After posting a couple of times, I got a little hesitant to post again because it's a little intimidating that EVERYONE can read this! After having several people ask if I had my braces on, about my blog, ect...I thought, "Wow! People are actually interested!" So, drum roll please...THE BRACES ARE ON!!!
Step by step, here is what happened....
HOLD UP- put on the brakes really quick!! Disclaimer--it was pajama day at work so we are in our PJs. Don't judge- we like to be comfy! :-) Plus, we have theme days at work...like recently we dressed up for Easter and Memorial Day. If you are lucky, I will include a picture!
Anyhoo, back to the good stuff...
1. Dr.Herrmann placed the braces on the model of my teeth, remember the impression that I took at first? He used those. Here is a picture of my braces on my lingual trays that fit perfectly to the model of my teeth.
Here is a picture of braces off of the model. Dr.Herrmann does this method of indirect bonding for lingual cases so that he can tell exactly where to put each individual brace without having to be upside down to directly bond them to my teeth.
2. Brittany (assistant who was sooo gentle and explained each step of the process) prepped everything to get ready for Dr.Herrmann. She propped my mouth WIDE open with cheek retractors so that I didn't have to use all my mouth muscles for so long.
Ignore my half open eyes, its hard work getting braces put on and taking pictures! :-)
See how the tray is on my upper left section? Pretty cool stuff!
Here is Dr.Herrmann putting on the last of my braces.
Sidenote--see his bracelet? It is blue and says, "God is big enough."
He wears this everyday, just another reason I love working where I do!
To break it down for you-
I have a traditional ortho wire in right now, but from my scan Dr.Herrmann is able to treatment plan my case in a very precise way down to every tiny little measurement and tooth rotation. I will get my first SureSmile wire at my next appointment. My SureSmile wire will be custom bent for my mouth only. It will be bent by the robot, remember? If not, read this post.
This is a picture of me being orascanned by Hannah. You can see my braces on top in this picture.
Here is a picture UP CLOSE of my braces...
Yes, I have amalgam (silver) fillings from when I was younger (and apparently ate too much candy and didn't brush/floss.) The plan is to get those redone after my orthodontic treatment is completed.
For making it this far into my blog post, here is the cute picture that I promised.
(Left to right) Jeri, Ronna, Shannon & Karen
We were celebrating Memorial Day! Gotta have a lil' fun, right?!?!
Next post: Friends/family reactions and rubber bands, ugh....
Until next time,
Shannon
