Adult clear ceramic braces- Las Vegas, NV

I've always wanted braces since I was young but family was not able to afford it. I always smile crooked cuz I didn't want to show my teeth. My dream came true on the day I got braces put on. I loved every moment every pain and headache while wearing braces.

I started the journey in 2012. I visited 3 orthodontists and settled with dr Heinrich because he was the only one that said I didn't have to extract any teeth, but recommended that I did but I would have fanned out teeth. I have overcrowding and cross bite. I didn't want to go the extraction route so he tried straightening using IPR to file down my teeth to make space. The pictures are ranged from 7/30/2012 to about 5/15/1013. At this point I did not like now my smile is forming. Looked like I have horse teeth and too full for my mouth as shown in the last picture . I didn't like the fanned out look. I knew that this would happen but I wanted to see the results before I chose to take teeth out and regret it. After thinking about it, I decided to extract my 4 of my 2nd bicuspids in hopes of giving it better esthetic look.

05/2013 I debated for a while wether to extract 4 teeth or not because I didn't want sunken in facial profile. I didn't know how dramatic it would affect my face. After careful thought , I admitted to myself that I should follow through with extraction. It was not painful at all , it was additional cost of about $400 without insurance, local anesthesia. Soon after having them pulled, my teeth relaxed more inward. My gaps closed fairly quickly in about 5 months. I was worried that my teeth would be moved too further back so my ortho made sure that my back molars came forward a little.

After extraction closed I came across another issue where my upper front row was dipped downward a little , when I smile big I have minor gum line showing , my ortho suggested TAD ( temporary anchor device) which was screwed into my upper gum area with rubber band attached to my upper brackets so that it will lift my upper row upward a little. My experience with tad was sooo painful! I had them on for one visit and off because it got really tender and sensitive every time the ortho jerked it , super painful to have them removed. That did not work out for me and I wasn't going to try that again. I will just have to find another way to correct the gummy smile . Other than that I am happy with the results so far, after extracting them have soften my facial profile and no more fanned out teeth.