They're off- with pics!
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:24 pm
My damon 3's have been off for 1 week!
Total treatment time: 16 months
Retention: Currently wearing a POSITIONER at night- a big huge mouthguard thing. It's not too bad... I will get a Hawley retainer next Monday.
Pictures:
Before front:
![Image](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/yimp2000/FrontFirst.jpg)
After Front (picture quality is poor- I apologize)
![Image](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/yimp2000/8008.jpg)
Notice the bleeding gums and weird gumline...
For some reason, my gums bled constantly for the first 4 days of having my braces off. My ortho said he'd never seen that before. It was painful and frankly, I couldn't brush very well.
And my gumline... notice how my gums are sort of uneven such that my teeth look different sizes. I don't like that at all. My ortho is going to do laser gumline contouring- I've known I would have that done. But I'm realizing that it's not going to totally correct the gumline- on some teeth there's just too much gum!
I've been slowly whitening... and it's helping immensly with my yellowed, dental-fluorosis teeth.
But all in all, I'm happy. Here's a front shot that I touched up to make my teeth look nice and white:
![Image](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/yimp2000/img_38281.jpg)
Total treatment time: 16 months
Retention: Currently wearing a POSITIONER at night- a big huge mouthguard thing. It's not too bad... I will get a Hawley retainer next Monday.
Pictures:
Before front:
![Image](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/yimp2000/FrontFirst.jpg)
After Front (picture quality is poor- I apologize)
![Image](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/yimp2000/8008.jpg)
Notice the bleeding gums and weird gumline...
For some reason, my gums bled constantly for the first 4 days of having my braces off. My ortho said he'd never seen that before. It was painful and frankly, I couldn't brush very well.
And my gumline... notice how my gums are sort of uneven such that my teeth look different sizes. I don't like that at all. My ortho is going to do laser gumline contouring- I've known I would have that done. But I'm realizing that it's not going to totally correct the gumline- on some teeth there's just too much gum!
I've been slowly whitening... and it's helping immensly with my yellowed, dental-fluorosis teeth.
But all in all, I'm happy. Here's a front shot that I touched up to make my teeth look nice and white:
![Image](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/yimp2000/img_38281.jpg)