week 8

So here I am in week 8.  It is quite hard for me to take pictures of my own teeth, but I do try.

After having my wire changed last week, my teeth were a bit sore.  I didn't have any issues with eating and continued to eat as I did before the adjustment.  I was hoping I would have more pain because more pain means my teeth are moving.  My week has been virtually pain free as a matter of fact.

I do notice a few changes.  Although you cannot see it in the picture, I have a very large gap at my gum line on my left front tooth and eye tooth.  It has been pulled forward quite a bit and is almost in line with the eye tooth.  You can see it better in the top pictures than in the front view pictures.  My Right front tooth has been pulled back a bit and is beginning to straighten out.  My boyfriend told me that when I was sleeping, it would stick out of my mouth a little bit and he wanted to poke it.  But now it doesn't stick out anymore.  Before braces, if I moved my jaw a little, my top and bottom teeth could touch.  Now they cannot touch at all.

I still am doubtful that my teeth are going to be straight one day.  Even though I see minor changes, I have a very hard time seeing the whole outcome.  I only have 10 more months left.  I just am a skeptic I guess.  Until next time my friends.

Week 7

Today I had my 2nd ortho appointment.  I was excited to go and see what would happen next.  Would I get colours?  A power chain?  My 2 girls came with me because they wanted to watch and see what the dentist was going to do, but he asked them to stay in the waiting room.  Too bad.

So he slenderized my bottom teeth today.  This was slightly uncomfortable.  Slenderizing means he takes a fine grade of sandpaper and shifts it back and forth in between your teeth.  Although I don't have braces on my lower teeth, he is doing this to see if they will shift naturally and to help with flossing.  My lower teeth were extremely tight and hard to floss.  I didn't realize this as I have been flossing forever and just thought it was normal.

He then took off the metal ties around my brackets and removed my wire.  It was only a gentle wire to shift my teeth slowly because of the crowding.  My teeth felt slimy and gross with the wire off.  This time he added a new, stronger wire and said I will have more progress.  I haven't seen much progress up to this point, but I do have a lot of gaps at the gum line in between my teeth.  He used metal ties again to attach the wire to the bracket.  He said these ties help move the teeth easier and gentler.  I like them because I don't have a bunch of crazy colours in my mouth.

My mouth, gums and teeth do not hurt right now, but as of tomorrow, I know I will be in pain.  I kinda look forward to the pain because I know something is working inside my mouth.  I made an appointment for 7 weeks from now.  It seems like forever between adjustments, but I just have to be patient.

I know I haven't written in here for a few weeks, but I didn't experience much change over the last few weeks.  I enjoyed my vacation and had no problem with food or drinks.  I really didn't have to be too careful.  The worst thing that happened was my daughter accidentally elbowed me in the mouth.  My brackets hit my lip and cut it open.

So until next week (week 8 with photo's), good bye.