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Less than 2 months into the treatment I had my first adjustment. They changed my wire from a soft round one, to a square 20-gauge one. The new wire looks thicker, darker and is much sturdier.

Even according to the ortho, my teeth have made some incredible progress in less than 2 months, so my treatment is progressing by 2-4 months quicker than even he anticipated! That means that at my next adjustment on July 19th, they will add on micro-implants.

Usually micro-implants mean teeth implants or something like that. In my case however, it means that they’ll put titanium screws into my jaw bone in several places. Then they will anchor my back teeth to these screws so my back teeth will be pulled by the screws, without relying on my front teeth. Normally, people get powerchains or rubberbands to do this for them, however my bite and teeth alignment in the front are excellent according to the doctor and he doesn’t want to break that balance, so he’s going to use this fairly new technology on me. I’m very excited and what’s fun – all assistants at my ortho’s practice are also very excited, it’s a fairly new and interesting procedure for them (apparently it’s been practiced in Europe for 5 years and only 2 years or so in North America).

My upper midline has shifted and I now have spacing between my bottom center teeth but this is only temporary and will be all ok by the end of treatment. Teeth move around all the time, they literally change position and feel every day. I’m still not enjoying the “sponge” teeth feeling. I’ll be talking one minute, then I close my mouth and without even hitting the teeth very hard, I can feel them change position!

My teeth have moved very quickly so far, so I’m hoping my estimated 18-month treatment will be cut down to a year or so.

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