I’m on the downslope! If I stick to the schedule — i.e., I wear my rubber bands–I will be done in 5 more months!
The state of the braces life:
- Eating more things that are getting stuck in my braces. Nutty things, crackly things, fibrous things. I guess I’m more willing to live with the consequences of eating this stuff. Still looking forward to eating a sweet chewy dried date, after the braces come off.
- Flossing and brushing is smooth. Still doing the flouride rinse almost daily.
- Rubber bands are the key. My compliance affects the progress.
- Not self-conscious at all about the braces, but the rubber bands are dorky, so I have taken them out for meetings.
Here are photos to show progress. Wish I had taken better photos earlier.
Week 2 (ortho buttons are keeping top/bottom teeth apart) and Month 7:
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October 15, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Pang
THe Damon system is only offer at one location here. I guess you have to be trained to use it? Anyway, I’m wondering which Damon you got? My Dr is recommending the Damon MX which is the latest I believe. I can’t find much information on that so any insights you have about the MX would be greatly appreciated.
October 17, 2007 at 1:26 pm
wakowa
I believe I have Damon 3 brackets. So have no idea about the Mx. I do know about new product development, and how companies love to come up with new names/numbers for products, so it’s not surprising there is a new name. I’m afraid I can’t help you further with this one, though.
Also, check out this comment from an orthodontist.
http://whatsinasmile.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/damon-braces-are-they-working/#comment-1279
October 17, 2007 at 1:55 pm
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October 19, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Pang
Thanks for the article. I do believe it’s the wire and not the bracket, but the smaller the metal the better. Then again, it’s obvious when I look at the side by side pictures comparison of traditional vs. Damon online, but in the Dr. office the Damon doesn’t look noticeably smaller. What do you think? Do they feel smaller? Look smaller on?
I’m finding a lot of blog about the Damon 3, but nothing on the MX. It must be too new.
I’ll call my Dr. and ask him what the differences are. Unless there are great advances I rather go with the Damon 3 since it’s partially clear.
I found this article interesting. “We have spent thousands of dollars on rebonds (just the braces, not including chair time). We will not use the D3 on anything but U3-3. The rest fall off. I too felt like I was the only one. Two of my staff were working in one of the offices that was doing the beta testing for the D3 and said that it was a huge problem for them and they were surprised the brackets went to market. ” http://www.uic.edu/depts/dort/esco2005-88.html
Can you read and tell me what you think?
October 25, 2007 at 11:12 am
wakowa
I can’t really comment on how stable the brackets are. I have to say that when I got the braces on, the brackets looked HUGE to me. But now I’m used to them. I can’t compare them to other brackets, but because they are only half clear, you can see them. I think if you get all clear-looking brackets, they are less conspicuous.
But the thing with braces I found is that I’ve stopped noticing them myself, and I think people will notice them whether the brackets are small or not, because the wire is always there.
Good luck!
October 31, 2007 at 12:01 pm
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February 22, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Courtney
Im getting bottom braces and im kinda scared and im also getting a jasper jumper its gunna be hard for me im only ten! Plz help me !