Thicker Wire (Update)

So it's been a little over 2 weeks since I had the thicker wire put on my brackets and I had slight pain the first couple days. 2 weeks later and my upper teeth are SO sensitive!! It's amazing how you can go weeks with no pain then BAM! I'm weird, but I like the pain! That means my teeth are moving and the wire is doing its job :)

Week 14

I went to my first follow-up appointment last week and they gave me thicker, stronger wires! They also said that I will be getting elastics at my next appointment in 7 weeks. I am hoping since they gave me stronger wires my teeth will move faster. I hope so! You can see the wire difference below.

I am on week 14 and there are two things that are absolutely bugging the crap out of me! First, my upper left central incisor is longer than the right. Obviously longer. Annoyingly longer! They said that they will fix that, but it just bugs me when I see it everyday in the mirror :( Apparently it's been like that for years but I'm just now noticing it.

<-- Week 8                                                   Week 14 -->


2nd, the front of my lower teeth are still "high" and need to be brought down! My bottom teeth are completely covered by my top. I guess the whole point of the thicker wire was to fix this exact problem, but I'm just impatient. My teeth have been like this for a LONG time and I can't wait until it is fixed!