Things are Moving - I feel like Whining!!

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#1 Post by **Ravishing** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:44 pm

I have one crooked tooth. Its next to my top front tooth on the right. I have no idea what its doing but it hurts. I'm pretty sure its changed position because I keep smashing it on my bottom teeth when I close my mouth and thats never happened before. It also hurts to brush and eat.
I'm happy that this tooth is on its way to straightening out but this is just annoying! Outside of cheek irritation and some aching here and there the past month has been relatively pain-free. Now I'm worried about how I might feel after my first adjustment next month.

Thanks for letting me whine.

#2 Post by **bip** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:17 pm

Give me two weeks and i'll be whining with you!

I am in spacers right now, get bands next week and bracket and wires the next. Anyhow, i could swear that even with the spacers things feel different! Last night I cracked my one front tooth, which is slightly crooked anyway, on a wine glass and thought - hey - that tooth just jumped out there and hit that glass! LOL. (I swear it was my first drink too)

Anyhow, whine away - i'm with ya!

#3 Post by **cbushnaq** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:46 pm

This is the perfect place to complain since you will probably find someone who is having the same problems as you. I got braces 6 weeks ago and I now have a horrible open bite which I did not have before and I can only eat soft foods since I can no longer chew. Nor can I bite into anything. Oops, I guess I'm whining with you.
I hope it gets better and you don't get more problems after your first adjustment. So as Bip said whine away, I'm with you too!

Cindy

#4 Post by **Zondrae** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:49 pm

yep this is the perfect place to whine away

So you feel better, I have a canine that is as sore as heck & making me miserable today. So you are not alone.

#5 Post by **lionfish** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:21 pm

Whine away.

We all get sore teeth along the way and there's only so much whingeing one can direct at our loved ones, who mostly do not wear braces or understand what we're going through.

#6 Post by **Joanna20** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:40 pm

Ya'll much better than me, I was awakened by my grandmother shouting that I was crazy for extracting a tooth for ortodontia... she has no idea the next one is on Tuesday lol... My mum doesn't believe that the gap will close either... it's really getting me frustraded

Good luck with ur crooked tooth though,
Joanna

#7 Post by **lionfish** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:44 pm

The gaps will close, believe me. And you will have the last laugh.

#8 Post by **Lisa65** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:33 am

Joanna, you'll prove them wrong soon enough!

and Ravishing, whine away. Sometimes we need to. I've spent the last 5 days whining to hubby about these darn wires sticking in me

#9 Post by **Iceolated** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:16 pm

I think that everyone who has had braces (myself included) has experienced some form of pain or discomfort with braces.

Let's remember that the force our teeth use to crush, grind, chew and tear food means they have to be securely anchored in our jaws. That's great for eating a T-bone, but it makes it a long and sometimes painful process to move them to a new position.

I found my lower bracing less painful than my upper. Perhaps that's because I had an idea of how long the discomfort should last having had my uppers done 4 months previous.

This coming Tuesday I get my last tooth 'roped in' it's my upper second bicuspid on my right side (tooth #4). It has about 3/4 inches of travel before it lines up with the rest of my arch. I don't expect it will hurt much at all since that tooth has been 'floating' for about six months since the teeth crowding it were moved out the way. It is now so loose that I can wiggle it freely without any pain.

Yes, braces do sometimes cause a lot of discomfort and no I don't think people can understand it unless they've have their mouth wired like a bird cage.

I think braces a unique experience. They are a journey of self-improvement not just for aesthetic reasons but improved health as well. And like any self-improvement project there comes some discomfort be it physical or emotional.

Know this; the pain will subside and when you finally look in the mirror and see that your teeth are becoming closer and closer to a perfect arch you will realize that the journey is well worth it.

Some things money can't buy.
Thank God great looking teeth isn't one of them.

Cheers,

ICE.

#10 Post by **Ravishing** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:10 pm

Thanks everyone! I'm brushing and eating much more carefully today. I did manage to smash my sore tooth while pointing it out to my husband and some friends tonight. That wasn't so smart!!! They felt bad but couldn't help laughing at me. I'm a complete and utter spaz sometimes!!

Joanna, I had 3 teeth extracted. You're very much not alone in this. Our gaps will close and our smiles will be perfect!!