That’s roughly one year and three months that I’ve been in braces. If I’m to be in braces for two and a half years total, I’m past the halfway point! And if Adjustment Number Eight was uneventful, Adjustment Number Nine was nearly as much so.
My ninth adjustment actually took place on February 13th, nearly two weeks ago, but I’m just now getting around to blogging about it. I took photos and notes the day of, naturally.
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That moment when you realize you can’t eat any of the free chocolate in the break room because it’s all caramels and you wear #braces
Adjustment number eight! Probably the least interesting of all the adjustments so far, as there’s no new hardware, no new elastics, just more of the same until my eyeteeth are touching my bicuspids.
I got adjustment number seven last Thursday. By the time I go in for number eight in December, I will have passed the one-year mark with having braces.
My sixth adjustment was last week. Of course, I took photos that evening, although I knew I might not document the actual adjustment for a few days yet.
The focus this time around is on getting my lowers in place — closing the gaps, aligning the tops of the teeth — because they need to be in their final position before Dr. N. can determine the final position of the upper arch.
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