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I get my braces off next month and wanted to show my progress. First picture is now. I have elastics on both sides, wire ties, and a bend in the wire at the top to rotate a tooth a little more. The second pic is obviously before I got my braces. My midline was off by 7mm and I had some crazy crowding going on there!
First time in braces @ 34 Braced: March 24, 2011 Estimated completion time: 30 mo's May 19, 2011 -Oral Surgery to remove: 3 Wisdom Teeth, 1 Broken Molar & 1 Baby Canine tooth; plus expose & chain Impacted canine