Braces

It has become time for Allison to have braces.  She got them on Thursday evening.

She only got the upper's on that night.  The orthodontist will put on the lower's in a couple months.  She wanted to move the top teeth around enough that the backside of the front teeth would not hit the brackets on the lower teeth.  We went with "self-ligating" brackets.  There aren't any rubber bands to hold the wire in place.  Instead, the brackets have little clips.  They can sometimes put two wires in and move teeth a little faster.  The product has been out for at least ten years.  It was a little bit more expensive, but Allison should be done in about 10 months (instead of the traditional 18-24) and there tends to be a lot less discomfort associated with these.  Now we just have to cross our fingers that we don't put too much tension on the front tooth that has been twice broken and the root of that tooth that it doesn't shrink.  The orthodontist is crossing hers, too!