My BraceAdventure!

jensceana73 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:38 pm

Hi,

Just want to drop in and say a big old CONGRATS :-)o

on getting your braces. It should get better for you. Every one's different. My front teeth are still a little tender, not bad..just tender and I still can't touch my back teeth. Super glad I did it though and so will you. :pinkbraces:

cosmo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:07 am

thanks guys, you make this a lot easier. Today is a scoot better. My teeth are sore but its funny even though my teeth are still crooked I do feel slightly vonfident because I know I am making a change and its going to look sweet after.

So let me just say I tried playing the boyfriends magical instrument yesterday and well..... It was difficult I was afraid i was going to cut him so I had to treat it like a tootsie roll pop licking down to the center of the lollipop lol... OMG TMI But hey people always wonder lol. needless to say it was still great

I was afraid our umm....You know.. uh!! Love life, yeah that's better than what i really want to say is still great.

I get my bottom braces in two weeks

so i guess I won't be eating correctly till a month from now

determined419 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:22 am

cosmo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:27 am

so, I took pics yesterday and decided against posting them because honestly it's only been 5 day and I don't see a difference at all. I feel the change in my teeth but i cant see it. I compared before and after and nothing

hopefully next week.

oh and last night i woke up to dreaming about three brackets opening and the wire popped out and I had to put back and that the brackets were loosing. Talk about self consciously thinking about my teeth far too much lol.

determined419 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:12 am

You'll feel it before you see any change. I've already had change, according to the ortho. I can also feel it when I floss as teeth that had gaps are tighter. Its a gradual process

cosmo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:56 am

I know but i am just eager to get my snaggle tooth down. I guess I'll just have to be patient.

cosmo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:39 am

A WEEK INTO BRACES AND STILL NOTHING. I hope something is going on there, I can sure feel it.

cosmo · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 8:48 am

well i still haven't noticed anything hence why I haven't posted pictures. I know some areas are easier to floss so somehting is happening but when i compare photos I don't see it. I will post photos tomorrow and maybe you guys can something I can't.

mikesmile · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 4:31 pm

Hi cosmo

A belated congrats on taking the plunge!

I'm 3-1/2 months into my treatment - only braced on top so far - same as you. This is my second time, really, and having a great time with it!

One bit of advice I can offer (& I'm sure you've probably heard this already): I know it's hard to resist, but don't look for instant changes. They won't show up on a day-to-day basis. You'll definitely feel them, but they tend to be more noticeable in photos - over time.

Good luck with your treatment. Keep up the good atittude & keep posting. There's lot's of us here who can relate... :wink:

Second Time in Braces: Estimate 12-14 Months

cosmo · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2010 6:39 am

awesome, thanks! I know you're right and I need stop looking at them constatnly. I do wait for instant movement lol I wake up thinking maybe over night my snaggle tooth will be where it belongs lol. People at work have noticed a difference just not me. It is too soon to tell. I can't wait till they are straight.

I get my bottoms tomorrow so my ortho should tell me what's going on if anything.

cosmo · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 2:32 pm

hookay update time**

I just got my bottom braces on Saturday. I can not explain how much more pain I am suffering from the braces then the uppers. I do not remember the uppers hurting this bad. Maybe it's because my lowers are worse, but wow I wish someone would have warned me.

I had a terrible experiece getting my bottoms on the girl who did spoke more spanish than english and I had to taste that nasty stuff they use before the bracket three times because she couldn't do it right. My saliva was piling up because i didnt want to swallow that gross stuff and she wouldn't use the suction thing i swollwed it twice until i had to tell my mom to tell her. At one point I had three of the tech girls look at my mouth why they spoke in spanish I could understand them saying something about waiting fo rthe doc and how she wasn't sure if she could do it.

I am getting my braces out of town where my family lives so I did not want to risk something bad happening because I can only come on saturdays and they are only open the second saturday of the month.
They put the brackets and I noticed they were clear. I wanted clear but couldnt aford the extra $300 for the bottom but I saw them putting clear and then I saw metal. when the girl was done she was like okay now go upfront and schedule another appointment. Htank God I had my mom with me because she told her I want the doctor to see her before we go since I am out of town. the doc came and he put some cusion on my second to the last teeth because my back back teeth wouldn't touch because my front top teeth would hit my bottom brackets. Any who, the so called cusion feels like gross plastic stuff on my teeth. The doctor is trying to make it easy for me so he didn't put spacers or bands on the loweres instead he just bonded the brackets. I have to be really careful with eating for the first month. Nothing too crunchy he wants to make sure they stay otherwise we are going to have to go the spacer/band route.

oh! so the clear bottoms, I didn't mention anything about getting CLEAR bottom braces. I already signed the contract so if they say anything I am just going to say I don't know you put these on doctor. I am so glad I have the clear though I have clear on the first 6 and metal on the rest and the metals are a tad more painful.

The one that really hurts is that extra tooth at the bottom i think it's the canine but it keeps scrapping against my gum I am using wax now but my gum already took a beating. Flossing and brushing hurts so much on the lowers that I actually form tears. I stared at the mirro for thirty minutes and cried because of the pain and because of how yucky i feel my extra bottom tooth has so much wax the my bottom right side of my lip looks swollen it doesn't have a wire just a bracket so it's not going to go anywhere it's just going to keep on beating up my gum

all i eat are soups and soups and I am hungry for actual food. Tonight I am making Mash potatoes. I feel so unattractive because of the pain and it's that time of the month so I have three zits on my face that I am not charging for rent, lol

I want the pain to subside. I am so scared and feel a little regret now.

determined419 · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2010 8:26 am

It'll get better! I know my front teeth up top hurt anytime they touched for about a month. Now, they don't hurt that much and I have noticed a decent change so far on the teeth that hurt the most. If you are hurting, things are happening.

cosmo · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2010 11:21 am

determined419 wrote:

It'll get better! I know my front teeth up top hurt anytime they touched for about a month. Now, they don't hurt that much and I have noticed a decent change so far on the teeth that hurt the most. If you are hurting, things are happening.

this is true, but sometimes it hurts so much and in the mornings my gums are stuck to the brackets i have to lick my gums its so annoying.

cosmo · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 7:15 am

well it's a good thing these braces aren't going to effect my love life like I thought they would

I am sure my boyfriend will enjoy it too. I tried them out for the first time with both uppers and lowers. I did have to concentrate but then it became pretty easy. I have to make sure my lips stay over the brackets and act lie a vacum lol ha ha ha! you get the idea lol!!! I didn't let him crodd the finish line because I wasn't sure if umm..it was going to get stuck in a bracket and just hang there OMG imagine??? bah ha ha! that would be horrible.

Well, in case you were wondering... wonder no longer I am living prrof that you could still play your b/f or husbands magica instrument

I am so happy! lol!

cosmo · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 7:16 am

sorry for the typos, i am work and everytime some walks by i have to minamize and then i forget to proof read lol.

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