You’ve spent the better part of 2 years or more with contraptions on your teeth….hoooray!!! It’s braces removal day. You farewell the metal and skippety doo daa happily away! Only to return a few hours later to have your removable retainer fitted…what? You see when you reach the end of your braces journey your teeth […]
Teen Braces Journey – Unremarkable
As Henry progresses through his braces journey, I find it quite an unremarkable experience! We attend our wire change appointments and have minor adjustments done as required, he is diligent with his brushing (which for a 16-year-old boy is probably quite remarkable!), he wears his elastics as requested and strangely he does not complain…too much! […]
Teen Braces Journey – Use the Wax!
Stubborn…I think that is the best word to describe him! But what would I know right? Henry has been suffering a little from the rear brackets rubbing on his cheeks as I did, and I am fairly certain most other new braces wearers do too. “Use the wax Henry” I implored Obi-wan Kenobi style…but alas […]
Teen Braces Journey – Lower Braces
Well, clever Henry was doing so well at letting his teeth move and keeping them clean that it was time to fit his lower braces. He sat back, had the clean and polish, self-priming etch applied, and the brackets stuck in place. It was then Monique’s job to thread that first nice soft, gentle wire […]
Teen Braces Journey – A Broken Bracket
Having proudly made it through 16 months of treatment myself without once breaking bending or dislodging anything, I was mortified when Henry informed me that he had heard a ‘click’ and asked me to check a bracket for him. Yes, it had in fact unstuck itself from his tooth…oh the shame! I was pleased that […]
