I have now had my upper braces for 6 weeks and it is time for a wire change, little did I know what other delights were in store! It was decided that a few of my teeth needed to have ‘buttons’ applied to them. Small metal blobs that really are just like buttons, and they are joined together with an elastic ‘chain’. The idea being that you use the teeth pulling against each other to hasten the straightening process. So the cleaning, acid rub and glue process is undertaken and the tiny little buttons are placed on 4 of my molar ...
Adult Braces Journey – 3 Weeks with Upper Braces
November 25th, 2009
It is so interesting to feel (and see) the movements in my teeth. When the wire was fitted it was surprisingly crooked as it wove it's way through the brackets that Dr Levinson had placed. Now just a few weeks later, the wire is almost a perfect straight line. Because of the movement away from the natural positions they have held for...well let's not go in to how many years exactly but just say a while...a few of my teeth bump a little differently against the lower teeth, but they are no longer sensitive – only when I brush too hard, ...