Today was my second adjustment. I have a bracket off on one of my molar crowns; it's the second time I've bitten it off, so they are going to have me come back in a couple of weeks from now to get spacers, and then a few weeks later, they will band that tooth so I won't keep biting that bracket off.
Overall, the ortho was quite pleased with my progress. He kept me in the same wire on the bottom, but moved me to a 17 square on top, and also added more hooks so that I have a box arrangement to go with my triangles...this should start closing my bite even further.
The assistant had a bit of trouble opening the gates on the brackets--she used so much force on one that she broke the bracket off, so the ortho had to put another one on.
Here is a picture of my teeth after the latest additions:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a174/ ... C00312.jpg
Yeah, those are green elastics in my triangle configuration...life is too short for boring orthodontia!
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
I have bears for the box configuration, and after I use the two packages they gave me, I start using rams, which are stronger. They warned me that I would have trouble talking, but I don't notice any difference.
Vonster