Re: DIANE - O rings vs wire ties

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane, Just thought I'd let you know I have the opaque " O " rings

and they don't absorb the color of food. The clear ones do

discolor. At least these were the hints my OD asst told me. And

I've had no problems with the opaque ones discoloring. The wire

ties can move around and poke the mouth. However, there are times

when they need the wire ties. There was time they were having

trouble with my heavy wire staying in one bracket, the o ring

wouldn't hold it in. Right now I still have the wire ties on top.

For surgery they had taken all the power chains off and put wire

ties on. They removed the bottom ones at the OD 3 1/2 weeks post

op, but I still have the upper ones and hopefully will get them off

on next visit (Aug 15).

It can change as you go along, too. I was like you I debated about

the color o rings (such red and green at Christmas - suggested by

the OD asst), but decided I'd pass on the color ones. Each time

they change the o rings they ask what color. One time they put gold

ones on (as I have gold brackets), but I didn't like them as they

looked more like brown and were more noticable. They'll let you

make the decision.

Shirley

[Guest guest]

Colors of o-rings and chains I've had:

Maroon (for Homecoming; maroon and silver are our school colors)

Rose (pretty!)

Light blue (looked nice at first, but discolored a lot)

Metallic purple (I really like the metallics, they don't discolor)

Metallic blue (blue is flattering, whitens the teeth)

I can't wait till October; I'm going to do black! :-#

Luna

[Guest guest]

For Halloween -- no orange, to go with the black?

While I was not so adventurous, unless you're in power chains you

can alternate black and orange O-rings, I think.

C.

> Colors of o-rings and chains I've had:

>

> Maroon (for Homecoming; maroon and silver are our school colors)

> Rose (pretty!)

> Light blue (looked nice at first, but discolored a lot)

> Metallic purple (I really like the metallics, they don't discolor)

> Metallic blue (blue is flattering, whitens the teeth)

>

> I can't wait till October; I'm going to do black! :-#

>

> Luna

[Guest guest]

If you have a wire tie that's bothering you particularly, they can

also put an 0-ring on top of it. That may smooth out some of those

rough ends for you. Or at least, they were able to do that for me in

some tough moments. They also can do wonders by bending the ends of

the wires back and under the archwires.

I had the wire ties almost all the way through my ortho -- but not

usually under the power chains. They didn't bother me much at all,

except once when the tech got them twisted in too tightly. Those

teeth throbbed for more than a week -- but the fault was my own. I

should have gone in and told them the teeth were too tightly tied

and that I was actually hurting. My ortho, sweet man that he is,

told me more than once, " Teeth actually move better when we're

kinder to them. "

Cammie

> Hi Diane, Just thought I'd let you know I have the opaque " O "

rings

> and they don't absorb the color of food. The clear ones do

> discolor. At least these were the hints my OD asst told me. And

> I've had no problems with the opaque ones discoloring. The wire

> ties can move around and poke the mouth. However, there are times

> when they need the wire ties. There was time they were having

> trouble with my heavy wire staying in one bracket, the o ring

> wouldn't hold it in. Right now I still have the wire ties on

top.

> For surgery they had taken all the power chains off and put wire

> ties on. They removed the bottom ones at the OD 3 1/2 weeks post

> op, but I still have the upper ones and hopefully will get them

off

> on next visit (Aug 15).

>

> It can change as you go along, too. I was like you I debated

about

> the color o rings (such red and green at Christmas - suggested by

> the OD asst), but decided I'd pass on the color ones. Each time

> they change the o rings they ask what color. One time they put

gold

> ones on (as I have gold brackets), but I didn't like them as they

> looked more like brown and were more noticable. They'll let you

> make the decision.

>

> Shirley

[Guest guest]

My OD was a Michigan grad and knew I went to Penn State. I had an

appointment with her the day before the big Penn State-Michigan

football game. She giggled the whole time she was working on me.

When I got home and looked in the mirror I discovered to my horror

that she put blue and yellow o-rings on me. I had to walk around for

an entire month with Michigan colors on my braces. I guess it worked

for her, Penn State lost and Michigan went to the Rose Bowl that

year.

I had pink o-rings when I was pregnant with my daughters.

> > Colors of o-rings and chains I've had:

> >

> > Maroon (for Homecoming; maroon and silver are our school colors)

> > Rose (pretty!)

> > Light blue (looked nice at first, but discolored a lot)

> > Metallic purple (I really like the metallics, they don't

discolor)

> > Metallic blue (blue is flattering, whitens the teeth)

> >

> > I can't wait till October; I'm going to do black! :-#

> >

> > Luna

[Guest guest]

,

Oh man, if they tried to put Bobcat blue and gold on me, I'd refuse to

leave the office until they changed it to Griz maroon and silver!

Luna