Aug. 5 Debond
Super excited. I feel my teeth are exactly where I want them. No, they aren’t perfect but I chose function over aesthetics. To get perfect I would have had to do bonding. At my age, it just wasn’t important enough to me.
I did widening at first to create a whole bunch of awkward spacing on top. Even had 6 months with a gap between my front teeth. I also had a huge amount of IPR on my bottom 6 teeth to bring them back enough to have a normal overjet. It has been quite the ride.
I have lowered my risk of losing my teeth, they are wicked easy to brush and floss and I will whiten (crest white strips) about 3 months post debond.
For 6 months I will be doing 24/7 retainers (clear aligner style during day and hawley style at night) and then night time for a life time.
First picture: Before (Dec23,2023) Second picture: Now (May 18,2026)