Back to My Orthodontist

Well, needless to say that my ortho was really surprised to see me so soon!! It's only been a week since I was upper braced. Thankfully, after I showed my orthodontist how I had bit off my bracket he understood. At first, he was going to try to put a band on the tooth that lost the bracket. However, he couldn't get it on. I'm glad. So...I walked out without a bracket on one tooth....a spring in its place....and some new colored ligs. All in all...not a bad deal. Hopefully I won't have to go back until December 5!

Weird!

So, I haven't been in pain at all today. I just got done with my night regimen which involves the following:

1. Rinse food particles from my mouth with waterpik

2. Brush with orthodontic tooth brush

3. Rinse again using the waterpik with the attachment that gets at the gumline

4. Floss

Now, I am in pain. I think it was the flossing that did it. It's just weird!!! For the past hour the pain has been jumping from one tooth to the next. It's not horrible pain...just strange. It's so odd how all this works!

Day 4 With Braces

Well, I called my ortho this morning to get my bracket fixed. I'll be going on Friday to get that done. I will be glad to know that everything is in order. So far, things continue to go well. I'm getting used to the funny things on my teeth. I've been pretty blessed because I really haven't had any mouth sores to speak of and I haven't had to use hardly any wax. To get my mouth used to the new appliances I were wax for a bit, then take it out. At first, I wore the wax all the time but I have weaning myself away from it. Today was my first day of doing a lot of talking. I thought I would be really sore, but I am not. Eating is becoming easier already and I am grateful!!!

All in all this has been a very positive experience so far.

Day 2

Here are some pics from Day 2. I can't believe my teeth are moving already! It's amazing but already I can floss between teeth that I used to have trouble with!!!

Broken Bracket Already!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! I am soooo not amused! I broke a bracket already!!! I have a lower tooth that sticks out a lot as you can see from the pictures. When I left my orthos office I noticed that that tooth kept hitting the upper bracket so I think I may have bit the thing off.

:-( Now I have to go back and start the whole process again. They are going to have to put on all new ligs which is going to add to the pain again. :-( So not happy.

My B-Day!!!

Hi!!! I am finally braced on top!!! WHOOOO HOOO!!! Boy am I glad to have those God awful spacers out!!! :-)

So here's the jist:

I showed up 1/2 hour early to my banding appointment. The got me in right away! Boy was I excited. The assistant asked me if I still had all my spacers, which I did. She went to take them out and said they were awful tight still. :-( That had me worried, but thankfully she was able to get all 4 molar bands on. Then she had to take them off to put the glue on. After that she put this thing in my mouth to hold it open. She then proceeded to clean my teeth with something. Finally my ortho came in to put on the brackets. The assistant put on the arch wire and asked me what colors I wanted. I went with pink and purple. Things went well and it was perfectly painless. I can't believe how much better I feel having the spacers out!!! :-) My first adjustment is in 6 weeks.

After my appointment my friend and I went out to lunch. I ate soup and managed to eat some bread too. The brackets really aren't bad. However, I have little atennaes on my upper molar bands. The are in the inside and are driving my tongue nuts!!! Then I have little atennaes on two of my front teeth...those too are driving me nuts. I have wax on them now, but am having trouble keeping it there. So....I'm hoping to find some advice on how to deal with that. I sure don't want my mouth to be all cut up.

Anyway, I am VERY, VERY happy to be braced! How exciting!

Braces Tomorrow!!! :-)

WHOOO HOOO!!!! I get braced tomorrow! :-) I've been playing with my spacers all day...can't believe I have managed to keep them all in!! :-)

I'm soooo excited about tomorrow! I'll post pics tomorrow evening!