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Sorry I dont have much you can compare them to yet. But this is what they look like, as of today! Excuse the yellowish powerchain, I forgot about it and ate mustard (grrrrr!!!) lol!!
Your teeth are looking great! Would love to see a before picture.
Keep us posted
Shawnie
Braced - 10/04/05
Treatment - 30 to 36 months
Ceramic uppers, Metal lowers
Impacted canines-Crowding-Crossbite
6 baby teeth!
Canine exposure surgery of two teeth 3/29/06
2nd canine exposure of one tooth 11/15/06
KK wrote:Your teeth look fantastic Samantha ... both arches look really pretty!
What's left to be done before you can go naked
Thanks KK! I'm not sure what is left, I've only had them on for 8 months and he says my estimated time is 15-18 months. Hopefully I could get them off early, lol! I think my molars could expand a little more, help fill out my mouth more because previously most of the teeth on the left side were pushed in. I'll try to find a picture before I had them on so everyone can see what they looked like before. My next adjustment is in a month (on April 27th) so I'll ask him what else is left to do.
THat is incredible progress in such a short amount of time! Congratulations!
I'm jealous! But I'd really like to know what's left do, I mean they look almost done!
~Hannah
Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Last Adjustment: February 28, 2006 where they gave me a new bottom wire and attached my impacted canine, newly bracketed, to the wire! OUCH!
Beautiful progress! It's so cool to know that others are progressing. I see my own progress and that makes me feel great. It's slow but it's definitely happening.
Thanks for posting these pics! Your teeth are going to look awesome! (Well they already do) What is cool about this for me is that you have 15-18 month treatment time and I have 18-24 month. We have both been in braces about the same amount of time and I can totally see my teeth looking like yours in about 3 months! The big hold up on my treatment was one rotaty little tooth on the bottom that was turned 90 degrees. I think it added 3 months to my treatment! At 8 months I have had more than 4 adjustments just to cater to the rotaty guy. I have been having adjustments about every 4 weeks. Good luck on your progress!