First post-op adjustment (#13)

Today was adjustment #13, my first adjustment after surgery. I'm in my 10th week post-op, a little bit later than usual due to the holidays and rescheduling. I was 10 minutes early, and a good thing too because he ended up doing a lot more work than expected. He had to replace 5 or 6 brackets on top, I lost count! They were all broken or loose from surgery and I didn't even know it! Probably due to the elastics is my guess. My intuition about my right central incisor was correct, the bracket was clearly broken and in the photo below you can see that it has already almost put the tooth back in place. Dr W did the rebonding himself this time and had me outta there in 40 minutes flat. Speedy gonzales! Best of all it didn't even hurt an ounce! I think he put a lighter wire on, so that definitely made it easier for me, but I was sure I'd feel something when he tightened the ligature ties. Go figure. I do feel some burning now but nothing unbearable, and I took an Advil before I left anyway. All the brackets were intact on the bottom and he ran out of time so he didn't change anything there. I go back in 8 weeks, seemingly forever! (But I see Dr T on Friday.)

Another great piece of news is that I only have 2 payments left! Woohoo!