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Hello Everyone!

45 years old and my braces went on today. I had them as a teenager, and boy have things changed! This time around I got to warn them I gag on impressions. The spacers drove me bonkers from pain and a desire to floss felt with religous furvor. (And I had to keep them in for 2 full weeks because a change in the date for my monthly presentation to the CEO meant a change in my appointment.)

But the braces themselves... gone were the "full metal jackets" that I had on all of my teeth as a kid. Just little stick-on clear pieces. So far this ain't too bad. We'll see how I feel in the morning when I wake up!

-Margo

Congrats on your new braces.

Sounds like these are very different from your first experience. I'm curious when you had full metal bands did you have to have spacers on all of the teeth that were banded? (OUCH)

I'm sure this new journey will be a walk in the park. enjoy the ride and keep us posted.

Thanks for the welcome! I can't actualy say that I remember if I had spacers on all my teeth, but I think I did. I remember that it hurt - a lot!

Day 2 is much more uncomfortable than Day 1. Not so much from achey teeth, but from the brackets on the tongue side of the 4 full metal bands that I have on the caps on my back teeth. After 5 meetings today, the sides of my tongue are raw from rubbing against them when I talk. Wax, here I come!

The good news is that almost no one in the meetings noticed my braces. Hmmm.. maybe they weren't paying any attention when I was talking! I actually had a bout of pretty severe self-consciousness this morning when I was getting ready for work. I guess some part of my brain was getting ready for all the taunts and jeers of my youth. My sweetie husband said, "What are you worried that someone will say?" I said, "You know - metalmouth, braceface, that kind of thing." He said, "If they do tell them 'Scr*w off!" Made me laugh so hard I almost spit.

I may knock off work earlier than my usual 10 hours today. The good thing is that as an adult I can look forward to an "adult beverage" tonight to numb the pain a bit.

-Margo

You'll be used to them in no time. You won't remember what it was like not to have them.