Countdowns

I had an appointment Oct. 19th and the ortho said that he wants to talk about retainer options at my next appointment because the braces will come off soon! Then he asked me about a small gap that had opened up between my two front teeth. When I first had braces those two front teeth overlapped slightly, but after my teeth became straight the gap popped up. My ortho asked me if I wanted to close the gap and said no at first, but it was only because I was scared that it would prolong my treatment. ...

This month has been crazy. It seems like when I can finally chew, I have to have work done and then it is back to the beginning. Too bad dental pain doesn't work like a video game where you can just go back to the checkpoint if you fail but oh well. Now I have a new fear. I scheduled all of my dental work in Feb, so I've been on more drugs than I can count. Three Prescriptions, Percocet, Penicilin, Motrin, Tylenol 3 (huge fan of Tylenol 3's work), Novocaine, Lidocaine and Sugar Cane and now I'm ...