Liz Gets her Braces OFF!!! (Dec 2010)
Well…it only took 2 1/2 years…and Senior Pictures are already taken…but Liz finally got her braces OFF! We really think it could’ve taken a LOT LESS time…and we don’t really trust our orthodontist…but that’s another story for another day. Except that I will say…he told her, “Oh, it will be in Spring!” But then it turned into Summer and then into Fall and then…well…it finally happened in December. He kept leading us on (for a year) and it was emotionally straining for Liz. FYI…he’s in Stockbridge…I won’t say his name here…but I wouldn’t recommend him.
PJ just found out his braces will come off in less than a year’s time (different orthodontist)…at the end of January. That was just salt on the wound.
But she looks beautimus!!
This is the day Liz got her braces ON...back when she was 15 and we still lived in Las Vegas. We were just about to walk into the Orthodontist's office.
This is Liz just as we walked out of the orthodonist's office and she had just gotten the braces put on...the pain handn't started yet.
Fast forward to Liz at 18 and we are just about to walk into the ortho office to get those things taken OFF!!
Liz sitting apprehensively in the chair.
That's one set of her braces already cut off.
The assistant taking them off...it was actually pretty painful and there was quite a bit of bleeding. Is that normal? It has been a LONG time since I had braces (for 9 months!)...I don't remember that part.
Ahhhhh....a beautiful girl with a beautiful smile!
...in the car as we were driving away...her gums were a bit swollen still...but she was pretty happy with the results.