Braces Humor

So...

Back in December I posted about having a small gap between my teeth on the left hand side. I saw my ortho on Wednesday and mentioned the gap to his assistant while she was setting up my files and things.

He came in, she mentioned the gap and he looked "I don't see a gap," he says.

"What!?" I ask and tongue the spot to make sure it hasn't closed on the ride over.

"Can you point it out to me?" he asked ...

I've been living off soggy Cinnamon Toast Crunch since Wednesday. This has led to a horrible new hobby: removing cinnamon specks from ceramic braces with clear ligaments.

I can lightly bite with the back teeth without issue now. The front teeth are still rather sore. I'm being a wuss but since I'm a wuss who cooks for herself Anny's Pasta Diet of aught9 continues!

I'm taking a swim class and the pool tonight was FREEZING! I got in the water and did my customary "tooth chatter" dance while warming up. Turns out teeth chattering while in new braces is a bad idea! The scraping pain was worse than just bearing the cold with a clenched jaw LOL

Luckily warming up happens quickly

I'm still not chewing like a "normal" person. I've been defaulting to soft bread, pasta and soggy Cinnamon Toast Crunch (I'm the paradigm ...