I'M NAKED!
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:46 pm
After almost five years, my braces are finally off!
I went in at 9am, but they didn't get started until 9:25! Talk about antsy!
The molar bands (all 6 of them) and the brackets popped right off, but the removal of the cement was terrible! She used some sort of hand tool scraper, and I felt it constantly scraping every tooth. I thought she was taking off my enamel! Thankfully she wasn't. I didn't have any marks from the brackets; however, I've got decalcification and two cavities on two premolars (top left and bottom right) because the molar bands I had on them lost chunks of cement which food got stuck into. So I've got to go to the dentist to have taken care of.
My retainers come in in two weeks, and the ortho told me that those pesky gaps bothering me would be closed in no time with my retainer!
Pictures:
Before... (February 2006 - I'm on the left, of course!)
And naked!
I went in at 9am, but they didn't get started until 9:25! Talk about antsy!
The molar bands (all 6 of them) and the brackets popped right off, but the removal of the cement was terrible! She used some sort of hand tool scraper, and I felt it constantly scraping every tooth. I thought she was taking off my enamel! Thankfully she wasn't. I didn't have any marks from the brackets; however, I've got decalcification and two cavities on two premolars (top left and bottom right) because the molar bands I had on them lost chunks of cement which food got stuck into. So I've got to go to the dentist to have taken care of.
My retainers come in in two weeks, and the ortho told me that those pesky gaps bothering me would be closed in no time with my retainer!
Pictures:
Before... (February 2006 - I'm on the left, of course!)
And naked!
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