redwingzfan's Braces Journey

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#61 Post by **redwingzfan** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:03 pm

Thanks for the congrats. The elastics worked well on closing the gaps faster. There was some soreness at first but it is ok now.

Take care,
Dave

#62 Post by **redwingzfan** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:29 pm

Hey everyone,

Its day 279 of my journey.

I had my 6th adjustment today. I now have figure 8's instead of the powerchains. The figure 8's are behind my top wire. They said that all of the gaps are closed from my extractions so they put on the figure 8's to keep the teeth in position.

Also I am now only wearing my elastics 8 - 10 hours a day. They want to see if my teeth move without the elastics on all of the time.

Here is a pics of my teeth with the figure 8's:

Happy Holidays everyone!,
Take care,
-Dave

#63 Post by **kittysweet** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:29 am

hey!!!! i was just reading through your braces story and WOW....your teeth have moved sooo fast in the time ouve had them on...im so jealous hahaha...the pic is looking really great i hope it doesnt hurt too much!!!

#64 Post by **redwingzfan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:26 pm

Hey everybody,

It is day 321 of my journey. I had my 7th adjustment today. Nothing major to report. I am now only wearing the elastics on my left side for 8-10 hours a day and they changed/adjusted my bottom wire.

Take care,
-Dave

#65 Post by **redwingzfan** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:21 pm

Hey everyone,

Its day 363 of my journey. Nothing major to report. I am not wearing elastics anymore.

Also I now have something they call criss-cross 3-3 on my bottom front six teeth. It looks like a powerchain. Just fine tuning now.

Here is a pic today:

Take care,
-Dave

#66 Post by **Tommm** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:05 am

Dave your progress from day 1 is inspiring! Congrats on your progress!

#67 Post by **brika** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:07 pm

What an amazing change your smile has undergone! I agree with Tommm: It is very inspiring! And it looks like there won't be much more left to do now!

#68 Post by **redwingzfan** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:56 am

Hey everyone,

Well its day 490 of my journey. I forgot to post about my 9th adjustment on April 28th. I had my top wire replaced because my orthodontist wanted to put some torque on one of my front teeth.

I had my 10th adjustment today. He said that everything is looking good but he wanted to put some brackets on my back teeth to adjust them better. I will be getting that done on September 1st.

Well take care everyone,
-Dave-

#69 Post by **Miranbrady20** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:48 am

looking good!!! great progress!!

#70 Post by **redwingzfan** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:19 am

Hey everybody,

It is day 549 of my journey. I had my 11th adjustment on Tuesday. They put brackets on my back molars on the left side. Those teeth are being pretty sensitive now. I did get to brush and floss when they had the wire off. That was nice. Well have a great holiday weekend everyone!

Take care,
-Dave

#71 Post by **Margie** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:44 pm

Wow! That is amazing progress!

Do you know how much longer until you get your braces taken off?

#72 Post by **redwingzfan** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:39 am

Hi everyone,

I just got back from my 12th adjustment. They just changed the wires today. It looks like I will be getting my braces off on November 11th!

I will post plenty of pics then.

Well take care,
-Dave

#73 Post by **PrincessPeach** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:26 pm

well done for having a braces off day, you must be so excited!!

#74 Post by **Margie** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:56 pm

Congrats! I can't wait to see your after pictures!

#75 Post by **redwingzfan** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:33 pm

Hey everyone,

I got my braces off on Wednesday, November 11th.
I was supposed to get them off on March 4, 2010 so this was 112 days early! I had them on for 617 days total.
I will be getting my Hawley retainers this Wednesday.

Here is the before and after picture:

Thanks to everyone for all of the support!,
I wish you all the best on your braces journeys!,
Take care,
-Dave

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