Welcome to my first post on my brace blog!
I am 22, I have wanted braces for a long time but couldn't afford it until now. My front lower teeth are crowded, and I have a diastema in my top teeth (gap between two front teeth) and my right central incisor is at an angle. The rest of my teeth are pretty good and my bite is fine, so due to the relatively straight forward corrections I need my ortho and I have decided to go for the six month smiles braces as I want something fairly discreet. My estimated treatment time is 4-6months which I'm very pleased about.
The main thing I hate about my teeth is the way I the midline of my bottom teeth is not central and one of my lower teeth sticks up higher and reminds me of one of those 'pickle stabber' teeth!
I will need a labial frenectomy at some point in my treatment, as you can see in the photos my frenum is very thick and is attached all the way down between my front teeth. This I believe has caused the diastema along with a mesiodens (an extra small tooth between the front teeth) that I had removed before it emerged when I was a child.
I had my impressions and X-rays done on friday which went well (no gagging like I'd anticipated!) and in just over 3 weeks I'll be getting my braces put on.
Here are my before photos in all their glory!:
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| Every gory detail! |
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| My 'smile' |
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| The frenum |
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| Uppers |
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| Lowers |
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| Left Side |
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| Right Side |
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| The pickle stabber! |
