Week 23

I went for another check-up yesterday, two weeks after my last one. Dr Wozniak inspected the latest changes and said my left lateral incisor is indeed twisting as it should, however the right canine is still being stubborn. The right central incisor was also not quite making it out from behind the left one - …

Week 22

Nothing much is happening at the moment. It feels like my front two teeth are constantly moving back and forth, as some days they are almost straight and then the next they are back to being crossed over again. My left lateral incisor is rotating very slowly. The right canine doesn't seemed to have moved …

Week 21

So I let a couple of weeks pass after my last appointments, to let things settle a bit and see what happened. My front teeth seemed to cross back over more, and the other two with the extra attachments on weren't doing much at all, so I arranged to see Dr Wozniak again at the …

Week 19

Yesterday I went for another check-up. In order to get my front two teeth to uncross fully, and to move the right canine which hasn't moved at all since I had the braces fitted, Dr Wozniak fitted some extra little attachments to two of my brackets. This took around 40 minutes and seemed to be …

Week 16

Just a quick update as nothing much is changing at the moment. Thought I would share a progress picture to show how much difference three months has made - it's quite astonishing really, and I'm so pleased:

Week 15

This week I've started to get ulcers in my mouth, which are quite uncomfortable. I'm not sure why they've suddenly appeared, but I have one on the left side of my mouth, one on my tongue, and one threatening on the right side... I'm using wax as much as I can, but it's hard to …

Week 13

I went for my monthly check-up on Monday and had my wire replaced with a new, stronger one. Strangely, this one is more visible than the other which had turned grey - I think because it's so bright and I'm used to the dull metallic shade now! In order to help the 'final push' as …

Week 12

This month I haven’t noticed so much going on. My front teeth are still moving, I think I just expected more because of how much things shifted last month. The wire is now nearly all metal coloured, but it’s still not noticeable so I don’t mind – and it will be changed in a few …

Week 10

I didn't get my wire changed at the check-up in the end. I mentioned that my teeth felt very fragile, so after a close inspection Dr Wozniak said there was no need to change the wire if I didn't want to as it was still doing its job. He flossed between my teeth to check …

Week 9

Today I’ll be going to my second check-up, presumably to have the wire changed again. I hope so anyway, as some of the coating has been brushed away and the metal colour underneath is starting to show through. It’s not visible unless you look very closely, so the braces still look pretty good, but if …