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The day has finally arrived :-)

So my extraction sites are healing fine, all four of them, and tomorrow I get top and bottom braces on. The ortho deals with Clarity or Radiance, and is recommending Radiance - which are clear ceramics. Am very nervous but so ready for this. Can't wait and terried all at the same time....

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I never smile, and you can see why lol. I can't wait to be smiling with my brace on! :-)

Had my other two teeth out this morning. A premolar on top and a second premolar on the bottom. Was a bit painful this time round, especially the needles, but am recovering! Have eaten some baked beans and a yoghurt (not together lol) and feel a bit better. several cups of lukewarm tea as well!

I've also been worrying myself by googling and reading stories of people whose faces have "caved in" because of having too many teeth removed. I am sure my ortho knows what he is ...

So it's been five days since I had my first two teeth taken out. I'm almost eating normally again now, the holes are healing ok but still have some aching from that side of my mouth. A few painkillers are sorting that out though. I am going back Monday morning for the two on my right side removing, so I'll be in a worse state then as at least this this time around I had one "normal" side to eat on. The gaps are really hard to get used to. I've been talking funny all week at work and my ...

I feel very wierd and "gappy" today. My tongue is poking around into the vacant nooks and crannies where my teeth used to be and I have to concentrate very hard not to! My head aches and my jaw aches, but nothing major. I had a sleep in and now going to get on with some work, so not too bad. Still not eaten or drunk anything though, except a few sips of water last night and a few tiny drops of yoghurt. Must try something today though...am starving!

So, I had my teeth out a few hours ago. Two teeth, one from top, one from bottom. My face is still pretty numb and I'm dribbling like mad lol. I have a tissue hanging out the side of my mouth as I type lol. Nice!

Well, it wasn't as bad as I had thought. I was really really nervous, but tried my hardest to calm down beforehand, breathing deeply etc. The waiting was actually the worse bit! Once I got in the chair, the dentist warned me the injections would be the worst part and said ...

Today my diet is consisting mainly of nuts, crusty bread, chocolate toffees, coffee, coke and milkshakes through a straw lol! Yes, all the things that I will be cutting out after tomorrow, for a while at least. I am fully expecting that for the first month after extractions/braces I will lose a little weight, so totally making up for it today :-)

48 hours till first two extractions! Scared if I am honest, but in a way that is irrational and so I am trying to control it and ignore it. Never had a needle in my mouth, or a tooth removed - my dental history is one filling and a scrape/polish (never needed anything else luckily, except the braces). I always remind myself how lucky I am to be going through this, what is ultimately a cosmetic procedure for me as my bite is fine. So it's a choice and it's nothing compared to childbirth or stomach ...

Am having a "wobble" around getting the braces on...have spent a few days away on work at meetings and conferences etc and
realised how self-conscious I am going to be with a mouth full of brace. Speaking in board meetings etc is going to be so hard to overcome. I just keep telling myself that no one will think much of it - it will just be an initial reaction and then business as usual. It WILL
be worth it in the end. WILL WILL WILL lol. So hard being older though, we ...

I just turned 30, and having had "wonky" teeth for twenty years I finally decided to take the plunge and get braces. They are expensive and I have to have four teeth removed first, but I am really confident it will be all worth it. I've never felt good about smiling, meeting new people or having photographs taken - all because of my teeth. All that will change and I am so excited about it.

It doesn't help me that I have a new job where I have to meet new people all the ...