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Week 53... and counting...
Today marked the last day of a year wearing braces, or the beginning of Week 53 (7-days/week * 52 weeks = 364 days). Since my last entry, they've added a third rubber band that goes across the front of my mouth from upper left to lower right, which is even more of a nuisance. My teeth have been more sore and sensitive in general, and whenever I remove the bands so I can eat, I can feel all the teeth shifting back into place as the pressure is released. I made a point of not wearing the bands to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kittenaskat's wedding as they simply don't look good, but otherwise I've been wearing them as much as I can - although I do tend to go a couple hours in the afternoon and again in the evening without them, when I eat.
At my last checkup a couple weeks ago, the orthodontist said that everything looked good and things were going well, but the upper midline still needed some final tweaking into place, and that could take a few more weeks... or a few more months. Blah. I suppose that if it does take a couple more months, at least that pushes the bone graft / implant work out past the holidays, which is probably preferable to having that happen right before them. Still, I'm very eager to be done with the whole business.
kittenaskat's wedding as they simply don't look good, but otherwise I've been wearing them as much as I can - although I do tend to go a couple hours in the afternoon and again in the evening without them, when I eat.At my last checkup a couple weeks ago, the orthodontist said that everything looked good and things were going well, but the upper midline still needed some final tweaking into place, and that could take a few more weeks... or a few more months. Blah. I suppose that if it does take a couple more months, at least that pushes the bone graft / implant work out past the holidays, which is probably preferable to having that happen right before them. Still, I'm very eager to be done with the whole business.