spring off and tooth in between finally attached(updated)

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#1 Post by **aznfayeth** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:54 pm

Got my spring off last friday because there was finally enough room to attach that tooth.

11/1

By the time I got home from my appointment and took this picture, my teeth has moved already. You can imagine the immense pain.
11/4

after 24 hrs, the archwire is noticeably straighter.
11/5

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#2 Post by **hannah164** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:03 pm

Wow! That looks much better! That looks like it hurt a lot!

Congratulations on the great progress!

-Hannah

#3 Post by **jcdamon3** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:19 pm

Okay! I am so jealous! I had a spring too and I got it off about two weeks ago. Mine is still somewhat jury rigged. My Ortho told me that the tooth that we are trying to fit in will be 1/4 of the way there next time I see him (in December), 1/2 way there the time after that and so on and so on.

Congratulations!

#4 Post by **stargirl** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:53 pm

Nice!

Once you get the springs off, things really seem to get moving.

Except for this one tooth I have... grr...

#5 Post by **aznfayeth** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:22 pm

The gap between my front teeth has finally closed ~whew~

I wonder if the lower gap is really going to close in 8 weeks...I can wriggle that tooth slightly so I dont want it to move too fast but not too slow either, hehe.

the huge gap created by my braces

and now
11/11

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#6 Post by **hannah164** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:52 pm

Your smile is lookin' even better Aznfayeth! Congratulations!
Keep up the good progress!

-Hannah

upper braces 4/28/04~
Bottom braces 11/16/05~

#7 Post by **amychelle** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:07 pm

YOUR progress makes ME excited.

I am in the middle of the same thing except mine is on top (canines.)

Last appointment I had "enough room" but he wanted the gap to be too big

so he left the spring and rigged up the bracket with a wiretie around the spring to get the movement started and hopefully in two weeks I will have the spring off. (I have monthly appointments.)

Hopefully I will have enough time between removal of 4 wisdom teeth and the adjustment a week later for me to have a break from agony for a few days.

#8 Post by **aznfayeth** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:55 pm

gap closed!

#9 Post by **Gable74** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:26 am

yes sir, i remember getting the spring out and hooking up that tooth. It was like an early Christmas present. My tooth has moved like 1/4" in the past month and boy it was sore too. Good progress, aint it fun to see these things going where they are supposed to!

#10 Post by **hannah164** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:33 pm

Thats some awesome progress Aznfayeth!

Keep it up!

-Hannah

Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05

#11 Post by **nvcarissa** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:38 pm

Wow! That is some fantastic movement. And it is great encouragement to me. I just got my spring off a week ago (11/22) and my tooth has moved in quite a bit. I can't wait to see where it is in a couple of weeks.

#12 Post by **Al Carter** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:59 am

I just got a spring on today - it was my second adjustment.
So can someone clarify what this spring does?
My bottom teeth look like Aznfayeth's - but what happened between 11/1 where there seems to be no gap between the teeth and 11/4 where there is a gap?

My ortho is pretty pleased with my movement so far - that makes me happy!

#13 Post by **aznfayeth** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:45 pm

the spring pushed the 2 teeth apart to make room for the one in between. The spring created more space than actually needed(not clear in the pic 11/1).