Braces off today! (Permanent bottom retainer)
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:18 pm
Debraced as of about noon today and I'm so very excited 
My top retainer will be a hawley and arrives day after tomorrow, but a permanent retainer was attached to my lower teeth very quickly after the braces came off. Honestly it's only been on a couple of hours and I hardly notice the permanent retainer at all. Just a thin little wire smoothed over with acrylic-type cement. Ate lunch already and it didn't get food stuck in there or anything, so I'm happy as a clam about it! It's really weird - my teeth feel so freaky and slippery now that I'm used to chunky braces being on them. It was really neat, though - they gave me a little package with sparkling cider, blow pops, skittles, microwave popcorn pack and a rice crispy treat... all the stuff I couldn't eat while I had the braces on
Edit:
Internet company was bought out by another and they're switching around our page and whatnot so I had to take the pics down
But gosh thanks so much for the congrats, been weeks now and I'm still walking on cloud 9 =)
I'm not sure how long I have to wear the retainer full time for, but I plan to wear that puppy at night for the rest of my life!!!
My top retainer will be a hawley and arrives day after tomorrow, but a permanent retainer was attached to my lower teeth very quickly after the braces came off. Honestly it's only been on a couple of hours and I hardly notice the permanent retainer at all. Just a thin little wire smoothed over with acrylic-type cement. Ate lunch already and it didn't get food stuck in there or anything, so I'm happy as a clam about it! It's really weird - my teeth feel so freaky and slippery now that I'm used to chunky braces being on them. It was really neat, though - they gave me a little package with sparkling cider, blow pops, skittles, microwave popcorn pack and a rice crispy treat... all the stuff I couldn't eat while I had the braces on
Edit:
Internet company was bought out by another and they're switching around our page and whatnot so I had to take the pics down
But gosh thanks so much for the congrats, been weeks now and I'm still walking on cloud 9 =)I'm not sure how long I have to wear the retainer full time for, but I plan to wear that puppy at night for the rest of my life!!!
