Well, to start off, I got my first ortho consultation when I was seven years old. They told my mum that I needed braces even at that age. My mum never had the money. Now it's thirteen years later and my gran's helping me pay and I'm considering applying for a CareCredit card to get my wisdom teeth taken care of. (By the way, if anyone has any useful information on CareCredit, I would be delighted to listen up!)
Anywho, I'll try to explain as best I can what my teeth look like right now seeing as I don't have any pictures to share. At least, not yet.
I have over-crowding due to my third molars (wisdom teeth). All four will be taken out hopefully by August this year. My second premolar on the top right side is caved in toward the roof of my mouth putting pressure on my first premolar. Three of my four canines are slightly crooked and one is further up in my gumline than the other. The canine on the bottom right side is almost completely sideways due to overcrowding. Both my top lateral incisors are behind my central incisors and have been kept there by my canines. My bottom lateral and central incisors are really all just completely screwed up. And my entire row of bottom teeth are shifted to the left.
On 18 February 2010, I got the spacers put in and that was just annoying. On 25 February 2010, I got the braces on and the woman took out all four spacers (later learning that's not what she was supposed to do). On 11 March 2010, I found out why it was a bad idea that the woman took out all four spacers. The dentist who applied my palate expander had to drill spaces around my top first molars to actually get the expander on. It smelled disgusting and was nerve-wracking.
It's been three weeks and one day since I got the braces on and one week and one day since I got the expander put in. Luckily, the expander is only there until April Fool's Day.
The other day, I noticed the first gap in my teeth (other than what the spacers did a few weeks ago) and I got super excited! The space is between my top central incisors and I've noticed another gap starting to form between my bottom lateral and central incisor on the right side. The springs attached to my top central incisor and top canines are starting to work their magic and I can see more of my top lateral incisors.
If I get rubber bands, there's a chance I won't need jaw surgery at all but with my luck, I'll still need it. I have malocclusion; although, I was never told was "class" malocclusion I have. Also, I'm on treatment for 28 months and it's been three weeks already and I'll be honest, March seems like it's been the longest month for me so far. I guess that's what happens when anticipation builds for something that won't even be done for over two more years.
Anyways, that's my story for now. I hope I didn't bore you all to tears! I will, of course, update when there's something to update about.
Since I've had them for three months already, it only reduces the time by five months instead of eight but every day counts! So... yay! 
... but they had maroon... >.> haha) for Gryffindor.
(Sorry my jaw is lopsided. It just showed up that way in the picture.)
