ADJUSTMENT: NOVEMBER 17th-2006:
not too much new here- got a new top wire [again- now 4 months since bottoms were touched- is this a good thing?
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and the torque was put higher- expecting pain tonight!
I finally asked to get my
blue cement lifter removed, which turned into a gong show with a sander and trying to pry it out- after 25 min or so we decided to just file it down until it was close enough to the teeth, and it still wouldn't come out
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but it is nice to actually
feel my tooth- like I said in the subject title, it feels hollow- i'm so used to having this big lifter thingy on one side
I also got rid of my powerchain- she said there was no more reason for it now that my incisor has behaved [somewhat] and if i need it by next appointment i'll put it back on... she was also conserned about the placement of the bracket on my incisor- and as i suspected it is somewhat angled incorrectly- [hah! i knew it!
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i thought i was going crazy 0_o...]
but instead of putting it back on, the ortho told her he would worry about that more after he's done tweeking and more when he's worried about alignment- more time perhaps? [sigh]... oh well- let's get them as perfect as we can I say- no point spending all of this money just to have them off earlier and go back
I also finally was able to get a better picture of the 'wonky' teeth on my right side- if you look at the picture of just my tops [second image] you'll see much more imperfections than what i can usually show you with arch pictures... see how on my right [your left] the back teeth angleoutwards? that really screws up my bite, and is my biggedst concern to fix- you can also see the tooth after my canine is also inwards still, which the farthest point of the tooth always grinds against my bottoms- [sigh] one day it'll move - one day- he's a stubborn boy this one- as well as my back wisdom tooth- apparently he's really wonky and doesn't like to listen to me too much
anyways- good progress since last time i think- i'm overall happy with the movement from the elastic on my right side [notice less of a gap? soon soon!
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if only those back teeth would behave, it would be great
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although i swear that gap on my left side between my top and bottom gets bigger everytime- ieeee o_o...
also: i think i have two different sized front teeth- I keep looking and looking- one just seems BIG o_o.. no wonder they aren't straight
Picture Time!
9 3/4 months in Braces
![Image](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/belmikry/smile11-17-06.jpg)
smile: 11-17-2006: no more powerchain! alignment of the front teeth looking better, but not quite done yet! darn that big ol' front tooth
![Image](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/belmikry/weirdtooth11-17-2006.jpg)
the "wonky" teeth in the back: notice on my right side [your left] how angled they are? i'm glad i finally got a picture- really makes biting down weird- the tooth hits the hollow areas of my bottom teeth
![Image](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/belmikry/top11-17-2006.jpg)
top arch- see you can't even see the wonky teeth with this view
![Image](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/belmikry/bottoms-11-17-2006.jpg)
yay!
most of the cement lifter is gone!
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hollow tooth, i'm telling you!
![Image](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/belmikry/alignment11-17-2006.jpg)
heres my left and right side vs alignment- looking much better in comparison to last month:
![Image](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/belmikry/rightside10-20-06.jpg)