Oh shit! I totally forgot! I had my braces off last Tuesday. Damn ( Read more... )

Removal scheduled!!!!1!1 ( Read more... )

Mmmm, backdating again since I forgot on Thursday last week.

Still not much change. More tweaking with the pliers, mostly upper left side and it's been really sore. Also, back to elastics on both sides again (heavier duty on both). And I don't get to go back for four weeks. :( So I guess they won't be gone by my birthday. Downer.

This is getting realllllly old. *sigh ( Read more... )

Yup, still "almost," with a little "so close" thrown in for good measure. Maybe by my birthday?

No changes, just new chains.

Possibly the final adjustment? Maybe one or two more ( Read more... )

Ooooh, we mean business now! Orthodontist seemed quite put out about those little spaces between my lower fronts. This time we put a short four-link chain across those teeth, and then the full twelve links across the entire arch. So my four lower incisors are effectively double-chained. And we upped the ante on the elastic too, from a "B" to a "C ( Read more... )

This one was also very boring. Again with the "soon, very soon" predictions. He did seem a tad irritated that some little spaces were developing between my lower front teeth. The exciting part is that he said I should come back in only three weeks!

Oops, forgot to post again. It's hellla boring. Just got new power chains. Still just the elastic on the right side, which makes my jaw hurt and gives me a headache. My midline is offset and we're trying to get my lower teeth to move over. He says again that we're in the final adjustment phase and soon we'll schedule removal.

Can't.

Wait.

Sooo, the day after my previous adjustment, a bracket popped off. I called in and asked when I should come get it fixed, and they said NEXT WEEK! And the bracket that popped off was one of the ones that my left-side elastic hooks on to, so they also said that I should wear either elastic for the whole week ( Read more... )