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My lips are still swollen and I can't shake this lisp but I'm doing okay. I'm getting a tooth extracted tomorrow. Personally I can't wait because I hate my lower teeth and whatever it takes for them straighten up I'll do.
day one
yesterday
My midline is a mess, but at least they are moving. The school year has started again. Now that I'm teaching in HS not a day goes by where I'm not mistaken for a student
Uppers: August 13th, 2009 (no spacers)
Lowers: October 13th, 2009 (following one extraction October 9th, 2009) with elastics
Sentence:18-24 months
Hoping for an early release (good behavior)
but I'm doing okay. I'm getting a tooth extracted tomorrow. Personally I can't wait because I hate my lower teeth and whatever it takes for them straighten up I'll do.
