Well here I am eating oatmeal and a smoothie for breakfast so I can avoid chewing. I had my second adjustment yesterday and I have never felt pain in my mouth like this before. Not even the first week in braces. I have a high pain tolerance and rarely take pain medication but I did this morning. He changed my wires from the round ones to the copper rectangular ones. Wish I would have paid attention when they talked about the size, but I never seem to think it's important until afterward. I read
Eight weeks just seemed so long to wait for my first adjustment, although I know it's common. I've been wanting so badly to find out how everything is looking and maybe move things along a little faster. And of course get this dang wire clipped! I'm so tired of constantly having to use wax back there.
He said the small wire on top is still working, but put ties around three of the teeth to hold the wire in tighter. He put in a slightly larger wire on the bottom. There's a funny wave
Last week I was complaining that my teeth hadn't moved at all after three weeks but this week there's been some progress. Yay!
My bottom lower teeth are quite crowded, crooked, and tartar-prone. One tooth overlapped the other to such an extent that I had tartar in between that would remain even after dental cleanings. This was my main motivation for getting braces. Well...this morning I noticed a yellow spot on the front of my tooth and realized it was that tartar spot. The tooth in front
I decided I'd get on the blog bandwagon, so here's my first post!
I am one day short of my three week mark and it has been the longest three weeks of my life! I think I've finally gotten to a point where I can forget that I have braces for a few minutes at a time. Those first few days I thought there was no way I could stand this for 18 months and wondered what in the world I was thinking. But I've gotten used to them. Not that I like them- I just deal with them!
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