Joan F. Walder, DDS

I'm 9 days in, and it has been a roller coaster thus far. I'm on a 21 tray journey (42 weeks - about 10.5 months) for overcrowding, an overbite, flaring of both upper/lower front teeth, bottom teeth that do not line up with my top teeth, a slightly rotated bottom tooth, a top front tooth that is sneaking behind another, and one bottom tooth that has dropped down low... (I previously had braces for two years from age 14-16! What a difference not wearing your retainer and having wisdom teeth out makes, huh!). I will also be getting the inter-proximal reduction done on some bottom teeth to help the overcrowding and, therefore, avoiding having a tooth pulled! Anyway, my first day was completely awkward. I had initial pain (I think I'm a bit weak though, esp when it comes to teeth - I hate teeth stuff) and I have lost about 2 pounds during these 9 days (it's a literal pain taking them out just to feed yourself). Here's my story thus far: I got them on a Friday morning; I took the day off from work. They had a hard time getting the attachments to stay on some of my teeth. They had to redo one on my front tooth 3 times! So, I already know now what it is like for them to use the pliers to break off one of those things.. not the worst, but not fun either ( Updated on 24 May 2015: ( Updated on 31 May 2015: I am able to view my clincheck; here are the before and after treatment views.