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!
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| Today post "polishing" |
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| Pre polishing, notice the roundness on the front right tooth and the awful point on the right tooth next to the canine. |
Next appointment in 8 weeks. September 17th!!!
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ReplyDeleteThe elastics do take a while to get used to, and it can be painful from time to time, especially if you overstretch it and it snaps all of the sudden. The yellowing teeth can be prevented, although it will take some effort to maintain throughout having your braces. But then again, no pain, no gain! Hang in there!
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ReplyDeleteIt was nice of him to do the polishing as soon as he noticed that. At least you didn’t have to worry about hitting those jagged spots and possibly cause a crack in one of those teeth. Hope you had a nice session last September. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteAgripina @ Smiles of Cary
Those elastics really feel awkward in your month most of the time, especially when you’ve just got them. The awkwardness fades after some time, but it never goes away completely. At the very least, you’d know their stretch limit and avoid snapping them up mid-sentence.
ReplyDeleteThomas DeFinnis @ Wynnewood Dental Arts