Quite naively I believed that as I got towards the end of braces I would have less hardware in my mouth, but now that many of the teeth are just about where we want them, it’s important to minimize their opportunity to move – so as well as my recontour I also received new wires (upper and lower), a chain from 6 to 6 to stop any spaces from opening up, and posts. I also still need to wear the elastic on the left side only. The ends of my wires have been bent upwards too so that they won’t move through ...
Adult Braces Journey – A Recontour
December 9th, 2010
I am slowly learning that having braces is so much more than just brackets on teeth and a few wire changes. Now that I am nearing the end of my braces journey the fine-tuning begins. Me: So…how’s it all going? Dr Levinson: Not bad…that upper tooth needs to move half a mm still….and I think we will do a bit of interproximal enamel reduction on your lower front 4 teeth. Me: interproximal what? Dr Levinson: Oh we will use a double diamond head drill bit and run it between your lower front teeth…here…here…here and here to shave off a tiny slither on each ...