I heard a familiar noise from my mouth on Sunday; a very quiet "click."
My upper archwire that's been tweaked, bent, formed, adjusted, bent, shaped, bent and positioned over the last 2.5 years broke. Yes broke.
Over the last couple days the problem area that we've been working on the last several months, that was finally getting close, moved a lot.
The good news is everything is loose so it will move back pretty quickly.
My ortho put some bends in the new wire to get it kinda close, but said it would be easier to reposition brackets than try to recreate all those bends in the wire. My teeth have moved several millimeters since getting braces years ago; and it will save time and make things easier with a better final result with brackets in a better position.
Sooooo, a long appointment is scheduled for next Wednesday. Removing several brackets and replacing.......
Getting so close; I was almost there.....

Round 3 (lifetime) Damon stainless applied 3/16/20 (after 4 weeks attempting invisalign)
Upper ceramics 5/21/14, Lower stainless 5/28/14
Double jaw surgery was 6/18/15. Estimated time Jan 2016; still on at my 2 year anniversary...
Braces removed 7/20/18; upper and lower Hawley and Essix retainers with bonded lower too.
I'm emphatically against extraction orthodontics!