crowding and openbite

Nope - I didn’t change my diet at all. They did stain a bit every month, but I didn’t really care.

My diet doesn't involve too many staining drinks or foods. I mainly drink hot water and herbal tea. I might have a cup of coffee once a day. Curries are very rare and I never drink soda. I also rinse my mouth and drink hot water after every meal if I have the chance. As a result, I would say my staining was minimal?

It’s not actually the ceramic bracket gets stained, it’s the elastic ligature that keeps the bracket in place that will get discolored if you pick a color like clear, white, or light blue. I wore clear ligatures for my two years and they did get yellow around the time when I was due for my next appointment.

Debonding is seriously the worst. Ew. So horrible. I hate it. I’m so glad it’s over.

Omg. Visits without the dedicated assistant are the worst. :( I got my back brackets taken off! Retainers in two-ish weeks?!

See you guys on April 27th! (That’s when my retainers should be here by.)

Not getting them off in April. :( Earliest will be May. My bracket broke off again in the middle of the month - didn't bother to make a post about it since it happens so often. The assistant just polished off the cement. It feels so smooth. I’m not supposed to be wearing elastics this month to see how things stay.

Only have to wear elastics at night. The earliest I'll have them off is April. But it'll most likely be May... if all goes well, that is.

See you on March 23rd.

Changed the left elastics to triangle.

Box elastics! They put my bottom right bracket that keeps breaking off back on. Let's hope it doesn't come off anytime soon...

No elastics for this month!

This visit was the first one where I'll say I considered it a negative visit. :(

The orthodontist's assistant was out today, and there was a temporary one in their place. The temporary one jabbed at my mouth while attempting to take off the elastic ties as if she had never done it before.

Then. Two brackets came off during the appointment. One was on my front left tooth, and the other on my bottom right tooth. Had to sand off and re-apply those. All in all, not a fun visit.

Wow. I just went to brush my teeth and noticed it had already broken off again, five days after getting reapplied.

:(

I'm not sure when it happened this time, I was just flossing and noticed it had already been broken off but it's still sitting in place.

I got a wire that has a lot of nickel in it for my bottom teeth due to the fact my right cuspid isn't moving, hopefully I won't get an allergic reaction to the nickel. No elastics to wear this month.

Wire tie on my bottom right canine. 

Awesome!

Thank you! Yes, braces are really cool!