Hey everyone, first off please excuse my extremely tacky username! Anyways, let's get started. It all began in 2001 when i realized i had some problems wit my teeth that needed to be fixed. Many of my friends were in braces so i figured I just go to the orthodontist. i did alot of research and when i had my very first consult, my ortho was pretty impressed with my knowledge considering i was around 12. He said he wouldn't put full braces on until i had lost all of my teeth, but i still had four more to go. so i lost 2 in the middle of the 2002-2003 school yr and then i got one pulled in 2004. i still had another, which i had pulled in november or december . i set up a 2nd appt. because i was finally ready. my ortho looked around my mouth and did a panoramic xray. he determined i needed full metal braces for the maximum amount of 24 months to correct a slight overbite and spacing in the upper and lower arches. although he thinks it shouldnt be more than 1 yr, 1 1/2 yrs. so we set up an appt 4 March 16, 2005 for my records and banding. so i got my spacers that day,and they really didnt bother me, they just felt like meat stuck in my teeth. Then on the banding day we did impressions and pictures and the ceph xray. then came the banding. It did not take too much time, and i went with pastel pink ligs! After I got home, i discovered a bracket broke. So i am scheduled to get it fixed this coming wednesday because it was not bothering me and it was on a very back molar. so my braces never hurt..its been 8 days and they feel great! i have been eating the same foods, like normal, the only thing was the cut up cheeks on the 3rd day. i used zilactin-b, orajel mouth sore medicine, and listerine and the cuts healed up by the 5th day. My first adjustment is on April 19th, 2005 at 4:30 and i am gonna go wit powder blue ligs!
Some Pictures:
my smile before
my smile 1st day of braces
my upper arch, 1st day of braces
my lower arch, 1st day of braces! (that space is where i had a baby tooth extraced a few months ago..the permanent tooth should start to come up by the beginning of april!)
both arches..forced bite!
sorry the pictures are quite blurry.