Week 23

I actually have visible teeth movement that is captured on photo for this week. So that's really exciting. And yes, I sound like a total dork for saying that, for getting over excited at the fact that I finally manage to snap a picture that clearly shows some teeth movement, but I don't care. It's the first time in weeks that I've been able to post a picture that shows noticeable teeth movement. It's pretty amazing. This is the kind of updates I live for when it comes to my braces. Yes, yes, I know how dorky that sounds. And once again I do not care. It's my blog, and I can be dorky for all I want.

So the noticeable teeth movement is the fact that my upper central incisor is now for real in front of my lower teeth. For real for real. That means that the elastics that I've been wearing are working--the Class III elastics are definitely bringing my top arch forward and my bottom arch back, and the night time box configuration that I've been wearing to close my open bite has in fact, closed my open bite. I've been a real good patient and have been wearing those blasted elastics religiously. I've been super compliant with them, and I don't dare to even think about deviating from what I've been prescribed. They are a pain in the ass, and I'm 100% sure that braces would be easier without them, but they are a necessary evil, and if putting in the work now means that I can save myself some grief later, then it would've all been worth it. And that was one long rambling sentence. But the point is, I'm going to continue to be a good patient and do everything that I'm asked to do in the hopes of speeding up my treatment a bit, and to make sure that my end result is as good as I can get it to be.

I can not reiterate this enough for braces wearer: wear your elastics religiously.

Week 22

Week 23

I know in last week's picture you can see that my front central incisor are in front of my bottom arch, but it is more pronounced in this week's picture. As well, as clearly seen in last week's photo, there is a gap between my upper right central incisor and the bottom arch. But this week, that gap is gone. So teeth are moving, and elastics are doing their thing!