A little background on my teeth I guess as I begin this diary. I have always had crooked teeth and an uneven bite as long as I've had my permanent teeth,(Thanks mom)
as soon as the age of 13 I was asking for braces but at the time my mom just couldn't afford it so I put up with my smile. I don't think my smile is horrible, but I'm just ready for them to be perfect and more importantly for my bite to be perfect.Now at 19 I can afford the monthly payments my office is willing to provide (interest free!) which is great, the only way I could without taking out a dreaded loan.
Once I am allowed to post pictures I will show you guys what my teeth look like pre braces!
I have officially gone in for my first orthodontic visit ever and let me tell you I barely slept the night before and finally fell into a hard sleep and didn't wake up to my alarm and almost missed my appt all together! (You should have seen how fast I moved) lol whilst at my appt they did pretty normal stuff (as I've been reading alot about what to expect) they took pictures of my mouth, teeth, profile all the jazz, took the horrid impressions which left my upper right side aching for hours (wah) and sat with the orthodontist as he looked at my mouth and got a basic idea of what my mouth looks like. My ortho says he's very conservative about pulling teeth and does everything else he can before doing extractions, though he was worried about my bottom teeth as they are very crowded, so I am anticipating I will have to get At least one tooth pulled on each side, none on the upper. So I left my orthodontist office on the 23rd of January knowing really nothing.
I have my next appt on the 12th of this month to find out what they plan to do. He said he would send my info to a company who can tell them everything about my mouth, how much room I have, how much bone I have, to be honest I don't really remember why they have to do that, there was so much info being absorbed that kinda fell through the cracks. Once the ortho left I talked a little more with the "new client advisor" telling her that I wanted the self ligating braces as I had heard alot of positive feedback on them and how they are dramatically less painful, she said the ortho will 99.9% probably want to use these type on me. I'm so anxious having to wait for this appointment is killing me!!! I want my braces on ASAP! I'm actually very excited about it, and the pain and discomfort I will go through doesnt scare me either, I've been through worse. Lol I am still confused as how braces actually work to move inward grown teeth out, my front teeth all grow in towards my face not straight across like they should be. I'm very intrigued to find out how it all works!
Anyways enough babble, I will be updating you guys with pics and how my next ortho appt goes. As far as when my braces will go on it probably won't be for at least a month, I have a trip to Hawaii planned for feb 22-28th so I won't want to get them on until afterwards. I honestly thought about canceling the trip but I can wait another month (yes that is how badly I want my braces, I would give up HAWAII!!) haha
Well thanks for reading and ill be on here whenever something happens with my braces and to post pics!
I'm still grasping this, but as I said these will be my teeth until I die (hopefully) so the investment is worth it to me. 
(He didnt say anything about spacers or anything like that so I'm guessing with self ligating braces you don't need to have bands on the back teeth?) 
Even though it is in another month I plan on very much enjoying my vacation, and eating as many chewy gooey sticky foods as possible! lol 
i would get a few more opinions before taking that many teeth out, and especially for the self ligating brackets they are designed so that you need very little if any extractions. just my 2 sense. 
haha not really but that was one of the reasons the price didn't bum me out that much.