to go...what do you think?

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starfish88
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6 days to go...what do you think?

#1 Post by starfish88 »

Less than a week to go to my de-brace day and this is what my teeth look like. What do you think? Remember that because I refused surgery this is a less than perfect end result...apparently.
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16 months 1 week and 2 days in braces
12mm overjet and narrow jaws all fixed with braces and elastics.
http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtop ... =9&t=42441

starfish88
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Re: 6 days to go...what do you think?

#2 Post by starfish88 »

Crazy...it was only when I saw those pictures side by side that I realised how much change has happened!
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16 months 1 week and 2 days in braces
12mm overjet and narrow jaws all fixed with braces and elastics.
http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtop ... =9&t=42441

Harmony
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#3 Post by Harmony »

Wow! That's great starfish88, well done you, I'd be over the moon at that!! :D

starfish88
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Re: 6 days to go...what do you think?

#4 Post by starfish88 »

Thanks! I can't wait to get the braces off...my teeth need a good clean...Its so gross where I couldn't clean behind the powerchain!
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16 months 1 week and 2 days in braces
12mm overjet and narrow jaws all fixed with braces and elastics.
http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtop ... =9&t=42441

Anna5
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#5 Post by Anna5 »

Very great result, Starfish, congratulations! And to me your teeth do look perfect.
Good luck with your debanding! I am already looking forward to seeing a picture of your naked tooth, they must even be more beautiful!

Marigold
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Location: Michigan USA

Re: 6 days to go...what do you think?

#6 Post by Marigold »

Looks perfect to me. Congrats on beautiful results!
Class II moderately deep overbite, mild crowding.
Braced on January 19, 2011. Debraced on December 16, 2013.
2 years, 11 months in braces.

thisgal201
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#7 Post by thisgal201 »

They look great!! :D
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NW2
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#8 Post by NW2 »

Looks awesome! I'd take that "imperfect" result any day! :BigGrin:

TMJJill
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#9 Post by TMJJill »

Wow! Beautiful arches now. :D

Your bite looks more comfortable too.
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Braces as Phase II treatment for TMJD.
Lower mandibular repositioning splint 26 months.
Lower braces on 10.75 months into Phase II treatment.
Duration in braces: 2 years, 2 weeks, 5 days
Removal of Braces: September 18, 2013

TMJD treatment now complete!

starfish88
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Re: 6 days to go...what do you think?

#10 Post by starfish88 »

TMJJill wrote:Wow! Beautiful arches now. :D

Your bite looks more comfortable too.
It's crazy how much more comfortable it is. I had no idea all the back teeth were meant to meet! And the difference it makes to my jaw joints not to have to hold my bottom jaw 12mm forward to bite into something! I probably had TMJ before I started but had no idea because I didn't realise jaws aren't meant to pop!
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16 months 1 week and 2 days in braces
12mm overjet and narrow jaws all fixed with braces and elastics.
http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtop ... =9&t=42441

Catlady
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Re: 6 days to go...what do you think?

#11 Post by Catlady »

GIRL! What are you saying about less than perfect?! Those are gorgeous teeth you got there!! Don't worry about feeling they are not "perfect" or ready to come off.. I had the same dilemma and I get mine off tomorrow morning!! (November 4, 2013 at 12pm.) :) I hear lots of people saying that look so much better when the metal is off!!

Matilda
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#12 Post by Matilda »

Looking straight, starfish88.
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Matilda
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#13 Post by Matilda »

Catlady wrote:I get mine off tomorrow morning!! (November 4, 2013 at 12pm.)
How exciting. Good luck, Catlady.
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starfish88
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#14 Post by starfish88 »

I only meant not perfect as in not orthodontic text book perfect. For an ideal result I would have had SARPE and got 2 to 3 mm more palate width and BSSO so my result wouldn't be quite the same. There have been people on the board worried about also turning down surgery and not getting 'perfection' -I wanted to reassure them that imperfect still looks pretty darn good! Can't wait for Wednesday!
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16 months 1 week and 2 days in braces
12mm overjet and narrow jaws all fixed with braces and elastics.
http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtop ... =9&t=42441

Anna5
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#15 Post by Anna5 »

I wish you very good luck on Wednesday, Starfish, how great that your journey has finished then with an amazing result!

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