Day 105 and another adjustment... not planned, but welcome of course!
My last adjustment was less than three weeks ago (Day 89) so it is very soon after my last one...
Anyway, the reason I went in and saw my Ortho was because I noticed one of my ligs had slipped off a tiny bit (kinda like it had slipped off one corner of the bracket, y'know?) and I wasn't really sure if I should be worried or not so I called the Ortho and told them; they booked me in to see the Ortho and here I am one week later.
My Ortho took a good look around and it seems that I've somehow broken a tiny pit off my bracket, which is why the lig looks like it has slipped off a tiny bit. He said it is nothing to worry about and that he doesn't see any need to replace it.
He then took a good look around my mouth and commented that things are coming along very nicely and very quickly. He poked around a bit and put a fair bit of pressure on my teeth
(alot more than I what I ever do, that's for sure...) and then said "How tough are you feeling today?"
I knew where he was heading. He then asked me how much I want to get the braces off taken off and then he decided I was tough enough to deal with another adjustment so soon after my last one. As usual, he was asking me how things were all along the way but then I got a bit worried when he said 'Hold on tight for this one..." then, he said, 'This will teach you for coming to see me before your appointment, hehehe". Joking of course. There was alot of excess wire at the ends of my mouth, further evidence that my arch is improving.
Anyway, things are feeling pretty sore at the moment. Different to how it usually feels. He tightened the wire differently this time. He did the tightening on all of my teeth one by one and then he did something at the ends of the wire which made it feel like the whole wire was tightening around all of my teeth at once... never had that before.
Looking in the mirror when I got home, I noticed that the wire has been changed. It's a thicker wire - don't really know what mm it is compared to previous, but it's def. bigger than the last one.
Thanks everyone for all the encouraging and supportive comments. It's an amazing feeling getting such positive comments about my teeth at such an early stage in my treatment.
Take care everyone!!!
Daney[/b]
Wish i was home in NZ with my braces so i could eat the entire country worth of it. yum.
GREAT PROGRESS!!!!
Sounds like it was an eventful one. How are you feeling today? I hope you're not in too much discomfort. I have an adj. tomorrow and dreamt last night they didn't even change the wire!! Oh well, we'll see tomorrow....