Maybe I'm a Little Vane?

I called into the ortho today. I could not take the look of my braces any longer! I missed my powerchain that helped cover some of the arch wire, and with going to texas this weekend, I didn't want my braces to look any more obvious. So after begging and pleading, I got my other to allow a powerchain accost my upper arch. I also had them change the bottom from orange to light blue. He used a powerchain that  has spaces in between each link, and it does not come in blue, so I had to settle with a very light silver, hope it last through my vacation without staining.

So Fresh and So Clean Clean

First cleaning with braces, what a trip! Having braces during a cleaning is one thing, but having a figure 8 span all the way across your uppers is not fun. My poor hygienist. She did the best she could, but it was difficult! Water sprayed everywhere and my gums are a little sensitive in some places. But no cavities and she said my teeth look really clean and well taken care of!!!

I'm really not liking the way my braces look right now. Waaaay too much metal showing. What's the point of paying extra for ceramics if I'm going to end up having so much metal in my mouth? I left a message with my orthodontist to see if I could get power chains on top to help hide some of the metal. Hope they say yes! I don't want to look like this for 8 weeks!

Elastics and Polishing.

Lots of changes today!!! First all my upper are tired together with a figure 8. The upper wire went up to a high gage and my orthodontist bent the wire (called a finishing wire) to make my front top teeth appear more broad and flat across my arch. I opted for blue light blue ligs on top again. I liked how they faded to a pearly
white/silver last time.

I feel that my tooth color is starting to yellow so I'm using whiting mouth wash at night. Hope that helps not only improve my tooth color but also bleach the ligs.

The bottoms stayed the same from what I can tell, I'm not sure if the

gage went up at all. I have a power chain all the way accost the bottom.

The big change is I now have elastics!!! The orthodontist assistant was surprised that I got them only 4 months into my treatment. I'm assuming they think I can handle pain, because these babies are tiny and strong! Opening my mouth wide is just about impossible. Honesty they really hurt, but hoping I get used to them fast.


The best thing abut my appointment is my orthodontist did some polishing! He wanted to shave down that one tooth that was shaped like ^ to help my bite since I was hitting that tooth every time I close my house. I also talked him in to shaving down that one top tooth that is all rounded and jaggid. Not perfect but much better!

Today post "polishing"

Pre polishing, notice the roundness on the front right tooth and the awful point on the right tooth next to the canine. 

In addition to a good day at the dentist, that took over 1 1/2 hours (!), I finally got the balls to tell the front desk ladies that I dont want Ashley to work on me gain. 3 times I gave her a chance, and 3 times it was awful! The girl I had today had worked on me before, and she's great!!! So now I have her on request when ever she is available.

Next appointment in 8 weeks. September 17th!!!