More Pictures

Yes, I know, I am a picture freak!!! But at the end of this I want to be able to see all the progress!! It's encouraging to keep pictures too because when it feels like nothing is happening you can look back and see that things ARE changing.

More Movement!!!

Wow! I can't believe that my teeth continue to move. It's near the end of my six weeks with these ligs and this wire...so I'm so surprised that my teeth are moving so much! That's great though. The goal is to move my top teeth in to get rid of my overbite. I'm excited because when I look at my side profile I can see a difference already.

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful that I am well on my way to straight teeth and a fixed bite!!!

Ouch!

I'll never get over the fact that I can go for days without noticing my braces and then all the sudden I definitely feel them! Today is one of those days!!! I feel lots of pressure and oddly enough....applying a little pressure to the brackets with my finger seems to make my teeth feel better for a bit. It's strange. I'm glad though because that means my teeth are on the move again!!! Yea!!! :-) I'm looking forward to my first adjustment which is coming up next Friday. Selah!

One Week Until First Adjustment

One Month

Can you believe a month has gone by? I sure can't!!! 2 weeks until my first adjustment! I'm really hoping they will give me a new wire so something. I should get my lower brackets in January so I am really, really looking forward to that!!! :-) Life with braces is going well. I hardly notice them at all and don't really feel like anyone else notices them either. I'm able to eat pretty much anything. If you are really careful you can even eat some of the items you really aren't supposed to have! :-) I had taffy for halloween and it was fine. I just kept it away from my brackets.

3 Weeks

Wow! I can't believe it has been 3 weeks! I'm amazed by the small changes I see each day. I can see some major movement especially on the right side of my mouth. The left side seems to be catching up SLOWLY. I think progress on that side has been slow because I have a spring. Perhaps that is why two of my teeth on that side still don't seem to line up. Or....maybe they are just being slow. Either way, I can see that my arch wire is becoming straighter! That is really, really exciting. I go for my first adjustment and am actually looking forward to the pain! Yes, that's right. I am no longer feeling anything at all so I feel like the braces aren't working (although I KNOW that is impossible). I just like to feel that they are doing something! Anyway, here are some pictures from today. Oh...and just so you know....flossing DOES get easier!!!! :-)