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I know... ugh...mapleleafman888 wrote:Oh wow, looks like the tooth is blocked now.
Thanks!cata wrote:You've made awesome progress regardless of the one tooth. How frustrating though! Did they put power chains on either side of the tooth?
Thanks Maple! You are closing on your 1 year mark also. I have 1.5 years left I think... I mean, I am dreaming it is less...but reality it probably is another year and a half.mapleleafman888 wrote:Holy wow! Well congrats for sticking around this site for an entire year, and for enduring the adult metal mouth too lol. 12 days until my 1 year braceface celebration, I can hardly believe it as well.
Best of luck for the next year or how ever long you have!
I had my latest adjustment last week. He walked over looked and said, well, that tooth is larger than I realized. He said he is going to make it fit, and then proceeded to file between my teeth some more. Man do I dislike that. I guess if it gets the tooth in there then it's worth it in the end.mapleleafman888 wrote:Yup today is my 1 year mark (posted a new photo)! Again, time goes by soooo fast.
Asides from your wonky tooth, as you call it, what else is left to work on? It looks like the rest of your teeth are straight.
Oh, and what went on at the last adjustment?
I agree the tooth IPR has to be the worst! Hate shaving away good tooth but oh well at least it's getting worked on, yes I definitely see in the picture that the tooth is coming around! Is it pretty painful?TrustGodAuburn wrote:I had my latest adjustment last week. He walked over looked and said, well, that tooth is larger than I realized. He said he is going to make it fit, and then proceeded to file between my teeth some more. Man do I dislike that. I guess if it gets the tooth in there then it's worth it in the end.mapleleafman888 wrote:Yup today is my 1 year mark (posted a new photo)! Again, time goes by soooo fast.
Asides from your wonky tooth, as you call it, what else is left to work on? It looks like the rest of your teeth are straight.
Oh, and what went on at the last adjustment?
They just re-cinched my top wire, I got a bigger wire on the bottom and that's about it.
Everything else is good as far as my bite and my top teeth are all in place. The lower is a bit misaligned now because of the turning of the crazy tooth. He said at my next adjustment he expects to take off the sliding bracket and replace it with a regular bracket to get the wonky tooth in it's correct spot. I sure hope so. It has felt like I took two giant steps backward!
Your smile looks GREAT! I know you are thrilled! I still have not asked how much longer he thinks I have. I have been waiting to ask until I See some major improvement in the wonky tooth.
I hope your unprofessional opinion is correct...imagine the FREEDOM of not having braces. LOL.mapleleafman888 wrote: I agree the tooth IPR has to be the worst! Hate shaving away good tooth but oh well at least it's getting worked on, yes I definitely see in the picture that the tooth is coming around! Is it pretty painful?
Well TGA, I'm no ortho but I can not see how you'd be another 1.5 years out...in my unprofessional opinion maybe 6 months hahaha! Or do you have some tooth in the center of your palate that needs to be tugged over 29mm?
Thanks! I'm happy with how things are looking, on Thursday I go in for my regular appointment. Ortho said he would start working on my upper heights now that mostly everything else is aligned, still have about 2-3 mm of vertical space on my right side before my teeth touch.
