Braces Update

The boy got good news today at his latest orthodontist checkup. He doesn’t have to wear the elastics anymore. I had noticed several weeks ago that his teeth and jaw seemed to have moved a tremendous amount. Before the elastics, his front-top and front-bottom teeth aligned right on top of each other. As opposed to a normal bite, where the tops come down in front of the bottoms. The elastics had reoriented his jaw such that he now has a normal bite. I was really amazed at the amount of correction in such a short period. Judging by his tone, the orthodontist was quite pleased with the progress.

The braces remain for the time being. Just in case his jaw reverts or something. We’ve got another checkup in 6 weeks, so we’ll see what the deal is then.

But the boy is happy he doesn’t have to deal with the elastics anymore. Personally, I thought it was a shame to set them aside after all the tears and gnashing of teeth figuring out how to attach them. I can still hear him screaming through tears how he’d never be able to figure it out and how he couldn’t do it. Ahh, memories.

I suggested he should keep putting them in just to keep up the skill, you know, just in case. He’s not having any of it though.