32 Year Old, Finally Fixing my Teeth with Damon Braces - Ladner, BC

I realized that I didn’t post any photos once my braces were removed. My teeth look amazing and with the use of my retainers and my fixed retainer on my lower teeth, my teeth look as good as they did when my braces were removed.

Looking back at the photos, I can’t believe how much my teeth have changed!

My originally treatment time was 18 months but I ended up having braces longer as they were trying to perfect some spacing and alignment. As I was getting closer to my wedding date (Jan 2017), by Nov 2016 I was ready to have them off. My retainers were made and my permanent retainer to hold my lower 6 teeth in place was placed as well.

Overall I’m thrilled with my results, treatment and the orthodontist as well. Their entire team was wonderful.

First off - I am so sorry that I haven't updated in awhile! I have tried many times to upload over my phone but it hasn't worked so fingers crossed this one does!

I've now had my braces on for 15 months and I am so pleased with my results so far but also cannot wait for them to come off too!!

Not much has changed in treatment other than being without rubber bands for months now and the fact that they had to reposition 10 brackets 2 months ago to perform my final adjustments. It was awesome seeing a sneak peak of my teeth without brackets though and I was glad I was able to sneak a photo as well!! See attached for my sneak peek!

Overall I am so happy I did get braces after years of putting it off, the nuisance and pain will be so worth it in the end. I can definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel and my Ortho is thinking I'm a few months away from getting them off!!

Let me know what you think!

I had Ortho Appt #6 on Monday morning. I had my power chain replaced with a new light silver one to freshen it up (it was starting to get a bit dingy). I also went up 1 wire size on both of my arches, apparently it's the 2nd largest size so I'm getting closer to fine adjustments. My gaps have almost fully closed on my front upper 6 teeth but I'm guessing the power chain was put back on to ensure that the gaps stay closed. I was okay with that as I you can hardly see it. I also moved up a size or 2 on my elastics, moving up from the Kangaroo elastics to the Ram which is a 6 oz. elastic. Dr. Matt did mention that I'll have to keep an eye on my teeth to ensure that my bite isn't over-corrected as my overjet is very small now so if I feel my bottom teeth hit the backside of my upper teeth, I have to go down to wearing the elastics only at night or going back to the Kangaroo's.

As for my bite, it has improved so, so much. Take a look at the picture, it's incredible how much it's improved in 6 weeks.

My next appointment is in early July, 6 more weeks.