Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Luke got his braces off today! We are now all braces free (at least until we have another one that needs them). M&M is super jealous because she didn't get hers off until her Junior year of high school. The orthodontist gave him a clear retainer that he made that day but he wants us to come back and get a different one in a couple of weeks. He also glued a retainer to the back of Luke's bottom teeth.
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Thursday, September 18
M&M was really hoping to get her braces off during the summer break but unfortunately when we thought we were almost done a small gap opened up between two teeth once one of them was straightened to the correct spot. She was really excited to be able to get them off in time for the Homecoming Dance though - which two days later.
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Monday, July 1
Luke got full braces on his teeth last Monday. His mouth was pretty sore for the first couple of days and the wires were poking him in the back of his mouth a little. He has been using some wax to help with that and then I took him in today during M&M's appointment to get the wires trimmed a little. He seems to have adjusted quicker than M&M did though. Now we have 2 kids in braces!! (I also gave him his summer buzz cut the week before.)
Thursday, July 26, 2012
We originally had planned on M&M getting braces at the first of the year, but my cancer treatments ended up pushing it back several months. We finally made it into the orthodontist to talk about a treatment plan and we set a date to have her get them on on July 26th. We thought that it would be best to get them on before school started and marching band was in full swing so that she would have a little bit of time to adjust to them. If you recall, M&M had braces several years ago on just a couple of her front teeth to pull them into line while she had an expander in her mouth to make room for her teeth. She is not terribly excited about having them but she is in good company because so many of her friends either currently have them or did have them somewhat recently. Right now she is gung-ho about keeping them clean and says that she will be diligent about wearing her rubber bands when she starts that so she can get them off as soon as possible. We'll see if that sticks once the novelty of having them has worn off.
A couple of weeks before school ended, Luke got his braces off! He had them on for a little over a year and a half - and started even before that with an expander. He was very excited to get them off and then he got a retainer the following week which he has to wear all the time - except for when he is eating - until the end of summer. I completely forgot to take a picture of his teeth without the braces until I was taking pictures of DH after his implant procedure. So here he is - with some very big, but straight top teeth. Luke will probably need full braces once all of his permanent teeth come in, but at least for now he can have a break from them.
Yesterday Luke had his expander removed, adjusted and then put back in his mouth so he was a little sore when dinnertime came around. We were discussing Luke's sore mouth and DH asked the kids if we should have braces put on my teeth (he likes to bring this up periodically because my teeth are a little crooked and I have never had braces). A couple of the kids said "no", a couple said "yes", but Luke's answer was the best. He said, "Yeah! Then she can feel the pain of soreness."
Say what?? We all got a big kick out of that for the rest of dinnertime.
On Thursday, M&M had her braces taken off (all 6 of them) and was fitted for a retainer which we picked up on Friday. It's amazing how straight and pretty her teeth look! She is supposed to wear the retainer all day & night (except when eating) for 6 months and then just at night after that. Unfortunately this is just round 1 of braces for her since she hasn't lost all of her baby teeth yet, but hopefully it will shorten the amount of time she has to have them on later...
Tuesday, October 17
