1 and a half month in braces, with picture

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#16 Post by **haywire** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:09 pm

that lateral incisor just won't give up !

anyway, the difficult part of the treatment didnt even begin yet. i started with an overbite, and now i even have an overjet, because my jaw is too behind

#17 Post by **haywire** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:13 pm

sorry for the double post

there's my overbite & overjet (about 3 mm for the first and 5 for the second) - is that difficult to fix?

#18 Post by **haywire** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:42 am

another pic..

how can i rename the title of my topic? it's not true anymore

i don't know why, but my ortho told me that my lower braces will be installed in about 5 months since i start the treatment. i don't know why she didn't install them the same time with the upper braces. on my next adjustment (3rd, in about 14 days) i will tell her that i want my lower braces faaaaaast

#19 Post by **sean83** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:01 pm

Hi Haywire - just clicked on your story and had a double-take when I saw your pictures...I thought I was looking at my own teeth! The likeness is uncanny:

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Anyway, you've made excellent progress in such a short time so long may it continue

#20 Post by **petitcanard** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:05 am

Lookin' good!

I have the same inward incline on my front incisors (retro?) so I think I'll also be the proud (?!) owner of a "new" overjet at some point. Looking forward to seeing your progression!

I also have a deep bite, but was told they'd put bottoms on at the same time as tops... so hello turbos or bite plates.. I think I'll bask in the joy of chewing for the next month while I can! At least you get to give that a miss, if they're waiting for room first. Given how fast your teeth are moving, maybe they will bump up your bottom date?

#21 Post by **haywire** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:04 am

i don't know, at my first consulation she told me that the treatment will last 2 years, but i hope mine will not last more than 18 months because i want to finish before graduating college.
less than 18 months i don't think it will be, but there is always hope

#22 Post by **haywire** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:00 am

3rd adjustment today. pictures tomorrow

my doc changed the wire for the first time, but o don't see any difference in the tickness of the wire. should it be visible? (the difference between the first and the second?) anyway my teeth are 95% straight now after just 3 months

lower braces on 12th november!

tip: go for gray elastics, i had transparent before and they stain. now i have gray ones (like the brakets are) and i like them more

#23 Post by **haywire** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:21 am

26th september -> 22nd october

small progress, but it's better than nothing

the wire is definitely thicker but again no pain at all
i hope my bottom teeth will move this fast too

#24 Post by **Miranda86** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:20 am

Wow your teeth look great! They shifted sooo quickly!

#25 Post by **petitcanard** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:48 pm

Nov 12 will come up fast! At least you have a date now, yay! Your teeth look so good, hopefully the bottoms will fall in line just as quickly and maybe you'll have a shorter sentence.. fingers crossed anyway

Thanks for the tip re elastics, I know staining will be an issue for me so that really helps!

#26 Post by **haywire** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:23 am

ok so now i have lower braces, the nightmare has started

it was fine so far with just the upper but now... i almost can't eat with those things on my molars, i can't close my mouth, i can't speak properly, and the most annoying thing, i have to wear a rubber band from the inside of my lower second molar to the outside of my upper second molar

if u believe me, i tried 2 and a half hours to put the elastic on after i ate, i finally put it but i don't know how i will manage to put the elastic there about 3-4 times/day (after every meal, and before i go to sleep)

some pics

^^ how much i can close my mouth

#27 Post by **petitcanard** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:19 am

Welcome to the "holy crap, how am I supposed to eat when not a tooth in my head touches??? #$%^" club...

I'm in kind of the same boat, although I have turbos instead of molar buildups.. can you at least chew with the molar buildups? I have nothing to chew with, it's driving me batty! (battier, that is)

Hopefully your teeth move quickly and you can ditch the elastic torture, that does look like a really awful spot to have to put elastics!!

#28 Post by **Faerydust** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:59 pm

Saw a link to your story in another post and thought I'd pop on over! Very nice progress! With things moving so quickly, you'll probably finish your treatment ahead of schedule!

As for the molar build ups, is that so you don't bite on any brackets? Interesting elastic setup, did your ortho say what it's supposed to do? Hope you're not stuck with the build ups for too long, never had 'em, but they don't sound fun.

#29 Post by **haywire** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:04 am

the build ups are to allow my second molars (upper and lower) to straighten. it's not visible in the pictures i posted but the upper on is inclined outside and the lower on inside. that's the elastic for, to pull them in the right position, and that would not be posible without the build ups

my ortho said that if i wear the elastic all the time i can get rid of it in about 1 month. i hope that then i'll have smaller build ups, because it's very hard to chew with this huge ones. i eat only milk and soft cookies

my tongue also hurts when i eat because of the hook in the lower molar

#30 Post by **yj207** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:00 pm

Wow your teeth moved super fast!