Thursday, January 15, 2009

2009 1st Adjustment

Five months ago, when I first wore braces, I look like this

Two days ago, I look like thisNotice also how my cheeks have 'sunk' (a side effect of not being able to eat as much as I like. Haha).
Now, from the side view, notice that the gap between my canine and premolar is getting smaller? ZP said my teeth move pretty fast.

So, what's up for this month? The upper arch wire is changed to square stainless steel wire with aids of power chains to speed up the closing of gaps. Whereas the lower one is changed back to normal round titanium wire, because of this-->unwanted movements of my teeth! And also to correct the biting position of my upper and lower teeth, I need to wear posterior powerchains (if I remembered correctly what ZP told me), one on each side. The rubber forms a "square" holding my upper canine & molar as well as lower canine & molar.

My CNY look...

2 comments:

pipiky said...

wah pia!! The last photo so very shocking!! How're you supposed to close your mouth with the 2 sticks??! Are they flexible?

lulu_ma said...

pipiky: actually that's not sticks but elastic bands. just that i opened my mouth wide so you see the bands stretched.

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