Doing my normal routine of brushing my teeth, which is generally taking about 10 minutes, I noticed that one of the front brackets looked funny. On closer inspection it turns out I have broken it.
Panic!! As the brackets come from America I knew that I would have to get another one ordered for my orthodontist to fix next time he was here. So emailed the regular dentist, and arranged to go in to have it checked.
Now when I say broken, I mean broken, I am missing a whole quarter of one of the front brackets. I have no idea how it happened, or when it happened, but it shows just how fragile these ceramic ones are.
It actually turns out that the brace will function perfectly well like this, I was told that as long as you have 50% of the bracket remaining, there is usually no issue. This actually surprised me and made me wonder if that's the case why are they so big in the first place?!
On another positive note, he was amazed again on my progress and said that the orthodontist would be surprised too, I am, the bottom ones are now nearly straight. After my next checkup when I have clean bands again, I will post a picture! I am really hopeful now that these will be off at Christmas.
Oh and a update from the pain after the last tightening, it lasted a few days, and now I am back to the occasional tooth hurting as it decided to move.
