I went in in mid September to get banded. I chose to go with the clear porcelain brackets with clear bands since I am an adult. The experience was very painful. It put stresses on my jaw and teeth that I had never experienced. I lost 7 pounds the first week- not a good thing when I only weighed 115 pounds in the first place.
My orthodontist decided not to pull any of my bottom teeth. Another doc had wanted to pull 2 of them to free up room on my lower jaw but my doc had another plan. I have a pretty bad cross bite stemming from the problem with my jaw. I also have a tooth that has grown inward, toward my tongue, due to the over crowding. This plan is to shift all of the teeth to my left to make room for the "odd man out" tooth. Once the tooth is pulled into place it should correct the cross bite problem but it will make my jaw even more off until I have surgery.
It is now January and I wish that I had taken progression pictures up until this point. I may ask my orthodontist for the first pics he took of my ugly mug and then post them. As of now, they're still not very pretty but there is such a drastic improvement. I'm really happy so far.
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