Clinching teeth and first adjustment
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:10 am
So just an update on whats going on with my braces. Its been two months since I gotten my braces. Im already seeing changes and movements throughout my mouth. My bottom teeth have straightened out alot but theres more movement that needs to be done. One thing that I have noticed since I have gotten my braces is Im clinching my teeth alot now, I didnt do this before I got braces. I understand that my bite are changing because of the movement of the teeth but I am worried it will cost more problems. My ortho said that everytime I clinch my teeth together it prolongs the whole treatment. Does anyone else have this problem?? If so, what did you end up doing to stop clinching your teeth.
I went for my first adjustment monday. My ortho ended up repositioning one of the bottom brackets to twist inward to straightened. They added a powerchain in the first premolar to make some room and to straightened that tooth out. They also took out the spring between central incisors and canine and added a longer piece of spring to make more room for the lateral incisors. Also, they put a "button" (a metal bracket) on my lateral incisors to connect to the spring so the tooth will be pulled to the front while the spring make room for that tooth. My mouth did not feel to bad after my appointment; it was just a little sore but the next day was totally different story. The whole right side of my mouth was killing me. Touching those teeth with my tongue was aweful. I even tried to chew sugar free gum to get rid of the soreness a little bit but as soon as the gym touched my teeth on the right side, almost brought me into tears. I wasnt expecting for it to hurt that much. I have to stick with soup for right now until the soreness die down a bit. I just tell myself the pain will be worth it in the end. =)
I went for my first adjustment monday. My ortho ended up repositioning one of the bottom brackets to twist inward to straightened. They added a powerchain in the first premolar to make some room and to straightened that tooth out. They also took out the spring between central incisors and canine and added a longer piece of spring to make more room for the lateral incisors. Also, they put a "button" (a metal bracket) on my lateral incisors to connect to the spring so the tooth will be pulled to the front while the spring make room for that tooth. My mouth did not feel to bad after my appointment; it was just a little sore but the next day was totally different story. The whole right side of my mouth was killing me. Touching those teeth with my tongue was aweful. I even tried to chew sugar free gum to get rid of the soreness a little bit but as soon as the gym touched my teeth on the right side, almost brought me into tears. I wasnt expecting for it to hurt that much. I have to stick with soup for right now until the soreness die down a bit. I just tell myself the pain will be worth it in the end. =)
So glad I'm not the only one dealing with this!