First, they took out my expander. It felt SO good and I love having my palette back. They polished my teeth, and then the fun began.
They put on the lip stretcher, and stuffed my mouth with cotton. Then they put some horrible tasting stuff on every tooth, and then put some stuff on that tasted like Elmer's Glue, or at least what I thought Elmer's Glue would taste like.
(Sorry for saying stuff so much, I don't know the technical terms!) After lots of prep, they began placing brackets. I didn't feel anything, except some pressure here and there when they really pushed the brackets on. Finally, they took off the lip stretcher. I rinsed out (and looked horrible with just brackets). When I went back, my ortho put on bite turbos. One of them fell off, but she didn't want to replace it. I really don't like it.... it gives me a slight lisp and I can't bite down completely. Oh well, it's better than the expander.
Now comes the painful part. She put on the wire. I have a couple teeth that are very crooked and turned, so engaging them in the wire REALLY HURT. Last but not least, she put on the little rubber things. I chose blue, but I wish they had a darker blue.
I'm not really hurting yet. The brackets just started cutting into my cheeks. I guess one good thing about the bite turbo is that I can't put my molars together so I can't really cause more pain.
Phew, it feels good to be done, but I'm still nervous about going back to school and about the pain.
When do most people start to hurt? And also, how long does it last?
Thanks everyone for all of their support yesterday when I was so nervous!
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