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Yesterday was the day when I had to say goodby to my bridges. But before the procedure I decided to make an experiment. Since a few days I felt that the pain caused by my braces has almost disappeared, so I decided to try to eat something that need to chew a bit more hardly. For my experiment I choosen a turkish restaurant close to my ortho's office, and ordered a gyros in pita. For my surprise I had almost no difficulty to eat! I was so happy! After my meal I went to the lavatory to brush my teeth. ...

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I was on a holiday last week. We started our trip three days after I got my upper braces. Well as almost everyone - at least I think so - my first few days in braces were very hard. I had that constant pain in my dents, the braces made my upper lip look so swollen, and the brackets rubbed my mouth at several points. Painkillers and dental wax became my constant companions. I still can't eat aníthing that is needed to chew. Until now I lost almost 2 kilograms, and I'm quite unhappy because of it ...

Now that my orthodontic journey has irrevocably started, I decided to put in written form here all those things that happens with me during my time in braces.

After spending a week in spacers I was ready to get my braces. I was extremly happy to get rid of those little blue "monsters" from between my upper molars, they were quite painful for me - according to my ortho it was probably because my upper teeth are too close to each other. After removing my tormentors she first ...