Rubber Bands - Teeth update (28/2/2012)

Hey so i thought id show some pictures of how my teeth look after having been wearing rubber bands since the 9th of Feb :D

As you can see in the last picture my top tooth looks slightly crooked i think thats just caused by the elastics moving the upper jaw forward.

But yeah tell me what you think i am pleased with the result so far, if you check an earlier post you'll see the difference.

By for now.

Good or Bad news?...

Hey all went to ortho today, she had a look in my mouth and had me explain what i was concerned about, like i said in a previous post it was the position of my bite. She also explained how it cannot always be fixed as its to with the way my jaw and face has grown.

Anyway she changed my wires, and put normal ligatures around the brackets (top and bottom) i asked for turquoise this time :D And she asked if i had to wear elastics and i told her yeah, only at night for a month or too, so guess what, I'm back on elastics in evenings and nights, she said if anything would change it would be in 8 weeks so my next appointment is on the 30th March :)


Here's an example of how i have to wear them :

Have any questions? :)
Leave a comment, bye for now..

Yippee!

Hey guys, i am really feeling a lot less worried and anxious about my teeth now as i went to see my ortho and when i lay back in the chair the woman (nicer one) asked me if i was happy with everything, i spoke up YAY! and i said how i dont think my bite is correct, she asked me who i was with, i said my mum, so they called her inn, she got a picture up of how my teeth where when i first started off, "WOW REALLY EFFIN MESSED UP!!" I was really horrified and shocked as to how my teeth used to look prior to getting braces, anyhoww the ortho explained to my mum how theirs 3 primary occlusions/forms of bites, Class 1 which is also known as the "perfect/normal" bite, Class 2 is where the upper teeth protrude really far out infront of the lower teeth this also known as a "overbite/jet/deep bite", Class 3(which i am) where my teeth are borderline (so teeth touching but my lowers sitting just a slight i mean a slight bit infront of my upper teeth" so that being said i am so relieved i am not getting them off today, she said she will have a word with my main ortho (the one who i don't like) and ask if there's anything she can do to bring my top teeth more to be a class 1 bite, lol she said "suck your thumb" might help hehe i lolled, anyways so i gotta go in next week on the 9th of February for a consultation/review with my ortho to see what she can do about improving my bite.

So for any of you that where in my boat, - SPEAK UP!! Say what your problem is with them and they will help you
Yeah it'll mean you have metal on your teeth for a bit longer but if you've had them on for 3 years like me its worth the wait - trust me!