Happy early birthday to me!

For an early birthday present (slash a good use for my tax return), I decided to finally give in and and get a bonded lower retainer. I've had retainers since I got my braces off in 9th grade (almost exactly 10 years ago!) but my bottom teeth kept shifting over the day, and the retainers would hurt to put in if I accidentally (or purposefully) skipped a night wearing them.

So, I got a bonded lower retainer! It's glued into the back of my bottom teeth. The orthondontist, Dr. Taylor, also shaved my bottom two teeth (you can kind of tell in the picture below) and a couple upper teeth just to even them out (I'm sure nobody else notices, even though I can tell a slight difference).

YAY!