starting braces @ 33 yrs old - overbite, crowding, etc..!

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#46 Post by **purplestar** » Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:22 am

Wow!!! Congratulation for the great achievement in just 4 months. What s your estimated treatment time?

#47 Post by **crocodile** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:42 am

purplestar wrote:Wow!!! Congratulation for the great achievement in just 4 months. What s your estimated treatment time?

Thanks! Estimated treatment time was 18 months.

SpottedPickle wrote:oh my goodness they are looking amazing hun!

Thank you, it is great to get these chompers straightened up.

Colbrit7 wrote:Great movement with those two upper front teeth, mine also flared inwards to meet the bottoms for a bite and I was so surprised to see how they were straightened out so quickly.

Those two upper front teeth were pretty sore for a while after the braces first went on. I got upper and lower braces at the same time, and my top teeth would hit the lower braces if I wasn't careful. This made eating a real chore because I couldn't bite down all the way, and the only teeth that would touch (the front ones) hurt too much to use for chewing.

#48 Post by **Bikerchick85** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:29 am

Crocodile, omgosh! Your teeth look amazing!! You've had some amazing progress! I'm definitely diggin' the clean shaven look now.. shows off your gorgeous smile!

How long is your sentence?

#49 Post by **crocodile** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:07 pm

Bikerchick85 wrote:Crocodile, omgosh! Your teeth look amazing!! You've had some amazing progress! I'm definitely diggin' the clean shaven look now.. shows off your gorgeous smile!

How long is your sentence?

Thanks! No one has ever told me my smile was gorgeous

Still a ways to go (another 14 months +/-) but super happy so far. Good luck with your debracing I bet you are excited.

#50 Post by **jaime** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 5:37 am

Wow!!! As I was scrolling through your photos, I kept saying, "Whoa!!" I hope my teeth look that good by 4 months! You must be so pleased!

#51 Post by **LillyS** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:50 pm

Wow. That's all I can say wow! That is awesome progress for 4 months I hope mine could be anything like that omgggg

#52 Post by **crocodile** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 5:20 pm

1 year and 3 weeks:

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Just got back from the ortho. Power chain to try to close up the gaps. I'm in class II elastics on both sides at night.

Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:40 pm

Your teeth are looking great! Do you know how much longer you have?

#54 Post by **crocodile** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:00 pm

BeautifulDisaster wrote:Your teeth are looking great! Do you know how much longer you have?

Thanks! I think I have another six months or so. I asked the Ortho last week but they didn't want to get too specific on a removal date.

Your teeth are moving along nicely as well.

#55 Post by **stephcsun** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:00 pm

Your teeth look great! I saw a lot of improvement for month to month..and I am glad I was able to see how the white power chains look on clear braces I might chose that next time so thanks!

I hope when my teeth begin to straighten out they look nice like yours!

Congrats

#56 Post by **Loopyman76** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:54 pm

Your teeth look absolutely amazing, bro! Makes me even more excited to start my journey! I'm also in my 30s and will be getting braced soon. I can actually do it at any time but I've decided to do it in a couple of months. IF my progress is anywhere near as good as yours I'll be a happy camper. Congrats to you!

#57 Post by **crocodile** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:42 am

Loopyman76 wrote:Your teeth look absolutely amazing, bro! Makes me even more excited to start my journey! I'm also in my 30s and will be getting braced soon. I can actually do it at any time but I've decided to do it in a couple of months. IF my progress is anywhere near as good as yours I'll be a happy camper. Congrats to you!

Thanks. After a year of being in braces, I wish I would have started this years ago. Good luck with your braces.

#58 Post by **Ridingboots** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:16 am

Wow how quickly did things move for you..... I bet you are flashing some great smiles now even with braces.

#59 Post by **tartanhabit** » Tue May 05, 2015 11:43 am

Wow, wow, wow!!! I have very similiar teeth and I'm just blown away by the progress that you could see at month 4. I've come to the conclusion that braces on teeth that already look good/straight are so much less of a big deal than the day one look. I know if I go for it, the first month or two, things are going to look pretty crazy.

Congratulations, you must be thrilled! So glad to see this. My top 2 front teeth tip inwards and the ones adjacent to those are funky crooked.

#60 Post by **crocodile** » Thu May 14, 2015 6:16 am

Thanks for the comments.

I just had another Ortho visit yesterday. He is very happy with the progress and I'll have these off in the "summer." Probably 2-3 months. Very excited! They did take off the bands on all 4 of the very back molars so it's nice to have at least some of the braces removed

They made a small bend in the top wire to help better align the two center teeth. It looks better already! Next visit is in 4 wks and they mentioned something about smoothing out some of the jagged edges next visit.

I can't wait to see how they look without the braces!

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