POSTED UNDER Damon Braces Reviews
28 Years Old - Scottsdale, AZ
UPDATED FROM Hide325
25 days post
pictures
Hide325January 25, 2015
A few more pictures after getting my wires on! ....I'm hoping after its all done my teeth will touch together... because this is we biting down! ..it's also a little bit more severe than before I got the braces on because they put globs of this red glue on each side of my teeth apparently to help correct my bite once everything is done! I'm guessing I don't know they didn't really explain too much about the red glue on my teeth?!....but honestly they didn't explain to me if my teeth would ever touch again without surgery I'm hoping that they will after the braces! but they dont touch because i sucked my thumb when I was a kid! And it's difficult to bite into things as you can imagine!
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January 26, 2015
okay that makes sense that could be what the glue is for. I know it's strange that I don't know all the information that I should know... I need to ask more questions and they need to be more specific.....
January 27, 2015
It's not strange at all, actually, that you don't know the details. Most people don't know all the details of their treatment. But people here on RealSelf are people who want answers to things, so we tend to know more because either we asked or others have explained or whatever :D. But you're right that it would be nice if the doctors were more specific!
UPDATED FROM Hide325
25 days post
got my wires put on
Hide325January 25, 2015
Sorry I haven't updated, but I finally got my wires on a couple weeks ago and by far the hardest thing has been to eat and floss! Mind you I also got 4 premolar extracted and it's been tough trying to eat witch has been driving me crazy! I finally have just started to be able to be able to eat solid foods!.....another thing is I've had 2 of mybrackets pop off for no reason and the second time I went in there they just put a spring on it because she said the tooth was turned and it kept causing it to pop off so next time I go in there going to put the bracket back on i guess.....also the pain from the wires was insane and intense for me. I'm so happy it's all over and out of the way! I just can't wait for things to start shifting around! Also I wish I knew when these gaps from my teeth extracted will start to move back and filling in lol...i hate them being gone! It's Still Kinda Had To eat! Anyway I will update more when I go back in Feb and get my wires tighten again ughh...not looking forward to it lol
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January 25, 2015
Don't worry we will be super happy with our smiles sooon! I get mine tuesday!
January 25, 2015
Thanks yes! I'm telling my self I know it will be all worth it I'm just excited to see how it will turn out! If not perfect..definitely better then what's going on now
January 25, 2015
I just had my first wire change on Thursday and they bumped up my wire on my upper arch by 2 sizes! so ya I'm in pain again too and back to softer foods but it will be so worth it in the end! The gaps will close in no time! with the stronger archwire I already have a gap between my teeth so that my eye tooth can begin rotating...that's in 2 days! Keep with it and keep updating as you go! it'll be awesome to see your progress!
January 26, 2015
A few months for those gaps! It'll go pretty quick :). Congratulations on the wires!
Open bites are really hard to correct. I would ask them flat out whether the braces will correct your open bite. I'm hoping they'll say yes, but it's good to know. If you won't see them for a while, call! The red glue--not sure. My daughter has blue goo on her molars to keep her teeth from biting off the brackets, but she has a 100% overbite (pretty-much the opposite of you!) They're called bite turbos, the ones she has. I don't know if they're the same thing you have. You can put a picture :D.