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#16 Post by caryca »

Karen, have fun!!!!

I have the same problem :lol: that after laughing I really need wax!!! I have this one spot now...that's after the night out :wink:

my internet got cut :cry: so I could access here.

Any way tomorrow I am off back to home country and on Monday I go to my ortho!!! that's...3,5 days, I can't wait :lol: I hope to ask questions...get all the bits and pices that are broken to be repered :twisted: and.... hopefully some more movment? [please :!: ]

I will, maybe [big one] get some colours????

maybe I will take some pict of my ligatures after 5 weeks :?:
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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#17 Post by caryca »

THANKS Karen!! :lol:

I nearly left it on my desk at work :? ...
Yes I will do that!!! :lol:
I am not going to leave the ortho office without all my qestions being answered!
:roll:

ok, I am off, so the update will be on Tus...as I will travel back on that day.
btw i had curry soup... :wink:
untill monday I will eat all the nasty-staining food!

Have a nice weekend to All :D
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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#18 Post by caryca »

So, I had 3rd adjustment….and it was so, so.

I think my ortho was having a bad day. My wires were changed but there are still the same. I got the same ligatures… well there are pearl one now…so kind of a color.
I could not ask any questions …well I did not want to push. The things that were broken got repaired.
There is no pain, so that good, but for the first time I do not see a change …so I guess I am slowly getting to the stage that one cannot see changes that easily.

My next appointment is in 4 weeks so that’s good. As I feel like 5 weeks is a bit too much and there is not that much happening in the last week.

I just hope that next time she will have a better mood so..I can ask what’s next… I really would like to know.

And btw…I am not sure..but it seems that the last time the wires were change to different type, but the size was still 14…..

I will upload some pictures…. So there will come:-)

so 'the front'
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0572.jpg

bottoms after 15 weeks
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0573.jpg
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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#19 Post by caryca »

Oh I forgot!

On the bright site …I started to accept them again…. I don’t know why but after 10 weeks with them I started not to accept them…now it’s OK
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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#20 Post by CelestialVoices »

Very nice progress! Your teeth are looking good, good luck to you :)
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#21 Post by caryca »

Karen, thanks for encouragement! I really admire you :-) you are always trying to cheer us up- thanks for that!! :-**

Yes, I know ups and downs are part of our life…so I hope next time will be better.

Ok so now an update I definitely feel much better with having them on. My low in braces is gone, and I hope it will not come.
I see a bit of a change, but as soon as the last tooth will be in arch I guess it will be much more difficult to see any changes…. But I am hoping I am on a good road to the finish line.

The other day I was asked by someone why I have top braces….so…my second pre-molar was partially impacted, rotated and partly in the palate, that’s way I got top and bottom at the same time (not mentioning the crossbite). So here are some pictures:

Before:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0303.jpg

after braced-side
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0358.jpg

after 12 weeks(I have problems with this picture...how to take it?)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0557.jpg

after 15 weeks(3rd adj)-side
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0575.jpg

Oh yes! The most interesting thing;-) my midline is …..more or less correct! I guess it’s not really where it should be but…well for the first time I have it:-)
O, and the other thing the partly-impacted tooth is in a wired angle …so since 6 weeks my bottom and top do not touch…but today I’ve noticed that the ‘gap’ is much smaller now! So, I hope that at the next adjustment it will be corrected so I will not have problems while eating:-)
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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#22 Post by caryca »

So yesterday I had my 4rd adjustment:-)

But the trip back home was not the nice one..my Grandma passed away. So we had funeral, and my adjustment had to be rescheduled to a later time on the same day. So it was a bit wired, but on the other hand it was much nicer adjustment then any other before. Maybe because she know that I will be very sensitive on that day…I hope it will stay like that.

My orth was really talking to me, which was nice, and all of my questions where answered. The appointment was also the longest one (except of fitting the braces;-)).
So what was done- as this is THE most important thing on this front;-)
We where trying to gat thicker wire, which was rectangular to my top arch…unfortunately it did not work. My ortho said it was a bit too big step. So I got thicker one: 18 but a regular round one. On the bottom one I got thicker one but 16. So I guess I have misheard the size of my wire in August.
So my bite was carefully checked…and I was told I will get elastics (I was guessing this one ;-)) I guess this time is much closer then I think? There is only one tooth that is still not in the arch in the bottom, and the one on top which needs more work. I will have another adjustment in 4 weeks time, and one just before xmas. So that’s all planed until the end of the year.
Oh YES, I got 4 blue ligatures:-) there are really nice!! I will try more colors …but still not sure about full arch being colorful ;-)

And I got A from brushing:-)
And I started to like them again:-)

Oh, I forgot about one thing…I got something wired with the wire..it’s like it is having a small round concave…I am not sure for what? Leveling my teeth? I guess..

