A bad start and finally brace free!

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#61 Post by **AmybettyB** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:22 am

Nerdgirl- Thanks, I hope I never have to have teeth out again! I'm glad of the ceramics too, it was a close call though, there was a risk I might bite them off, but my ortho decided we could go forward which was good!

Smiley - yes a real bummer!!!!

FINALLY - I had my adjustment, it wasn't as painful as I feared, though I can't really chew again now! I've had a thicker wire put in and best of all I've had the spring!! My ortho says that at the next visit there should be enough space to bring the other guy forward and then using a kind of lasoo technique by the visit after that he should be in line with the others! So in 2 visits all my lower teeth will be lined up, and then they just need all the gaps closed and crookedness sorting!

I'll post some pics in a few days!

Amyx

#62 Post by **MommaDucky** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:58 pm

Awesome! Glad to hear you had a good adjustment, Amy. Can't wait to see your progress! This is the fun part!!

#63 Post by **LithpingLitha** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:16 pm

Congratulations on getting your spring!

Your alignment is shaping up nicely. So sorry you had a ROUGH start, but glad to see all the fine progress.

#64 Post by **AmybettyB** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:47 am

Thanks for the continuing support everyone, when I'm feeling a bit down it really helps to read the comments on here. I'm off work ill today, I think I may have freshers flu, I guess thats the price I have to pay for choosing to go back to uni and study!!

Here are the pics from after my adjustment, vs a few weeks ago.

#65 Post by **AmybettyB** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:22 am

Jt2lang - Thanks for the virtual soup i'm feeling much better now!
Karen - in only a few weeks I can see the space is pretty much big enough to bring the other tooth forward now, I can't wait for the next adjustment!!

And here are some progress photos: day 43 to day 76

and day 33 to day 76

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#66 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:30 am

Amy, look at your teeth go!!! Looks great already!

#67 Post by **MommaDucky** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:06 pm

Looking awesome! That gap on the top right sure is closing quickly, good deal. Keep it up!

#68 Post by **AmybettyB** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:09 am

Hey everyone, I had another adjustment yesterday! I still have the spring but I also now have a catopault round the wayward tooth... The adjustment went fine, a little uncomfortable but no major problems, I got home managed to eat fine and then went to bed..... Then the pain set in, I kept waking up to agony in my mouth every few hours and when I got in the morning I looked in the mirror and now I can see why!!!!!

look at all that movement in just one night!!!!
Sorry about the blurry pic...

#69 Post by **AmybettyB** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:35 am

Some left and right picture comparisons for myself....

#70 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:35 am

BY golly gee whiz! Your teeth are coming along nicely! I was shocked to see your wayward move in overnight!

#71 Post by **Cleobabe** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:06 pm

Wow...that's heaps awesome! I would put up with the pain if I saw movement like that overnight! How does it work so fast?

#72 Post by **AmybettyB** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:52 am

Smiley and Karen - I know I'm amazed by the movement... its worth the pain when you see those kinds of results...

Cleo - My ortho put a bracket on the back of the wayward tooth, he then put on a catopault that bracket which then wrapped round that tooth and comes either side and attaches to each tooth either side, its like an elastic band constantly putting pressure on the tooth and pulling it forward. I also have a spring pushing the teeth either side apart to make space to pull the wayward tooth into. the pain has subsided a bit today so I think it has settled down... i doubt i really need 6 weeks until my next appointment... but ortho knows best....

#73 Post by **bratsche** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:19 am

Hey wow, just want to say that everything looks great. My extraction gaps are still quite fresh, and I can't wait for them to close up as much as yours have! And I'm really sorry you had such a bad experience with the extractions, they really shouldn't have been anywhere near that messy.

Here's hoping your incisor is in line already!

#74 Post by **nerdgirl** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:14 pm

Glad to see you've got that wayward tooth lassoed. Look at it go! But all the movement overnight sounds really painful!

But I bet your glad to see the results. And those gaps are closing really fast too! Congrats!!

You're going to be done in no time!

#75 Post by **AmybettyB** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:50 am

2 weeks until my next adjustment so I thought I would post some photos of my progress

Day 97

Day 124