ADJUSTMENT: NOVEMBER 17th-2006:
not too much new here- got a new top wire [again- now 4 months since bottoms were touched- is this a good thing?
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and the torque was put higher- expecting pain tonight!
I finally asked to get my
blue cement lifter removed, which turned into a gong show with a sander and trying to pry it out- after 25 min or so we decided to just file it down until it was close enough to the teeth, and it still wouldn't come out
but it is nice to actually
feel my tooth- like I said in the subject title, it feels hollow- i'm so used to having this big lifter thingy on one side
I also got rid of my powerchain- she said there was no more reason for it now that my incisor has behaved [somewhat] and if i need it by next appointment i'll put it back on... she was also conserned about the placement of the bracket on my incisor- and as i suspected it is somewhat angled incorrectly- [hah! i knew it!
i thought i was going crazy 0_o...]
but instead of putting it back on, the ortho told her he would worry about that more after he's done tweeking and more when he's worried about alignment- more time perhaps? [sigh]... oh well- let's get them as perfect as we can I say- no point spending all of this money just to have them off earlier and go back
I also finally was able to get a better picture of the 'wonky' teeth on my right side- if you look at the picture of just my tops [second image] you'll see much more imperfections than what i can usually show you with arch pictures... see how on my right [your left] the back teeth angleoutwards? that really screws up my bite, and is my biggedst concern to fix- you can also see the tooth after my canine is also inwards still, which the farthest point of the tooth always grinds against my bottoms- [sigh] one day it'll move - one day- he's a stubborn boy this one- as well as my back wisdom tooth- apparently he's really wonky and doesn't like to listen to me too much
anyways- good progress since last time i think- i'm overall happy with the movement from the elastic on my right side [notice less of a gap? soon soon!
if only those back teeth would behave, it would be great
although i swear that gap on my left side between my top and bottom gets bigger everytime- ieeee o_o...
also: i think i have two different sized front teeth- I keep looking and looking- one just seems BIG o_o.. no wonder they aren't straight
Picture Time!
9 3/4 months in Braces
smile: 11-17-2006: no more powerchain! alignment of the front teeth looking better, but not quite done yet! darn that big ol' front tooth
the "wonky" teeth in the back: notice on my right side [your left] how angled they are? i'm glad i finally got a picture- really makes biting down weird- the tooth hits the hollow areas of my bottom teeth
top arch- see you can't even see the wonky teeth with this view
yay!
most of the cement lifter is gone!
hollow tooth, i'm telling you!
heres my left and right side vs alignment- looking much better in comparison to last month:
) Great to see how effective that power chain is, it's really earning its keep in there. 
