RETAINER UPDATE!

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#1 Post by **SDFD TSchott** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:01 am

Got debraced on Wednsday April 2nd @ 0900

~Tim~

#2 Post by **Bekah** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:16 am

Wow! Congrats on getting them off!

#3 Post by **MissDiana** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:10 am

WooHoo! Congratulations!

#4 Post by **Beckster** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:58 am

Yay! SO happy for you Tim, the day is finally here! Can't wait to see pics later!

#5 Post by **SDFD TSchott** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:24 am

Alright first and foremost here is the lengthy story behind it all

Today April 2nd was the day I was waiting for the past few weeks and itâ€™s finally here. I woke up this morning at 4:30 am in anticipation for what was going to happen and what the results were going to be. 7am I logged into the forums to post a topic about my countdown and that it was getting very close to being brace free.

I Left the house at 8:30 am heading over to the orthodontic office all excited and ready for the results to be disclosed.

9am office is open I walk in; sign in through the computer system they have, and then I get a phone call on my cell from a friend of mineâ€¦ She was thrown in jail last nightâ€¦ no thatâ€™s just a joke she wasnâ€™t thrown in jail. But anyways back to the story. 9am comes I get called to get seated in the back office the doctor comes in and says alright Tim today is the big day are you ready? Of course Iâ€™m ready but give me one more second I want the last feel of bracesâ€¦ I take my tongue crossed my teeth and felt the braces were still thereâ€¦ Alright Iâ€™m ready letâ€™s get these things off.

9:15am alright were going to start by removing the brackets you will feel a snap itâ€™s not your tooth breaking itâ€™s just the bracket popping offâ€¦ Phew thought that was my teeth breaking

top done then he says alright now itâ€™s time to remove the bands, you will feel a bit of pressure but thatâ€™s so we can remove the bandsâ€¦ Finally thatâ€™s over with and I will skip some its same process for the lowersâ€¦ except one bracket the doc himself wanted to remove one bracket because it was on capped toothâ€¦ thatâ€™s all completed and now Iâ€™m handed a pair of safety glassesâ€¦ I would like you to wear these so that you donâ€™t get anything in your eyes when were removing the glue and polishing your teethâ€¦ That was an awful smell of burning glue/cement Iâ€™ve smelt in a whileâ€¦ Then the process of polishing the teeth made my mouth so dry that I could hardly swallowâ€¦ Well thatâ€™s done now you can go brush your teeth and rinse then back to the chair for your retainersâ€¦

I Go brush and rinseâ€¦ I was so tempted to look in the mirror to see the results but I decided I will hold off so back to the chair I wentâ€¦ Alright here are your new retainersâ€¦ Pops in the top with no problemâ€¦ the lowers had to be adjusted a little cut off here a little grinding thereâ€¦ Alright it fits now letâ€™s see if you can get them on and off without any problems. Done! Now for the fun parts the lengthy story of how people lose their retainers what Iâ€™m supposed to wear them for, and what to do if they break or I lose them. So thatâ€™s my story and pictures will come later tonight sorry to keep you waiting

RETAINER WEAR:
Full time for 1 year, remove when eating and brushing.
Nights only 2nd year, remove during day, while eating and brushing
3rd year however I feel like wearing themâ€¦ Well hell I paid for them I guess Iâ€™ll wear them like there a part of my body!

~Tim~

#6 Post by **BallPointPen** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:46 pm

Congratulations!

#7 Post by **Bekah** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:16 pm

I seriously did the OMG! when you said your friend was in jail! Do you like the way they look? I am looking forward to the pics! I have become tooth obsessed since I started thinking about braces.

Congrats again!

#8 Post by **SDFD TSchott** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:18 pm

For all the comments... I will take pictures tonight and hopefully post them tonight as well!

~Tim~

#9 Post by **lionfish** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:35 pm

Congrats, enjoy.

#10 Post by **SDFD TSchott** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:25 pm

With farther ado here is the photos with the retainers in play

#11 Post by **Cinnamon** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:58 pm

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Great smile!!

#12 Post by **browneyedgrl** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:14 am

Congratulations!!!! Your teeth look great!

B

#13 Post by **SDFD TSchott** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:51 am

Meryaten wrote:And I'm sure, when you finally did peep into a mirror, you could not have been disappointed!

lol, when I did finally peep in the mirror cause the ortho made me look in a mirror while he was showing me how to put in and take out the retainers I saw my smile for the first time without braces and thought to myself... "WOW I'm just speechless!"

#14 Post by **jennielee81** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:25 am

#15 Post by **islandbabe715** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:23 pm

Wow, i gotta say! Your smile looks great! Congrats!!!
And thank you so much for posting such a detailed explanation of how the deband day process goes along!!! It's really helpful to those of us counting down till our time!!!!

Enjoy your new smile!!!