On January 9th, the braces came off! In under 2 years, I went from a mouth full of problems to a perfect smile. It's been a crazy ride of expanding my palate, a huge tooth gap, using wax as a fake tooth, and then bringing it all back together.
For the next 6 months, I have to wear a retainer all the time besides eating and brushing my teeth. After that, I'll only have to wear the retainers when I sleep. The orthodontist also put a permanent retainer on the backs of my bottom front six teeth. This is pretty much the finish line to my story. When I get some extra time, I'll put together some before and after pics. Here's the finished product as of now.
Permanent retainer on the back of my bottom front teeth
With the retainers on
Forgot to add - bloody well done!!!!! It must have taken guts, I hope I am as strong as you
ReplyDeleteStarting this journey in 3 weeks, operation on 25th March. Reading this and seeing what a difference sarpe has made is a lifeline as I'm panicked - mostly about wearing the device 😯 which made me feel like choking when I tried it
ReplyDeleteGood luck to you! Hopefully things are going well so far.
ReplyDeleteI am 11 days post op & the gap is just setting in!! Omg! How embarrassing lol final pics look amazing & I am so obsessed about finding blogs, YouTube posts etc about other people who have went through SARPE! & the thought of perfect teeth is what is getting me through all of this.
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