On monday the 10th I had my 2nd wire change! By then all my elastic ties had turned nasty yellow/orange from eating a bowl of chili. I've gotten quite tired of dealing with nasty elastics that just make my teeth look dingy when I've always worked hard to have white teeth. The wires this time are square in shape, so no more round wires!
I've been really pleased with how much my lower arch has rounded. I've never seen my lower arch look like this before. However. I see that the teeth are not parallel to each other, and that really bothers me. I really hope this changes fast. In addition, my jaw is really out of alignment now! It looks to be off about 1/4" or more! There is a possibility that at my next adjustment I'll get rubber bands, and I'm looking forward to that!
So because of the nasty staining I've been dealing with, causing me to be paranoid and afraid to smile, I asked for baby blue on top! What I did not realize at the time, was that I would have a power chain expanding across my 6 upper front teeth. I've already had 2 cups of coffee, straw free! I also had shaving done in between several teeth. You can see there is a gap in between the 2 front teeth, and a few days later it's almost closed.
He also shaved in between 3 or 4 teeth on the bottom. I'm hoping that makes more room so no teeth will need to be pulled.
So here is my current smile. Not loving having a gap, it feels so strange to have gaps! My orthodontist also shaved down the blue bite blockers, but because of that my bite is off and sore again. Hoping to see lots of changes in the next 6 weeks with these new square wires!
Next Appointment is July 22nd!!
