Fully Braced now ~ I'm naked

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#76 Post by **ThisIsMary** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:01 pm

Well, the removal went great. I no sooner signed in and sat down and my name was called. I will admit I was nervous but I didn't really care what they were going to do to me because I knew I was getting my braces off. I sat in the chair and the first thing they had to do was remove the ligs and wire from the top arch since I had ceramics. Next they took the tool that looked a little like pliers and popped off my bottom metal brackets, wire, ligs and all. It literally took seconds to get the bottom brackets off and there wasn't any discomfort. For the top ones they had to use a different tool because they were ceramic. When these were popped off my teeth were a little tender because the removal of the ceramic require a little more effort but it didn't really hurt. The removal of the top brackets probably took at the most 2 minutes. Only 1 bracket shattered and that wasn't that big of a deal. After that, the ortho sanded the cement off which took maybe 5 minutes at the most. Before I knew it, the ortho pulled out my retainers and said lets see if you can put these in. I put in the retainers and I was done. I have two Hawleys, the top is hot pink and the bottom is orange. I do have an expansion screw in the top one in order to correct my cross bite that wouldn't budge with braces. You can kind of see it in the pick. You'll notice my top retainer is split in half with a little metal thing in the middle, that's the screw. All I have to do is use the key and turn it once a week. So that's it, I can't believe they're actually off.

1st day with braces

No braces!!

With retainers

My retainers

#77 Post by **Tin Indian** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:33 pm

Mary,
CONGRATULATIONS, you look great naked!I do mean your teeth!

#78 Post by **jennielee81** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:40 pm

Absolutely PERFECT!

#79 Post by **M1k3y** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:59 pm

beautiful smile! Way to go.

#80 Post by **Mel-UK** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:42 pm

Hi Mary,

Your teeth look wonderful - very inspiring! And I love the colours of the retainers! When I was a kid I had a very boring 'gum coloured' one... it's good to know things have moved on.

#81 Post by **braced4asmile** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:02 pm

They look awesome! I bet you can't stop beaming!! Congrats!

#82 Post by **~CanadianChick~** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:24 am

Holay smile batman!! Great results!!! Congrats!!!!

#83 Post by **ThisIsMary** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:52 am

Thanks everybody! I was worried that after I went through all of this I would regret my decision to get braces but that's not the case at all. I'd do it all again if I had the chance.

#84 Post by **mum22boys** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:46 pm

Mary, I really enjoyed reading the past 6 pages. Im getting mine on on Thurs. Your teeth are beautiful.......

#85 Post by **Joel-** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:47 pm

Your teeth look awesome!