23 & Finally Getting Braces! - Clifton, NJ

My last appointment was last week on the 23rd. The only thing that was done was the bottom wire was changed and a broken bracket was fixed. Mostly the focus has been on fixing my midline. I can tell my right side is quite misaligned. My next appointment is in September.

Also, I got the pontic in May. While I can tell it's fake, its so much better than a huge gap. I'm careful when eating and extra careful when flossing since it's not supported by anything but the wire.

I had my second "tightening" yesterday. Before that, I had to go in two weeks ago because one of my brackets came off. My doctor took that opportunity to put in a new coil where I am missing the lateral incisor and ordered the pontic. I noticed that aside from making the gap bigger, the coil seemed to be pushing my front tooth forward, now it is no longer aligned with my other teeth. I don't worry about it too much because I'm sure it will all get fixed in the end. So yesterday, they did not do anything to my bottom braces and on top they put a thicker wire and a closed coil where before I had an open coil. Also, my pontic was already in but I was on my lunch break from work and couldn't stay the required time to get it put on my braces. Sigh, so I made the next appointment for May 19 where I will excitedly be getting the pontic. I wonder if it will be noticeable that it's fake but then I think that would be better than this big gap I currently have which has become quite embarrassing..

Yesterday was one month and I'm already seeing changes. I'm excited to see how much more my teeth change over the next couple months =)

And these are the orthodontic problems in need in correction as listed by my ortho:
-Mild crowding of the lower teeth
-Mild malalignment of the upper front teeth
-Space is present between the two front teeth
-The upper jaw is protrusive and the lower jaw is recessive or short
-There is an excessive overlap of the upper and lower front teeth
-Teeth #3 is missing
The mandibular anterior teeth are slanted to the right side
-The roots of the mandibular central incisors are short

I have included a photo prior to getting the braces and how they currently look