I had another appointment last week, and now have a date to get my bottom braces on!
It was again a very simple appointment. The orthodontist looked at my teeth and my bite and said things are moving well. In spite of what he said last time, he's having me continue to wear elastics on both sides (still the same strength elastics, since he said they're working well).
The ortho then said that at my next appointment, they’ll remove the Carriere, lower lingual holding arch, and permanent retainer (that I still have from having braces as a kid), and put on lower braces (and brackets on the upper teeth that don’t have them because of the Carriere). He didn’t mention bite turbos, but at my consultation I was told I would probably get bite turbos on the back of my upper front teeth. He did say that I'd probably continue to wear an elastic on my right side to finish fixing the bite on that side (the left side will be corrected or overcorrected). At my consult, I was told I'd wear posterior box elastics once I got full braces (to close my bite in the back to help fix my deep bite), so I'm not sure which it'll be now.
At the end of my appointment, I asked the assistant if I can keep anything once it's removed, and she said sure if I want to (otherwise they just throw it out in a sharps container), and that she'd put a note in my chart and I should just tell whoever when the appliances get removed. I want to keep all the appliances, as well as my old permanent retainer (I'll have had it for 24 years).
At this appointment, I got ligatures that are a pale blue, kind of like a sky blue. The assistant said it's one of their most popular colors, but I'm not wild about it. From a short distance away, it's basically unnoticeable (what with being behind the brackets and the archwire). It makes it a decent neutral option while still having some color, I guess, but I've liked the bolder colors I've had so far. I haven't wanted to repeat anything and get stuck just having the same color every time, though. Right now I'm thinking I might try their dark blue next time.
My next appointment will be at the end of June, so full braces a little over a year after starting treatment. I have a dentist appointment two weeks before that. I'm curious how difficult it will be for the hygienist to clean around/behind the LLHA (especially since it is very nearly touching my permanent retainer). I was supposed to have that dentist appointment a week before this most recent ortho appointment, but I rescheduled it because I had a cold. I was wondering if I'd get the bottom braces before or after the rescheduled dentist appointment.
A couple days after this past appointment, the elastics hook on my right-side molar band hooked my cheek a little one morning, and caused a fair amount of irritation for several days. I was using wax on that hook every day until just a couple days ago.
It was again a very simple appointment. The orthodontist looked at my teeth and my bite and said things are moving well. In spite of what he said last time, he's having me continue to wear elastics on both sides (still the same strength elastics, since he said they're working well).
The ortho then said that at my next appointment, they’ll remove the Carriere, lower lingual holding arch, and permanent retainer (that I still have from having braces as a kid), and put on lower braces (and brackets on the upper teeth that don’t have them because of the Carriere). He didn’t mention bite turbos, but at my consultation I was told I would probably get bite turbos on the back of my upper front teeth. He did say that I'd probably continue to wear an elastic on my right side to finish fixing the bite on that side (the left side will be corrected or overcorrected). At my consult, I was told I'd wear posterior box elastics once I got full braces (to close my bite in the back to help fix my deep bite), so I'm not sure which it'll be now.
At the end of my appointment, I asked the assistant if I can keep anything once it's removed, and she said sure if I want to (otherwise they just throw it out in a sharps container), and that she'd put a note in my chart and I should just tell whoever when the appliances get removed. I want to keep all the appliances, as well as my old permanent retainer (I'll have had it for 24 years).
At this appointment, I got ligatures that are a pale blue, kind of like a sky blue. The assistant said it's one of their most popular colors, but I'm not wild about it. From a short distance away, it's basically unnoticeable (what with being behind the brackets and the archwire). It makes it a decent neutral option while still having some color, I guess, but I've liked the bolder colors I've had so far. I haven't wanted to repeat anything and get stuck just having the same color every time, though. Right now I'm thinking I might try their dark blue next time.
My next appointment will be at the end of June, so full braces a little over a year after starting treatment. I have a dentist appointment two weeks before that. I'm curious how difficult it will be for the hygienist to clean around/behind the LLHA (especially since it is very nearly touching my permanent retainer). I was supposed to have that dentist appointment a week before this most recent ortho appointment, but I rescheduled it because I had a cold. I was wondering if I'd get the bottom braces before or after the rescheduled dentist appointment.
A couple days after this past appointment, the elastics hook on my right-side molar band hooked my cheek a little one morning, and caused a fair amount of irritation for several days. I was using wax on that hook every day until just a couple days ago.
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what would y’all say?