Getting close...how do they look?

[CoryDaniels]

So I should be close to getting demanded soon(just don't know when!!!) but my bottom teeth just don't seem to want to move correctly....had some IPR done last appointment, just not correcting them....my question is...my top teeth are basically finished....how do you guys think they look? You can be honest.

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[Ciara]

They look great! You must be delighted!

[Kipepeo]

They look great. How does your bite feel?

The bottoms look a bit uneven at the bite plane. Is that what you got the ipr for? The tops look fantastic. On the right in the photo, the canine looks a little back compared to the other side. Could just be the angle of the shot, though.

[CoryDaniels]

Yeah the ipr was for the bottom. Guess they will probably have to do it again on my next app.
Thanks for all the kind words!!!!

[JumpTheDitch]

The tops look fantastic, congratulations! The bottoms do look a liittle tight, is your lower right lateral a little twisted or maybe that's just the angle of the shot?

Your lower left side looks a little 'shorter' (I notice as mine are also shorter on the left), do you have more wear on the left side, or maybe some TMJ? My NM dentist treating my TMJD says research shows TMJD is almost always worse on the left side (weird, huh?)

They look great though, you must be pleased. You are your own best advocate, if you're not 100% happy them discuss it with your ortho. I didnt,and am paying the price now. If you have concerns, speak up!

[CoryDaniels]

I don't have any TMJ issues. Actually with my lower right lateral...its not twisted...its just trying to move with hardly any space to move in...its actually moved back but in the process, it has moved up and appeared that its twisted....granted, actually that pic is over amonth old and my teeth have moved a little more since then, but still pretty much looks the same.
I go back to the ortho next Wednesday, so we will see what happens......

Also, my bite feels great...best it has ever felt....Im just worried that I am going to spend months trying to get my bottoms straightened out.

[kreyFL]

They look FANTASTIC!

How do YOU think they look is the big question? They look straight and beautiful to me, so any tweaking you feel you need (hard to see the lowers in the pic) is simply just that - tweaking. We are talkin' weeks, not months.

Gettin' antsy aren't ya?

[CoryDaniels]

I am SO ready to get them off. Originally, I was told that I would "more than likely" get them off in March.....
It seems though that my bottom teeth are just be stubborn and not moving quickly....aarrrghh!

[djspeece]

Lose 'dem braces bro!

[CoryDaniels]

Trying to!!!!!

[Catlady]

They look great!!! I'm jealous, I still have 3-5months to go. Hope all goes well after they are off!! I bet your super excited!!!

[CoryDaniels]

I had my app. today....seems I will be in my braces another 3-4 months....I really thought id be getting them off in July, but it seems that isn't the case. I guess the tweaking stage is the longest, most frustrating stage of getting braces....so close, yet so far away....

[JillD]

What kind of tweaking do you need to have? All of my extraction gaps are closed as of today, but my ortho hasn't said a thing about finishing up. I think I will go through tweaking but have no idea what kind of tweaking it will be.

[CoryDaniels]

Mainly just bends in the wires...still some teeth that need to move and a few spaces that need closed....

[Kipepeo]

I'm in the same boat, Cory...the final, slow, tweaking phase.

I just noticed something looking back at your photo. Your top teeth look a lot like mine, right down to the actual individual tooth shape. This is a photo from a few months ago.