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Cinnamon · **Posted:** Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:58 pm

WOW! Thanks guys!! :oops:

I'm feeling pretty good about how my teeth are shaping up!

Rhonda30 and Linda21, thanks for the reassurance, I'll be hitting you both up for pointers once I've got them :wink:

. As strange as it sounds I'm excited to get started with elastics; it's something different to look forward to & I'll be happy to help this process along

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Airbraceface, hannahwebbo and nerdgirl thanks for the support! Congrats on getting your braces and good luck :-88

!! I'm looking forward to checking out your stories!

timewaster · **Joined:** Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:45 pm **Posts:** 53

Wow! Your crooked little tooth up top has started to move! And your bottoms are a little bit straighter too! You must be stoked.

Cinnamon · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:25 pm

Hi all! Well, I'm in big-girl wires now :wink:

....the square ones. Let me tell ya, I had some tender teeth after a day in those suckers. Much more uncomfortable than when I first got my braces! I was happy to put up with it though, I just want these teeth moving! Also, I've got elastics going on now...pretty exciting stuff.....can't wait to see something happening as a result of these little things.

My ortho and the assistants continue to provide blah service :roll:

, but no serious offenses as of late (I am very glad that I only go in there every 8 weeks). My anchors (I think that's what they're called - the clamps on either side of one of my top and bottom teeth) weren't clamped last time, and the bracket that has come open before has been doing it again :evil:

, I like to think that I catch it the same day that it magically opens....but I fear that I go for days with my wire loose. Guess I'll just keep checking...ortho said it just needs to be closed when found :roll:

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Other than that, just chugging along. My lowers seem to have stopped moving. You can't see it in the pictures but my lower front 4 came up (think donkey teeth) and have stayed there, but haven't straightened out any more. The ortho said that we'd do the fine-tuning in a couple of months (I hope to get those lowers back down!)
The pictures below don't show much progress from October to December, but Big Mama seems to be moving a bit since I got the square wire put in (notice the little gap between my two front teeth in the third set of pics :!:

) so I'm confident that space is being made to accommodate her. The insides of my cheeks get swollen and sore every now and again (as you can see in my December lowers pic) a little wax fixes that right up. I still have my turbos as you can see, no problem there - I don't even notice them anymore. Please excuse the huge size of that last pic, I couldn't shrink it for some reason. I may be seeing what I want to see, but it looks like the overlap is a bit less severe in the last one....I dunno.

Well, I was hoping that the pictures show movement that I haven't seen day to day

... maybe next time.

Have a wonderful winter and holiday season!! I'll post more when I detect progress!

Before:

October:

December(almost5mos):

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October:

December(almost 5mos):

Before

October:

December(almost5mos)

Before

October:

December(almost5mos):

minlou01 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:18 pm

Looking good Cinnamon! I agree Big Mama is getting there. I think you need to do a little cheer for her, ala "I think I can, I think I can, I know I can, I know I can!"

KiwiKaren · **Joined:** Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:07 am **Posts:** 20970

Great pics Cinnamon! :thumbsup:

Fantastic you have elastics and new archwires! Here's to more great progress! :banana:

markybwoy · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:05 am

Awesome! Look at the rotation in the UL incisor in just 5 months. Made me smile.

Cinnamon · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:45 pm

Thanks minlou, Karen, and markybwoy

I appreciate the kind words! It's wonderful to have fellow bracees to compare notes with. Hope to check out your stories soon (it's finals time at the moment :crazy:

!!!!!). Here's to more progress all around :-88

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AmybettyB · **Joined:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:04 am **Posts:** 84

Looking good cinnammon! you must be over the moon =o)

hannahwebbo · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:25 am

Looking good cinnamon, Big momma is definitly on the move. :banana:

Good luck with your finals and happy holidays

Hannah x

chillin-in-grilz · **Joined:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:34 pm **Posts:** 864

It seems to me you are having awesome progress!

Cinnamon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:39 pm

AmybettyB, hannahwebbo, chillin-in-grilz Thanks ladies!! Happy Holidays!!

Cinnamon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:52 pm

What the...when did this happen??!! Check out my first molar on your left :!:

It's way higher than it's sibling behind it!! I sure wish that all of them would start bustin' a move upward :wink:

. I can't believe that I didn't notice this before...woohoo!!

Cinnamon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:54 pm

That's right, I'm a geek. I choose to spend my Saturday afternoon analyzing teeth pictures :oops:

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Denise · **Joined:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:57 pm **Posts:** 2204

Hey Cinn! I've checked into your story now. I've been here before but never replied. Sorry! I'm super jealous of all your quick movement. :lol:

Eight weeks is a short period of time to be "bustin' a move". You'll be flashing a million dollar smile in no time.

I love that last pic you posted of your molars. That's amazing you caught it on camera just in time. I've not seen a phot that drastic on here yet.

Keep up the great movement.

Miss Smiley · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:09 pm

Cinn your teeth look fantastic so soon! Well not that you needed much movement in aligning them but it looks like you're well on your way! Also, I noticed how your arch is widening out nicely!

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