So pictures:

Front
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0591.jpg

bottom
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0592.jpg

left side
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0596.jpg

palate
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0593.jpg
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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#23 Post by decisionmade »

look'n good caryca!!...I'm jealous!..Gad you've had all your questions answered..communication with your ortho is key to a positive experience...
-DM
crowding, mild overjet, and crossbite
SARPE AND R.P Expander: 7-14-05
extraction : 9-15-05
Brace date: 9-29-05
Expander out! 1-12-06!!!!! after 6 long mos.
Taking them off!!! Feb 26, 2007
http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=5209
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#24 Post by caryca »

Thanks, I am really surprised how quickly the un-crowding went!! I just wonder what will happen with this large hole in my bottom arch+ how the crossbite will be corrected? But I guess next time I will ask a bit more.
I must admit that this time I felt really comfortably to ask questions. Maybe I also got used to the visits? And maybe my ortho also found a way to talk to me? I hope for the latter much more!

P.s. though I still have 13,5 months!!!
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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#25 Post by caryca »

Karen, thanks!

I like the blue one as well!! I am thinking about having the whole bottom blue…well I will see:-)

I forgot about one thing! My ortho asked me what am I doing with my ligatures! The bottom one where as clean as on the first day, and the top one where a bit stained but you could not see it from distance! Well…. :roll: I dono ! I had curry once, and 3 coffees per day+ some tees as I was sick the week before….so? I really don’t know. But I like when there are clean!

I hope next time I will be as good as the last time...well a new rectangular wire will go in..so I am hoping I will not expirience a lot of pain :? but who knows- this time around there was a bit pressure, but I was able to eat normalny from the begining! :lol: which is good
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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#26 Post by caryca »

So....I am back from adjustment no 5!

I must say that the last weeks were really hectic and I was not having time to post.

The adjustment went so, so… I must do something with me being too shy!

I was not asked about any thing…and I did not asked! I am a bit angry at myself.
The progress seems to be a bit slower then before….and I was suppose to have a rectangular wire on bottom…I think I got the same one -18, bottom I guess it is still 16, but I was told that before there were niti, now there are ss wires….
I was only told that next time we will reposition one bracket….. and that we are still not moving my teeth? Can someone explain me what that means?
Oh, yes..the assistant asked whether I need powerchaines….and my ortho said not yet…. So….from all the things I know that…I should get rubber bands, powerchains, rectangular wires + reposition of the bracket….somewhere in the coming ‘meetings’. Now I want to plan holidays! I badly need them…and I am not sure if I will have appointments every 4 or 5 weeks? Starting from xmas….as now we made appointments to be convenient for me and my ortho but I think she prefers to have them every 5 weeks.

And I got green ligatures!
For xmas I will go with yellow top, and green bottom- I think the one that I have now…??? Other suggestion? This (I hope) will be the only time that I will go with full colors !!! :-)

And as usual-pictures:
Front:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0646.jpg
bottom
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0648.jpg
left side:
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/ ... 0_0640.jpg

I am still having troubles with palate pictueres…..

I had almost no pain...just a bit in one molar...but it was ok...as for now it is quite painless....and I am glad for that :D
Last edited by caryca on Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:47 am, edited 2 times in total.
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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#27 Post by caryca »

thanks Karen!

yes, it sounds ...intresting :roll:

I am thinking about Norway or France...for xmas I go back to poland.
I need some break from everything...too much happend in the last year and I was not having proper holidays......

I will-hopfully- have the green on full bottom for xmas:-)
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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#28 Post by caryca »

Ok I think the rotated tooth will be ready for a bracket repositioning….. it does hurt a bit :?

I am wondering what will happen when I will get all the other stuff….. :roll:
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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#29 Post by Granola »

Hi! Just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I was reading your story.

I found it when doing a board search for "sapphire" brackets and read all the way through. Thanks so much for sharing your story. I am just getting started (but wore braces for four years as a child) so I was very interested to read about what you've been through.

Take care!
Uppers placed 2/8/06--Inspire ICE ceramics
Lower (stainless) placed 2/23/06
Treatment time: 17 months (estimated was 12-18 months)
Debonded: July 11th, 2007
Next appointment: June 2008 for retainer & nightguard check
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#30 Post by caryca »

Hello!! It's nice to know that someone is reading my posts :lol:

good luck with your treatment and...eat a lot during xmas :wink:
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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