Say Cheeeeeese!

 As in DE-BRACING DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After 2 years and 1 month in braces the results are in!

Before:


After:

 Went for a checkup yesterday and officially have my de-bonding scheduled for April 22nd!!! (Pause here for your yelling for joy for me!)

Dr. John says I'm about 95% of the way done and he'd prefer for me to continue another 6 months or so but was willing to take them off since the baby will be arriving soon. I happily agreed to sign off that I was ending treatment early and scheduled the date. 

So a few minor adjustments were made. Bands were placed in boxes on both sides. And in just 20 days I will be brace free!!!!

HALLELUJAH!

 So I haven't blogged an update here since about June or so. Oops. Last summer was busy as usual and then in early September I found out I was pregnant (yay!) so life has been a blur since then. I'm due may 23rd and have about 2.5 months to go until our little guy is here!

So yeahhhhh, I still have braces. But don't fret my fans, they should be coming off soon!!! Dr. John (and I) would like to have them off before the baby is here so I go back on April 1st for another checkup and then will hopefully have my de-bracing scheduled shortly after that! It's too good to be true! Stay tuned...

Yesterday I got to go to Dr. Johns, get my wires taken out... walk down the hall to Dr. Jims, get my teeth cleaned... walk back down the hall and get my wires put back on. Love having a dentist and orthodontist that are brothers and that are in the same building.

Dr. Jim did say that he'd guess I'd have my braces off by the next time I come in for a cleaning... but who knows. Dr. John still remains mum on the situation. He does seem quite pleased with his work though and said that this is the worst my teeth will look from here on out and will only look better and better... SWEET! 

I escaped with NO wedges, NO wire ties, NO powerchains and he said NO BANDS this month... I feel like I'm cheating not wearing bands... but Doctor's orders! :)

In about 9 months I'll be at the 2 year mark in braces so let's hope we're in the single digits of months until these things come off!

That makes me happy...

Another visit this morning. Even got to floss & brush without wires... BONUS! (ah, the little things in life)

So I got some adjustments to my wires, a wire tie, same bands and... drum roll..... my first powerchain! Which I'm glad to have... wearing bands has caused some slight gaps which I'm not a fan of. 

I'm a pretty sarcastic person but c'mon Dr. John... give me a timeframe for these things! The jokes about 3 more years aren't as funny anymore when I'm worried you might be telling the truth... :P

Another appt. in a month combined with a cleaning at Dr. Jims... wahooooo!


DAY ONE                                                                                          14 MONTHS


 
DAY ONE                                                                                            14 MONTHS

Another appointment in the books today... didn't even get to floss sans wires though! Boooohissssssssssss!

So the wires got tweeked, wire ties again, same bands in the same places... said things are looking really good. And made jokes at my expense about the time left of me being a braced freak... sooooooo the usual! :) Heading back in four weeks.

Anddddddddddddddddddd here are some updated photos!


DAY ONE                                                                                             13 MONTHS


DAY ONE                                                                                             13 MONTHS

and here's how it looks on my face... :)

Another ortho visit tomorrow morning. Just another routine check-up I'm sure. I'm guessing they'll have me move my bands back another hook and probably put wire ties on my stubbron front bottom teeth again. After tomorrow I'll post some new progress pics since it's been a while, but don't get too excited because they've looked the same for a while.

Well I still have braces and I still hate them. I had an appt. a few weeks ago and got rid of that hideous wedge. I did get some wire ties though on the front bottom teeth and some smaller bands. It is possible that I still really have another year, or more, in these things?! My patience is running thin...

Next appt is next week... 

I mean a bunch of months to go.

Today I headed to the new Tues/Fri ortho office. Big excitement. The normal drill and the addition of a rotating wedge on my bottom front teeth. Booooohissssssssssssss. Rotating wedges are not cute. 

Oh well, winners adjust.

Next appt. in a month and it'll be my 1 year anniversay in braces. Let's celebrate. 

I'm just shy of having braces for 11 months... which seems like a long time but really I was told I'd have these things for 2 years so I still have a LONG ways to go...

Here are some updated progress pics!

 
DAY ONE                                                                                                       10.5 MONTHS


DAY ONE                                                                                                       10.5 MONTHS

I've been wearing my bands religiously and they seem to be working. My bite seems much better... my back teeth don't touch yet but hopefully they will soon. :)