Week Thirteen

Well here we are at week 13. Next week I get my next adjustment. There's some minor changes this week, but they are making a big difference.

First, the tooth that moved up to close the gap, the open bite? Well it's now banging against the tooth above it. *ouch* It's such a weird feeling. I believe the canine below it has also moved up significantly.

My left upper front tooth is now loose. :-S it's loose in the way that "the tooth is moving" loose, but it's still strange to feel it shifting around rather regularly.

As always, here's the pictures, the first day with braces and then yesterday morning. It's hard to beleive I've had them 13 weeks, 15 weeks if you count the spacers. On the plus side, I haven't had any episodes of TMJ popping or clicking since I got the braces. A very nice side effect, I must say.

I like being able to chew better and how nice it's going to look, but being pain free from the insane immediate blinding pain is a definate plus!

First Day


Week 13

Week Twelve

Well, here we are. 3 months in. *sigh* This week did not bring any major changes and it's almost disheartening that things aren't happening as quickly as they did when I first got my braces.

The only thing I've noticed was a little more of what I mentioned in my last post. The left side of open bite seems to be closing and two of the teeth are banging together. It also makes my mouth look VERY lopsided, at least to me. I'm sure anyone who's not staring at my mouth won't notice, but I do.

As always, here's the first week and current week pictures:

Week Twelve

Week Eleven, I'm in Heaven...well not really...

Well, here we are, week eleven. *sigh* I still haven't needed to have my wires trimmed. The first wire needed trimmed after only 8-9 days. Here I am, two weeks later and no need for trimming. *sigh* I guess this just means the movement has slowed down. *sigh* On the plus side, that does mean my mouth is a LOT less sore than it was before and I can eat almost normally.

I do, however, notice the tooth on the bottom (marked by red arrows on the picture below) is bumping the one above it now. It seems that they are aligned in such a way that they touch. It's very weird to see my bite closing and getting your lip/tongue caught there where they could slip through before!

I'm also getting new abrasions along my the inside of my lips, so I suppose this means everything is moving slowly together to touch new uncalloused areas of the inside of my lips. No big deal, a little Peroxyl for a day or two and they are all better.

So here's this weeks pictures:

First day

Week 11

Week 11-Marked

I also feel much more self conscious right now. With the one side of my mouth "closing" the gaps, to me, I think my mouth looks VERY lopsided. VERY lopsided. I know this is temporary, but I feel "ugly" about it. I just don't want to smile much right now because I feel like my face is crooked. It's not as apparent with my "just the mouth" pictures, but if you saw it in proportion to my whole face (sorry no face shots) it really looks "off".

I guess for a few months, I'll just smile like the Mona Lisa.

*ADDED I just posted then looked at the pictures. If you compare the first day picture to this week's, is it just me, or does my mouth look wider? To me, in the first picture my teeth look VERY narrow--especially when you look toward the back to my mouth. I think it looks like it's getting to be more of say an upper case D shape as opposed to a lower case b shape...you know what I mean?

Woopsie! Missed a Week...Week Ten

I apologize for missing last week, I was on vacation with limited access to a computer. I arrived home after midnight on Sunday, so actually early Monday morning and have been catching up at work. Now that I'm catching up, I realize that not only did I miss last Thursday's posting, but tomorrow will be week 11. I did however remember to take a picture on the 10 week anniversary, but I just couldn't post it. *sigh* Where does the time go?


I had an awesome vacation, something my soul needed so badly. There's been a lot going on in my life and work has been stressful so a week of being in my favorite place in the world, sleeping in and lying by the pool was JUST what the doctor ordered. I feel so much better!


So back to my chompers. I haven't noticed too much change up to last week. So I suppose things have slowed in there. So I will just submit my pictures...



The First Day




Teeth Week 10