Betsy's getting braces

[Noni]

Hi BetsYbug , Im in the same situation ,, I was eating comfortably feeling no pain for 4 days ,, and suddenly today after noon my upper left side (crossbite) start to hurts a little and while I was eating dinner it was tooooo painful i didn't expect that my tooth are too sore now

They are moving I can notice this .. I have. 2 weeks until my next adjustment I can't wait .

[maeby]

Hello, BetsyBug! I just wanted to pop in and say that your progress really does look great... I'm so impressed! And I'm sure things are looking even better since you posted those photos. I'm sorry you're going through so much pain though. Hopefully it has eased up today.

[BetsyBug]

Thanks guys!!! I am feeling better now. Not much going on now. I'm just waiting for my molars to touch so that I can get rid of these turbos. They are getting pretty old. On a different topic I have decided since I am getting my teeth fixed then I am going to work on the rest of me as well. So I have been hitting the gym. Anyone else thinking about this??

[Bec There]

Yes! It's a good way to think!
I haven't joined a gym but I've been going walking for an hour, a couple of times a week. Plus, I gave up softdrink a few months ago (in anticipation of braces). Now that I feel so much better about my smile (and myself, I guess) I find that the motivation is usually always there. I've lost 3ish kilos so far, no harm to keep working on it hey!

[BetsyBug]

Luckily I don't have to get a gym membership. I work for an extremely health conscious company we have a gym and a personal trainer. They also encourage us to take an hour during the day to workout. (in addition to lunch hour) today our personal trainer did a boot amp type workout outside and about killed us all. Lol. Since last Monday I have lost almost 8 lbs. i don't know if I would work out consists fly otherwise.

[Bec There]

Your work sounds awesome! Might as well make the most of it!

Turbo's off yet??

[BetsyBug]

Nope still have the turbos but you can really tell at least one side of ny molars are coming together. My next adjustment is on the 22nd so I'm hoping for them off then or the following adjustment. I have gotten pretty used to them so I'm not overly worried about them I know the longer they are in there the better we fix my deep bite.
I haven't seen a lot of movement in the past few weeks. There just isn't any room right now so until my lower arch starts to widen some I think I'm looking for some really slow movement. All my lowers are really wiggly though so once there is space then I think it will go fast.

[BetsyBug]

Well, today was my second adjustment. Still have the turbos...I may have them forever (really probably not but they aren't going anywhere anytime soon) I got a new archwire on the top, not sure what gauge it is but its rectangle and is making my teeth so sore. My bottoms still have the same wire I started with just with a another tooth steel tied to the wire. My right lower canine is rotated back so they have it tied in and now its really feeling the torque. Hopefully it turns and gets in line pretty quick. Not much else to report, new ligs are lilac not sure I like it as well as the pink but it matched my shirt today so i went with it.

Oh I will take some pics tomorrow to post there has been quite a bit of change on my lowers not so much on my uppers.

[GillyWeed]

Glad to hear things are progressing nicely:) and I'm sure you're turbos will be off in no time. New top wire, that's exciting! I'm sure the pain isn't much fun but at least you know things are on the move

Can't wait to see the new lilac ligs!

[elainek]

Hey Betsy,

That sucks about your turbos, but at least you can see movement!

All of my molar build-ups fell off so now I can touch my teeth together, but the problem is that my upper and lower left pre-molars are way off so they touch and nothing else can. And I keep chomping down on them at night and it's so so sore. So don't feel too bad about still having your turbo's...at least it's stopping your teeth from closing in a good way!

[BetsyBug]

Sorry I haven't posted any pics yet I do have them just been too busy to actually get on the computer and post them I will though soon....
In other related stories.... I had to go back to the ortho Wednesday. It seems that my molars are doing what they are supposed to on the right side and coming closer together however one of my upper molars was hitting inside edge to outside edge with that lower baby tooth and I was grinding them... Ouch so they built up the turbos more so I'm back to no chewing again. They are further apart this time then they were to begin with....awesome. They said the problem was that my uppers are moving way faster then my lowers but it will eventually normalize. Great eventually.....just what I wanted to hear

How is everyone else doing????

[smilehope]

Sounds like you're getting on great, Betsybug. Good to hear those molars are coming together. Mine are starting to as well- I'll update my story in a minute.

[Noni]

Glad to hear your noticing a progress in your teeth , don't worry about the turbos they will be off one day ,,
I am still wearing my qh expander and i got used to it and not looking for the day to have them off anymore ! Didn't even though I would feel this way weeks ago .

But I'm still looking for the day of having my braces off


I hope the coming months just go sooooooo quick to reach the day where what only matters is our retainers

waiting to see some pictures

[BetsyBug]

Hi everyone!!! Yeah I have been super busy so I haven't had the chance to post, and now its about time for my next adjustment so I guess I will just wait to post pictures. Nothing too impressive going on just watching teeth really not move...LOL. My turbos are still installed and don't really have any end in sight. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if I end up with them the entire time I have my braces on. The reason I think this is last time my ortho said that my night time retainer will have a bite plate (hawley) and I will have a clear essix for the day time. Obviously they see the need or at least benefit of keeping my teeth from closing all the way. I can't say its a terrible thing I do have a bit of a grinding issue. (hoping that with the braces it gets better) So my next appointment is on tuesday July 3rd so we will see.....
How is everyone else fairing?

[BetsyBug]

So it's adjustment day number three.... My teeth haven't had some changes but my lower two central incisors still are resisting getting with the plan. So the plan for today is to leave the steel ties on my two lower incisors and my right lower canine that is still a little rotated and I also have a power chain from my lower left central incisor all the way to my last bracket. I think that is six teeth. This is supposed to pull those teeth away from the other side and get those teeth moving. The ortho wanted to put another pc on the other side too but the lower incisor on the right is rotated too far and he couldn't get it around the bracket. Same wire on the bottom I have had since the beginning. I still have the rectangular wire on my uppers nothing new there except that they put the lug on in a figure 8 on my right lateral incisor to help with its rotation. Good news!!! Turbos are coming off on my next visit on August 14th do only 6 more weeks of them. So I will have had them a little over 5 months. (I'm not thinking I'm going to miss them!!)
Oh and the new color is burgundy but the power chain only comes in gray so I have burg/gray combo which doesn't look too bad I will post some pics in a bit I'm currently posting from my phone and it's nearly impossible to post pics on this thing!!!