Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:20 pm
Ok, just as a follow-up to my own topic, my speech has been getting better. It's been 9 days since I got my expander put it and I've noticed that my enunciation has improved and it's feeling a little more natural. My mouth has also toughened up to *most* of all the equipment on my teeth so it's not quite as painful to talk, especially later in the day. I still don't sound normal yet though, if that's possible...
Plus my teeth aren't nearly as tender as they were on the first 3 days, so I've learned to deal with all the food that gets stuck in my equipment. After I eat, I can feel some food still stuck in the expander so I'll suck really hard to get it out, and a few times it shot right out and into the back of my throat to give me a little surprise. I got stuck trying to bite into a strawberry yesterday, and it looked like my teeth were bleeding afterwards because of all the bits stuck in my braces, so I think I'll just cut everything up for now.
Plus my teeth aren't nearly as tender as they were on the first 3 days, so I've learned to deal with all the food that gets stuck in my equipment. After I eat, I can feel some food still stuck in the expander so I'll suck really hard to get it out, and a few times it shot right out and into the back of my throat to give me a little surprise. I got stuck trying to bite into a strawberry yesterday, and it looked like my teeth were bleeding afterwards because of all the bits stuck in my braces, so I think I'll just cut everything up for now.