Another adjustment today!
Lots of action for my top teeth, almost none for my bottoms- in fact, all they did on the bottom was change my ligs and take out the powerchain. I have a black triangle on the bottom between my right lateral incisor and my canine, and I’m hoping my ortho will do some IPR to shape the teeth and close it a bit sometime. I pointed it out to her last time, but she didn’t seem too concerned. I’ll mention it again next time, anyway. I really like the red ligs, though.
On the top my left lateral’s bracket had come loose (the third so far, I had two before last adjustment) and the hygienist mentioned that lots of people had come in during the past week with loose brackets, so I wonder if there was something wrong with the bonding or something. Anyway, I got quite a few brackets on the top changed, got a new (I think lighter) wire up top and got a wire tie put on my right upper canine to rotate it a little. I know that supposedly ceramics don’t stain, but I can tell the difference in colour between the new ceramics they put on today and the other older ones. In the picture, my upper left central and my right lateral are old ones, and I can definitely tell the difference. It’s not nearly as noticeable as lig staining, though, but definitely interesting that I can notice. See if you can tell- you might not be able to, though, because it’s a small version of the photo.
Also, I’m only wearing elastics at night now, the same configuration as before. My ortho told me it’s just for retention purposes. It's good to see that my top teeth are overlapping my bottom teeth more like they should be. Also, nice to have a bit of freedom, and it means I spit less! This configuration seems to cause me saliva problems :S
Here’s a photo! My next adjustment is on July 22nd.
Also, my ortho said that she's really impressed with my progress and that it's going really well. She even came out into the waiting area (right next to the adjustment room) to tell my mum (I don't live with my mum but she's kind enough to give me lifts to the ortho because it's not easy to get to for me by public transport). I still didn't want to ask if she could give me an idea of how much longer I have left. I don't want to be disappointed or get my hopes up.
