Evelyn got a debanding date!!!! *PICS*
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:23 pm
This day has been incredible, absolutely incredible-I don't normally like to type in all caps but I think this one warrants it...I GOT A DEBANDING DATE! I can't believe it, I'm still in shock, absolute shock. I wasn't expecting it at all, today was just a normal appointment and I had given up on the idea that I was ever going to get these off, but they told me that Feb. 8th I'm going in for impressions and then, here it is...drumroll please.....................March 1st (St. David's Day!) Is my debanding date!
I've got some pictures up here for you to see how my teeth stand at the moment. The colors are abit wierd-I took them with a new camera and I'm still getting used to it but here they are:
When they told me at the ortho today, I started shaking so badly and I couldn't stop smiling and when I drove home I actually broke down and started crying. I had to open the windows even though it's freezing cold outside to convince myself that it was all real and not a dream. I haven't posted much lately so I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with my story, but in a nutshell I got braced on September 9th 2002 for an impacted canine. I got it uncovered for the first time on Jan. 2 2004 and then again when the bracket broke off and came through the gum on June 11, 2004.
It's been a real roller coaster ride for me, with so many setbacks that at so many times I really felt like giving up. As stupid as it sounds, it's actually been quite emotional for me. When I first got braces I was just starting 8th grade and dentists were the scariest thing in the world. I still remember the date of one of my dentist appointments because I was dreading it so much-for months literally-Nov. 27, 2001. When they told me that my canine was impacted and I would need surgery and braces for at least two years, I literally broke down. For months. As a seventh grader, it's all quite scary and it was all just so unknown all I could think of was 'surgery surgery surgery' and it scared the bejeebies out of me.
Getting to where I am now with my teeth is one of my proudest accomplishments to date. I've had braces now for 40 months and will officially end up at 8 days shy of 42 months. That's 8 days shy of three and a half years. Yes I've got it all worked out
Anyways, it's been such an obstacle for me-I've times I've really gotten depressed over the whole issue and how it seemed so unrelenting but I have to say that in the end it is most definately worth it.
It's going to be so wierd to think of me without braces. They've been such a part of me for so long. All of my friends that I know so well now have never seen me without braces-I've had them all through high school and half of middle school. They're like an identity, and to think of myself without them is like changing my name or something. I can't even imagine what it'll be like to play my clarinet without them-I've battled through 4 concert band seasons and 3 marching band seasons it's been hell I tell you.
I asked my ortho about retainers today. It seemed so wierd really asking about retainers. He said I'm going to have a bonded one on the bottom and then a Hawley on top for a while so that they can tweak things if they happen to change and then once things settle down I can get an essix if I want to. That sounds perfect to me-I really like the idea of a bonded retainer on bottom, so I won't be able to forget about it and it'll really hold things in there and I also really like the Hawley on top. I'm into those 'old school' kind of things if you can call a Hawley that....and I've seen them all over so I am really curious to see what they're like. I also like that both the Hawley and the bonded allow your bite to settle because that's something I was worried about. Then when I go off to college I can get an essix which will blend in more.
Wow, this really has been quite the essay, I'm sorry it's so long! I just hope it gives someone somewhere out there who might be just starting their treatment and scared about the whole thing the confidence that I never got back in 2002, and if I've learned anything over these past 42 months,
it's that braces really aren't that bad.
Much love, Eve
I've got some pictures up here for you to see how my teeth stand at the moment. The colors are abit wierd-I took them with a new camera and I'm still getting used to it but here they are:
When they told me at the ortho today, I started shaking so badly and I couldn't stop smiling and when I drove home I actually broke down and started crying. I had to open the windows even though it's freezing cold outside to convince myself that it was all real and not a dream. I haven't posted much lately so I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with my story, but in a nutshell I got braced on September 9th 2002 for an impacted canine. I got it uncovered for the first time on Jan. 2 2004 and then again when the bracket broke off and came through the gum on June 11, 2004.
It's been a real roller coaster ride for me, with so many setbacks that at so many times I really felt like giving up. As stupid as it sounds, it's actually been quite emotional for me. When I first got braces I was just starting 8th grade and dentists were the scariest thing in the world. I still remember the date of one of my dentist appointments because I was dreading it so much-for months literally-Nov. 27, 2001. When they told me that my canine was impacted and I would need surgery and braces for at least two years, I literally broke down. For months. As a seventh grader, it's all quite scary and it was all just so unknown all I could think of was 'surgery surgery surgery' and it scared the bejeebies out of me.
Getting to where I am now with my teeth is one of my proudest accomplishments to date. I've had braces now for 40 months and will officially end up at 8 days shy of 42 months. That's 8 days shy of three and a half years. Yes I've got it all worked out
Anyways, it's been such an obstacle for me-I've times I've really gotten depressed over the whole issue and how it seemed so unrelenting but I have to say that in the end it is most definately worth it. It's going to be so wierd to think of me without braces. They've been such a part of me for so long. All of my friends that I know so well now have never seen me without braces-I've had them all through high school and half of middle school. They're like an identity, and to think of myself without them is like changing my name or something. I can't even imagine what it'll be like to play my clarinet without them-I've battled through 4 concert band seasons and 3 marching band seasons it's been hell I tell you.
I asked my ortho about retainers today. It seemed so wierd really asking about retainers. He said I'm going to have a bonded one on the bottom and then a Hawley on top for a while so that they can tweak things if they happen to change and then once things settle down I can get an essix if I want to. That sounds perfect to me-I really like the idea of a bonded retainer on bottom, so I won't be able to forget about it and it'll really hold things in there and I also really like the Hawley on top. I'm into those 'old school' kind of things if you can call a Hawley that....and I've seen them all over so I am really curious to see what they're like. I also like that both the Hawley and the bonded allow your bite to settle because that's something I was worried about. Then when I go off to college I can get an essix which will blend in more.
Wow, this really has been quite the essay, I'm sorry it's so long! I just hope it gives someone somewhere out there who might be just starting their treatment and scared about the whole thing the confidence that I never got back in 2002, and if I've learned anything over these past 42 months,
it's that braces really aren't that bad.
Much love, Eve
I have been totally following your story and its so exciting to see what a beautfiul smile you finally have! 
I really can't wait for that! 
