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Finally seeing progress!
My "crocked side" /open bite is finally closing!!! I'm so happy. & anxious to be done.
Tightening and new estimated completion date
So I went for my tightening this past Wednesday. They made a few tweeks on my left side so hopefully my open bite will begin to close and my teeth will start fitting together better. The dental techs tried to suggest IPR but luckily my orthodontist disagreed with them. Also, I am now expected to be done in August instead of October which was music to my ears. I am still going in every 4 weeks for adjustments. My next appointment is scheduled for 2/14/17. p.s. they convinced me to get color, so now I have lavender and I actually love it (:
Still no results....
I've now had metal braces for 4 months. The left side of my mouth is still crocked and has a huge open bite. The new estimated completion date they gave me is October (so October this year will be 13 months in metal braces and 2 years and 5 months total for my braces treatment). Still no answers as to why it's taking so long or why my teeth aren't progressing. I wear my elastics as instructed. The only "answer" my orthodontist keeps giving is that it takes patience to see results. My teeth haven't improved for an entire year :( which is very disappointing. It really sucks but I think if I don't see any improvement by October I'm going to just ask to have my braces taken off and consider it a loss/lesson learned. Pics without braces are from September when I "finished" invisalign...you can see my teeth are still crocked on one side. Pics with braces are hard to tell but my teeth look the same. My confidence has fallen pretty low to where I don't even like to smile at all in pics or I'll take pics that only show my good side where my teeth are straighter. I cracked the camera on my phone so I can't get any really good pics :(