Summary: Back to normal
I can't believe it has been 2 weeks since my last ortho appointment. I was just asking myself this weekend when I had my rubberbands put on and I really thought it was just last Tuesday but I checked my calendar today and it has been 2 weeks! I guess time flies when you are used to something. LOL.
Nothing much has happened. I do feel a very very slight tension whenever I have my rubber band on but that is really negligible. I have gotten used to it and sometimes I forget I have it on!
Yesterday, I totally forgot to put a new rubber band after brushing my teeth in the morning and went off to work without any supply :(. I didn't realize it was missing until 2 hours later! So I spent the entire day without rubber bands. Hopefully, this won't set back any type of progress made.
Also, I am supposed to replace them whenever I brush my teeth. But technically, I don't brush my teeth after every meal because I am lazy so I don't know if this will affect my progress. So, I think I'll just replace them after every meal or at least 3 times a day.
5 more weeks before my next ortho appointment!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Week 57 Update
Summary: Moody
It has been 24 hours since my ortho appointment and I am feeling very irritated. I woke up this morning and took off the band to brush my teeth. I replaced it with a new one and then had breakfast without taking the band out (which is ok to do I think).
My lower front teeth feel like they are teething. It hurts a little, it itches and it is uncomfortable. In addition to that my bite has changed. If I slowly bite down, I can feel that my molars on the right side don't sit well against each other. Maybe this is a good sign of moving teeth but it feels awkward. Actually, I do see that my upper and lower teeth are a millimeter more aligned. :D
Let's wait and see.
It has been 24 hours since my ortho appointment and I am feeling very irritated. I woke up this morning and took off the band to brush my teeth. I replaced it with a new one and then had breakfast without taking the band out (which is ok to do I think).
My lower front teeth feel like they are teething. It hurts a little, it itches and it is uncomfortable. In addition to that my bite has changed. If I slowly bite down, I can feel that my molars on the right side don't sit well against each other. Maybe this is a good sign of moving teeth but it feels awkward. Actually, I do see that my upper and lower teeth are a millimeter more aligned. :D
Let's wait and see.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Week 57 with the Damon Braces
Summary: Feeling elastic with rubber bands!
Today was my ortho appointment. Hurray! The good news is that now it seems like my appointments are every 7 weeks and not every 8 weeks anymore - at least for the next one, it will be in 7 weeks and so was the previous one.
A lot of things happened today.
1) New archwire - my lower teeth got new wires. My ortho said these would be my final wires for my lower teeth. I had already gotten my final wires for my upper teeth. Now both my upper and lower teeth have wires with extra antennae for rubber bands (as I discovered today)
2) Adjusted archwire - my upper teeth are still not opening up. The left side needs to wide out to be where it should be. These were also my last wires. So what did the ortho do? Did I get new wires? Nope, he took them out and with pliers he twisted the left side to be a wider arc. LOL. That was just funny.
3) New rubber bands - I got a total of 3 rubber bands. 2 of them are simmetrical - one on each side of the lower teeth. These are, as you can see in the pictures, to bring my teeth closer together. I think it is also bringing my lower teeth back a bit. These I do not have to change and will stay there until my next appointment. I can see a lot of food getting stuck in the near future. The 3rd rubber band is going from my 1st molar on the upper right to the antenna on the lower right. This band is supposed to help shift my lower teeth so that the upper and lower teeth are centered. It has another function too but I forgot :D. The annoying part is that I have to take it off to eat and brush and replace it with a new one every time. I also got a little tool to put it on.
I also felt a little embarrassed today because as the assistant took off the old archwire I could smell something coming out of my mouth probably from dirty stuff stuck inside the brackets (not my fault!).
Today was my ortho appointment. Hurray! The good news is that now it seems like my appointments are every 7 weeks and not every 8 weeks anymore - at least for the next one, it will be in 7 weeks and so was the previous one.
A lot of things happened today.
1) New archwire - my lower teeth got new wires. My ortho said these would be my final wires for my lower teeth. I had already gotten my final wires for my upper teeth. Now both my upper and lower teeth have wires with extra antennae for rubber bands (as I discovered today)
2) Adjusted archwire - my upper teeth are still not opening up. The left side needs to wide out to be where it should be. These were also my last wires. So what did the ortho do? Did I get new wires? Nope, he took them out and with pliers he twisted the left side to be a wider arc. LOL. That was just funny.
3) New rubber bands - I got a total of 3 rubber bands. 2 of them are simmetrical - one on each side of the lower teeth. These are, as you can see in the pictures, to bring my teeth closer together. I think it is also bringing my lower teeth back a bit. These I do not have to change and will stay there until my next appointment. I can see a lot of food getting stuck in the near future. The 3rd rubber band is going from my 1st molar on the upper right to the antenna on the lower right. This band is supposed to help shift my lower teeth so that the upper and lower teeth are centered. It has another function too but I forgot :D. The annoying part is that I have to take it off to eat and brush and replace it with a new one every time. I also got a little tool to put it on.
I also felt a little embarrassed today because as the assistant took off the old archwire I could smell something coming out of my mouth probably from dirty stuff stuck inside the brackets (not my fault!).
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