Mackenzie's Braces

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#16 Post by **Guppie51** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:26 pm

A root canal with no pain killers?

YIKES, maybe its just me but my root canal hurt... quite badly.

Chin up... people can be really hard on their smile

after all is done, I really hope you are happy with it.

#17 Post by **Zephyrine** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:26 am

mackenzie wrote:Hope I helped a little.

You did, thanks a lot!

#18 Post by **CelestialVoices** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:45 am

Congrats on your progress so far

#19 Post by **mackenzie** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:56 pm

Had my 1st official appointment 2 weeks ago and I got another new wire. So I'm on my 3rd wire in my first month. That seems like good progress. It's a reverse curve wire to open my bite so the bottoms can go on. I haven't noticed anything yet. The gap next to my fake tooth is closing up on its own, I guess from pressure from my molars.

At the next appointment they told me the otho is going to look at my teeth and maybe set a date for the bottoms to go on. I've got a feeling she might say waiting for reverse curve wires to open my bite is taking too long and I have to get a biteplate. I'd rather not have to do that but it's better then wasting time waiting for my bite to open. On the other hand, if I have to get a biteplate it would mean I could have had one for the last month and a half and things could be happening.

JT got his expander and turning the key took some getting used to. But now my mom and I have it down, JT figured out how to eat again, but he is still talking a little funny.

#20 Post by **mackenzie** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:04 pm

KK wrote:I think you're attitudes great that your'd rather get your bottoms moving than worry too much about the bite plate!

Thanks! I'm so anxious though because I really want my braces off before Senior pictures when I graduate high school. If things go as planned they should be. Do teenagers get senior pictures in Australia?

#21 Post by **Guppie51** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:08 am

Thats funny, Id rather have had braces in my senior pic than my gappy teeth that I have on it. But I understand you want people to see and remember you with a brilliant smile.

Ive had my braces on for about a month, but have yet to get a new wire... Hope I get one soon, I want that pressure back (nothing hurts now) but the teeth are moving.

#22 Post by **mackenzie** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:43 pm

Guppie51 wrote: Thats funny, Id rather have had braces in my senior pic than my gappy teeth that I have on it. But I understand you want people to see and remember you with a brilliant smile.

I understand where you're coming from too. My teeth looked fine in pictures since it's mostly the lower arch with problems, or I would probably feel the same as you.

#23 Post by **mackenzie** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:22 pm

So...adjustment today and I got another reverse curve wire and pale blue ligs. This is definetly my tightest wire yet, I could feel it when they pushed it into the brackets. I think I got a not-so-gentle assistant too. They said if my bite hasn't opened enough by next month to get the bottoms on I have to get a bite plate.

Something interesting I heard was them talking to a girl about her retainers. I guess she hasn't been wearing them at night and her teeth are moving-here's the interesting part-really fast because she breaths through her mouth. Isn't that weird? I had no idea being a mouth breather or a nose breather could contribute to your teeth moving. Anyone heard this before?

#24 Post by **hannah164** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:08 pm

Mackenzie!
That is very interesting about the mouth breathing and how it makes your teeth move faster! I had never heard that. I hope your mouth feels better! I go in in two weeks for bottom braces after 1.5 years and bite turbos. What exactly is a bite plate?
Good luck!

-Hannah

#25 Post by **mackenzie** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:31 pm

I just noticed my wire is rectangular. Oohh I'm excited! Haha. I think I am going to try to sleep with my mouth open.

Let's avoid that bite plate!

hannah164 wrote:Mackenzie!
What exactly is a bite plate?

-Hannah

Hannah,

It's a piece of plastic that goes behind your front teeth on the top of your mouth. It stops you from biting down all the way so you can't bite off the bottom braces. I think I would rather have turbos because I'm worried about the bite plate making me lisp.

#26 Post by **mackenzie** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:34 pm

The bracket on my fake tooth came off today when I was washing my face, so I have to go Tuesday and get it glued back on. JT gets his braces tuesday.

#27 Post by **mackenzie** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:16 am

BOTTOMS GO ON JAN 4 AND NO BITE PLATE!!!!!

#28 Post by **hannah164** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:06 pm

Congratulations Mackenzie on finally getting bottom braces!

That is awesome that you don't have to have a bite plate!

Good luck and keep us posted!

-Hannah

Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05

#29 Post by **Avarik** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:40 pm

Ahh, glad to see another high school student who decided to go through the whole braces thing late.

As for senior pictures...don't be too worried about that. I've found that its pretty normal for people to have braces at this age, so nobody really notices. I haven't even had mine on for a week yet, and people are already used to it. A good portion of my friends didn't even notice until I mentioned something about it.

If you plan on going to a faraway college next year, I'de set that as the final marker to get them off. I myself will probably be going to my prom with these braces on and nobody really cares...except me of course. Only I seem to notice that I look different.