A little about myself:
I'm 28, and just got braces last month. In fact, I got them the same day as my consultation! I almost cried when he said he could do it the same day. He is a highly respected ortho in the community, and I've been to 2 other consults years ago and had pretty much the same treatment plan (mainly the 4 extractions), so I was expecting to have to do that. I was fully braced with SmartClips on 12.01.2008, and had my extractions ten days later (on my birthday, but heh, I had nothing better to do than have 4 teeth ripped out of my skull
![Yikes :yikes:](./images/smilies/yikes.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Oh, and my husband is out of the country for the year (he's in the Air Force) so he hasn't actually seen me yet....He'll be home for a month on leave in March so he'll get to see me then. Guess I'll have more things to get used to with the braces then
![wink :wink:](./images/smilies/wink.gif)
I look forward to being a part of this nice community over the next 34 months (well, 32 now, since it's already been almost 2 months).
Here is a picture I took right outside of the ortho's office:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/cid_IMG00033.jpg)
This is after my extractions:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/IMG00043-1.jpg)
These were last week:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/IMG00088.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/IMG00083.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/IMG00082.jpg)
And yesterday:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/IMG00094.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/IMG00095.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/IMG00096.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Calistamay/braces/IMG00097.jpg)
I can't manage to get a good picture of the top row and I can only get my phone so far into my mouth! And I know they are really hard to see, maybe you should stand across the room and squint your eyes to see them better
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Thanks
![TinGrin :tingrin:](./images/smilies/yellow_tin_grin.gif)