Teeth Update

I have my first appointment for an adjustment coming up on Tuesday. The severely rotated tooth has definitely begun to swing around and the crooked front tooth is looking better, too. I'm interested to see what the ortho has to say about what's next. I'd love to get the appliances on the bottom. I figure the sooner they go on, the sooner the whole process will be over.

It's weird, but I've noticed the movement of the teeth seems to happen in a chain-reaction type sequence. One day I'll feel tenderness in one tooth and a few days later feel tenderness in the tooth next to it an so on. I guess as one tooth moves, it begins to put pressure on the surrounding teeth and encourages them to start moving too. It's not painful at all, just noticeable.

I still have some tissue soreness from time-to-time, especially if I sleep on my face. But even that is beginning to subside. Not often, but sometimes, I forget I even have braces.

Over the weekend I'm going to ask Andy to take some pics of the teeth so I can record the changes during the first 8 weeks. I'll post them next week.