Journey to straighter teeth

Well, they've been on for a month now....oddly enough, it feels like longer! Here are some updated pics, I haven't really looked to see if they've moved or not, I'm so impatient!

One thing I'm not crazy about is how yellow the ceramic ones look :( I'm going to talk to my ortho when I go in on the 10th for my adjustment and see if he recommends another toothpaste...

Posted by Rebecca at 8:18 PM | Permalink | Comments

So I'm trying to be good and keep up with the flossing....which takes about 10 minutes now with the braces on. My bottom teeth are so close together in a few spots that it's sometimes difficult to get the floss out, which was the case tonight. I had to pull the floss a bit and I guess I pulled a little too hard because I managed to pop the wire right out of the bracket. It's not the back bracket either where I could just slide it back in, the bracket popped open and the wire popped out, and they are self ligating brackets so I have no idea how to close it.

Good thing my morning opened up tomorrow, looks like I'll be paying the orthodontist a visit to fix this! It feels weird in that spot now though, funny how quickly we adjust to having a foreign object on our teeth.

Posted by Rebecca at 6:57 PM | Permalink | Comments