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I decided to try the implant route for my upper baby teeth (nobody really sees my lowers anyway so I'm not sure it's worth going to the lengths of bone grafting). This also resulted in another discussion about moving my canines to where they should be (using mini screws, which I'm really not wild ab...

Yeah, implants are definitely my preferred option in terms of being the best solution to the problem, I'm just scared of the process! I don't really like the idea of bridges - why ruin decent teeth in the name of 'treatment'. And dentures are just yucky! So I think I have to just get on with the imp...

It's been ages since my last post, I've obviously reached the not interested stage now :) Both wires are now 0.19 x 0.25 rectangular, and one of them is steel (not sure which one). He gave me a clear power chain (which is now a lovely yellow colour) on the front 4 top teeth last time. I thought the ...

Isn't that just great. My first day in rural Thailand and off comes the bracket from my upper right front tooth! Not much I can do about it from here anyway - I hope it doesn't wander too far out of place....

These have been on a couple of weeks now so things are looking a bit stained. I now have a 0.19 x 0.25 rectangular wire on the bottom and the tubing wouldn't fit around it so I'm free of that on the bottom now (it's finished trying to eat a hole through my lip now too)! 0.16 on the top & the gap...

Shame about the taste though eh?

Thanks, I'm really pleased with how they look this time

I can see movement in other places but the front gap doesn't look that different to me. I like the new lig colour (not with the lovely yellow tubing but I didn't get a choice there), I wasn't expecting the figure 8 pattern but I like it. Lets see how long this colour lasts - the purple turned a nond...

Here are some pics after today's adjustment:

Ouch, not fun!

Not crazy at all, I could get interdental brushes into places they'd never been before after just 2 days....

I had lowers 6 weeks before the uppers too! In my case it was because they were waiting to consult with restorative dentistry about whether to leave my canines in the lateral postion and get canine implants or to pull them all the way back and get implants for the laterals...

That's good news

My front teeth are finally feeling crunchy, now hopefully this will mean some movement!

Lol, my ortho offered me a spring instead but I couldn't stand the thought of food with that!