elpi's toothie adventures - got my wisdoms braced...ouch!

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#61 Post by **callmeswtmisery** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:45 am

elpi,

Your teeth are really moving in the right direction really fast!!!! How long is your treatment for? Your teeth look perfect to me after the extractions!!! You must really be happy that you got the braces put on!!!

#62 Post by **elpi** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:38 am

Hi and thanks callmes

, treatment is 18 months so I've got about 15 months to go I guess, yes I am happy about the braces... I'm already looking at old pics of me and thinking "woah! goofy"

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I had my second adjustment last week, I took some new photos to check but it seems that my teeth have hardly moved at all in 7 weeks, which I expected tbh as I've been almost entirely painfree. The only change was a little shuffling on the bottom set where one of my extraction gaps has closed a little but a gap has formed between some others, it's like they're playing musical gaps.

Good news is, my ortho says I'm ready to have my wisdoms braced next appointment and I think that means a thicker wire too. I've really been looking forward to being fully braced and I've keeping everything crossed that it happens this summer whilst I'm off uni, and so that's great news and good timing, yay!

One last thing is I've dipped my toe into the world of coloured ligs... as at this adjustment I alternated the silver with purple on the bottom

#63 Post by **jenny101101** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:42 am

Hi elpi,

I love the colour of your ligs...they look terrific!!

Your teeth look really good. It's hard to see movement unless you take pics of your arches, I find

. I'm sure they're moving, though...chin up!

#64 Post by **elpi** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:53 am

Thanks Jenny

yeah I took some pics of my arches I just didn't post them cos they looked exactly the same as last time, even when I looked really, really closely

I'm not disheartened though because they moved so quickly in such a short space of time, I think they needed a bit of downtime

#65 Post by **oski1970** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:19 am

Your teeth are really looking good. I really love the lig colour.

#66 Post by **shan*rock** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:00 am

Your teeth look great and I love the lig colors. I just got my braces on 2 days ago, seeing the movement your teeth have made (as well as so many others on here) is really what is keeping me from grabbing the pliers and ripping them off myself.

Thanks for sharing your progress!

#67 Post by **sksk11** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:47 pm

I would disagree about the lack of movement of your teeth

I can see that your top arch wire has definitely straightened out from the last piccie to the present one (especially at the right side of the picture). It looks like you are definitely ready for a thicker wire

I love the lig colours - subtle, but a nice change from the silver. They look great. Will you be putting up the arch pictures for us to scrutinise??!

#68 Post by **jackjack** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:15 pm

wow congratulations on how great ur teeth look...i just got my first upper bicuspids taken out and been feeling like omg what did i do...but looking at ur progress has really uplifted me!

#69 Post by **elpi** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:14 am

forum had gremlins!

#70 Post by **elpi** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:14 am

Thanks for the encouragement guys

I went for a check up with my dentist and a hygienist clean last week, everything is fine! yay!

Afterwards I took some pics of my arches... the ones I took after my first adjustment were a bit blurry so it's difficult to compare them, but you can probably see that I have a new gap on my lower arch (bottom right) and a bit of a poking wire grr! (top right) and things are rounding out that bit more. My top teeth are being that bit more stubborn but those canines take some moving don't they?!

Top arch after 1st adjustment

Top arch after 2nd adjustment

Bottom arch after 1st adjustment

Bottom Arch after 2nd adjustment

#71 Post by **elpi** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:15 am

accidental post

#72 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:07 am

Gosh darn, your teeth look great right now, I can't wait to see your arches when they're done!

#73 Post by ***melissa*** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:21 pm

your teeth look AWESOME!!!!!

#74 Post by **callmeswtmisery** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:18 am

I'm sorry to say, but this has been a huge change from the first pic's you posted when you got your braces put on. I'm going to everyone's page and we all had great movement in such a short amount of time!!!!

#75 Post by **callmeswtmisery** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:18 am

OOOPPSSSS My fault double post