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Hello everybody!
I finally have my Damon 3's! I hated the whole process..
I thought that the idea of having the brackets on a kind of plastic tray made from my prints in order to tranfer them all at the same time on my teeth instead of having the brackets put in one by one was a good idea...ohhhh was I wrong!!! It felt like my teeth were melting when the ortho used the "blue light" to transfer the brackets on my teeth!
When I went to rinse my mouth for the first time after having the bottom and top on, I have to admit that I thought "arhhh what have I done??"
So far I have trouble speaking and of course eating!! I am still not quite sure I did the right thing..but now that I have them on...no turning back uh! I am still wondering what I'll be eating for the next couple of days!
I going to bed now..hoping that it won't hurt tooo much tomorrow...
I hope the pic. works..I'm not very familiar with with this way of posting pictures!!
melli wrote:Hello everybody!
I finally have my Damon 3's! I hated the whole process..
I thought that the idea of having the brackets on a kind of plastic tray made from my prints in order to tranfer them all at the same time on my teeth instead of having the brackets put in one by one was a good idea...ohhhh was I wrong!!! It felt like my teeth were melting when the ortho used the "blue light" to transfer the brackets on my teeth!
When I went to rinse my mouth for the first time after having the bottom and top on, I have to admit that I thought "arhhh what have I done??"
So far I have trouble speaking and of course eating!! I am still not quite sure I did the right thing..but now that I have them on...no turning back uh! I am still wondering what I'll be eating for the next couple of days!
I going to bed now..hoping that it won't hurt tooo much tomorrow...
All of that is exactly the same as the rest of us went through. You'll get used to it. Just give it time. Just wait until you go back for an adjustment and they add more things to your mouth!
Thank you soo much!
I am in even more pain today..so I take pills every 4 hours...I was wondering how things are going with the new system on your bottom arch? I read in the forum that you have been having trouble with tatar..what a pain!
I was also wondering if you noticed a change in your bone structure due to the widening of the arch...
Thanks
I know, that blue light made it feel like my tooth was burning!
Some adjustments make you want to curl up in your room for a few days, especially the first and when they "add more things", but others won't hurt much at all.
For me getting adjustments is becoming the most painful part of the process. My teeth are so sensitive from being braced so that metal thing they use to open and close brackets hurts alot.
Everyone's experience is different. I have damon 3's and have had 3 adjustments so far and hardly any pain. Yes, it hurts but it is not so bad that I have to swallow aspirin every four hours. Each time I have had an adjustment, I have taken 2 aspirin, one or twice. That is 4 aspirin after each adjustment. What little pain in there goes away after the second day. Everyone's experience is different so "your mileage may vary".
I have also not had any trouble with them opening my brackets. In fact I didn't even know they were doing it last time. I knew she was doing something -- it felt more like she was cutting the wires, which I thought was weird. Then I realized she was opening the brackets.
I am looking forward to my next adjustment which is December 7th.
It felt like my teeth were melting when the ortho used the "blue light" to transfer the brackets on my teeth! 
