The brackets came off so easy, he just popped them all and took the whole thing off in one, I didnt even know they were off and had to ask. All I felt was a weird sensation of my teeth being free
The next part was not very nice I got to admit, he used this electric sander or grinder thing to get the cement off my teeth, it was quite harsh on my teeth and made my head judder, after that he polished them all up and prepared the back of my two front teeth for a bonded retainer. I guess he doesnt want my two front teeth to move at all as before the brace I had a large gap there. That process wasnt too bad although I had to keep my mouth open a lot or I got the horrible glue stuff on my tongue and its not nice!
The worst part for me was the last, the dreaded impression for my retainer. Oh my word I gotta say it was the worst impression ever and I really panicked, the poor nurse saw this and was holding my hands going 'Breathe through your nose'...oh dear, when I think back now I feel so embarrased about it but it was truely awful.
Tomorrow I've got to pop in and pick up my retainer and thats it...the rest is up to me to wear it and remember that I didnt put myself though 17 months of this for nothing!
Just thought I'd share the experience with you, I've read so many from others on here and they have helped me a lot.
I will post pics shortly..
