I know I haven't been updating my journey on here very much, but I've started a YouTube channel that I find easier to keep up with.
But....so I don't completely neglect this blog I'll give you an update and new pictures.
Well....I've had A LOT of power chain fails these last few months. I mean A LOT. Like I had to go back to Dr Evans like every other week, and once I went 2 weeks in a row...smh.
I was starting to feel like it was definitely something I was eating. I got beyond frustrated. She assured me that as long as it wasn't anything on the forbidden foods that it wasn't me.
Because of the size of the gap we're closing up, the power chains that are connected to each lingual button and the ones by my wires from bracket to bracket are kinda just out there. So they're really susceptible to breaking. After all, it's only rubber.
But what I noticed was, by me going back so often to get my chains replaced...my teeth started shifting more. That's a plus for me! Also we noticed that when I switched to my beloved purple chains they broke wayyyyy too quickly. I started with grey so Dr Evans asked if I wouldn't mind going back to those. She feels that even though they're all supposedly made the same, she has less issues with the grey ones and she feels they do a better job. So because I'm an awesome patient...
and I'd be pretty much willing to do whatever she tells me to so this process can go smoothly...back in grey we went!
I have another appointment on July 17th and she told me that since the teeth are finally moving that I can get my next brackets!
I was starting to feel like 2-3 years wasn't going to be realistic. I mean I've had this same set of brackets since 4/28. The only thing she added was lingual buttons on the inside of my teeth and that was to help move these teeth from both sides.
What are lingual buttons you ask?
Well...
See those things mounted to the inside of each tooth? Those are lingual buttons. She decided to add these because she didn't want my teeth to rotate out instead of moving together. Makes sense.
I now have a space behind the back molars. That's new. One side of my teeth are moving faster than the other side. I'm sure there are all kinda tricks that they can do to counteract this. Ion't know what they are tho lol.
Anyway. On to the progress pictures...
These are pictures that Dr Evans took on April 28th for my records and 1st brackets appointment vs pictures I snapped this morning
This one doesn't show a whole lot. The angle is weird and I can't get my phone in my mouth 😐
But you can see that the space is a bit smaller.
Here's the right side of my mouth. I tried to blow it up so they would be similar in size. You can see the space is wayyyy smaller and you can see that my teeth are moving back. My molars are actually moving up as well...yesssss!!!
You can REALLY see how much my teeth have moved.
Even as I'm writing this blog and looking at before and after pictures it seems like they've move A LOT more than I thought.
Well y'all, that's pretty much all I have to update y'all about for the time being. I'll be recording a new update video when I go back to the ortho on July 17th. I'm SUPER excited!
If you wanna check out my YouTube channel...it's 504CreoleCrystal!
Until next time loves 💋
