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 Post subject: Me and my Wonky Gob
PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:32 am 
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I am 38 years old and I'm having orthodontic work done in preparation for upper and lower jaw surgery to correct a crossbite and underbite. I won't bother going into too much background info but basically I had jaw pain and wonky teeth and the orthodontics and surgery combo are the answer!

Have had braces for 12 weeks now and I had my 2nd adjustment yesterday. Things are moving along nicely and I'm feeling happy enough about the whole situation now! That wasn't the case for the first month where I really struggled with every element of the whole experience, but these days it's all pretty 'meh'

Originally the ortho predicted 18m pre op and 6m post but yesterday he agreed that the top teeth are just about in position already after 12 weeks (YAY!) and he even put in a nice tight square wire which he said was the penultimate wire he'd use for my top teeth. Unfortunately my bottom teeth are still bad, and in fact 2 of my teeth aren't even bracketed yet as they are so twisted. So although the ortho hopes it will be less than 18m before op it all depends on those pesky bottom teeth.

Here are some nice before pictures:
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Braced Day pictures:
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And here are yesterday's pictures:
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Can't get over the movement in my top teeth!

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:31 am 
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Amazing how much your top teeth have moved! Checked out your BLOG- you are very pretty and when your ortho treatment is completed, stunning is a word that comes to mind. Good luck on your journey, hopefully it will be an easy one and the surgery will go smoothly.

Look forward to your future posts.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:47 am 
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Hi Witchypoo777,

Welcome to AW. Good to have you aboard.

Great that you have made the leap and decided to get your teeth straightened. It's wonderful progress you have made so far. Image I hope your lowers come along as nicely as your uppers have.

That's a nice blog you have started to track your progress. I'm sure it will keep you motivated. Keep up with the great attitude and your journey will go smoothly.

Looking forward to following your story. Keep us posted.

Best of Luck! Ken. Image

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 Post subject: Thanks :)
PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:17 am 
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Thanks Danni and Ken, nice to meet you both! Thank you for your kind and encourgaging comments :)

Suffering from new wire aches and cheek poke this week boooo! but nothing that half a tonne of dental wax and some painkillers can't fix. Anyway Pain=Movement=Good :lol:

Hope you are both well, take care!

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Witchypoo,

Did you get the private message I sent you?

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Just wanted to say good luck on your jaw surgery. Hope all goes well!

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Hi Witchypoo..

Just watched your youtube blogs with great interest - keep it up

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 Post subject: Moved my blog, so am reposting the links to my pics....
PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:47 am 
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12 Weeks:
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 Post subject: Broken Molar Band
PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:07 am 
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I had to have a broken molar band fixed this week!

My crossbite has caused my bottom molars on my right to hit the tubes on the top right molar band since day one, and I guess over time it had weakened the band.

The Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead has a brilliant Ortho department, and I was given an emergency appointment for the following day, was in and out within in 10 mins! Amazing :)

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OMG...I haven't even read your full story yet...but I just had to drop you a note saying I LOVE your pic you have next to your name. My 2yr old loves Finding Nemo and for the last 2 months I've been telling everyone in the house "she is exactly what I'm going to look like!!!!!!" Cute. Great choice.....I too...am a Dory fan. :pinkbraces:

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Oh yeah! Nice to see how those uppers are rounding out into a nice arch.

I hope you lowers will be following along soon. Just have to get some room for those pesky ones to get bracketed and rotated. Come on toofers. Get a move on!! :lol:

Good Luck! Ken.

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 Post subject: 30 month update
PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:51 pm 
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Oh my, looking at my photos from my last post Ican suddenly see how far I've come!

I'm still braced up, surgery hopefully later in year, just waiting on a tiny 0.6mm gap to close before I get my surgery consultation.

My teeth are lovely and straight, but, as I had been warned at my initial ortho consul tation, my underbite has been made much more pronounced in prep for surgery. My self confidence is on the floor as a result.

Oh well, I'm on the home straight! Will post pictures when I get round to it, here's one while you're waiting....

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 Post subject: Re: Me and my Wonky Gob
PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:16 pm 
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Your teeth look great and I LOOOVE your pink ligs! Uber cute :wink: Best of luck with the rest of your journey :heart:

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