'I remember reading articles about modern orthodontics which said something different (correct me if I'm wrong, Dr.Rick is an expert here :)) With braces, teeth are under CONSTANT pressure. It's not only a few days after the adjustment. That's the basic difference between removable appliances and our braces.

The fact that teeth stop hurting a few days after the adjustment doesn't mean they stopped moving.... The rapid movement, I think, is a reaction to new condition in your mouth, but after that "initial adjustment" teeth still move. Otherwise we'd be seeing our orthos every other day :)

Hey, Pickleweezle, I think your teeth do move, but you don't notice that as much as you did in the first days! That's easy: you were used to your crooked teeth because they looked the same way over YEARS. So, even a slight change made you see the difference. Believe me, your teeth do move, even if you don't see your incisors or canines move! Your bite changes, so does the position of your molars or bicuspids... Wait some more days/weeks and you'll see :)'

'Even when they appear not to be moving, important things are still going on: the bone is being absorbed on one side and rebuilding on the other side. Sometimes the movement is too small to notice as it happens. Not to worry: it is a long process in teeny steps.'

'Pickleweezle,
I don't really have much to add that the others haven't already explained, but you often seem so upbeat and reassuring in your posts and especially your responses to others' posts that I feel I need to weigh in, too, to tell you not to get down about this seeming lack of movement. The others are right: Something is almost always going on in the mouth, whether visible or not, whether rapid or not. My three times in fixed braces totaled about four years, and I recall only occasional times when I looked in the mirror and thought: "Wow, that changed fast!" Yet when all was said and done, the teeth had come a long way from where they began. Good luck and keep smiling. :)'

Again: thanks you guys ;)