So!! It's been ages since I have written about my first days in braces! I haven't updated in like forever cuz i've been very busy, but lots of things have happened so it's time to write a bit more.
My ortho had told me he wanted to wait at least 4-5 weeks before putting the lower on, in order to see how things were moving on the upper stage.
So, exactly one month later i went in for my first adjustment....yikes it hurt!! it was nearly like getting them on in the first place, but he said he was very pleased how things were going (even myself i could tell uppers have started moving) and so the following week I could come to get the lower ones put on.
The week went by quickly and sure enough, by the time i had just started eating again, the lowers came.
Here how they looked right after being fitted:
it didn't hurt a lot while he was putting them on, the only major issue (beside many bands) was putting the wire across the brackets. Ortho said he didn't yet want to bracket the only naked tooth you see in the picture so he had to make the wire pass on it without putting a bracket. You know how tight the wire is so go figure out the pressure my poor tooth was receiving.
So there i was!! Full monty...i was appalled when i went home. They felt so much bulky all of a sudden and i totally hated the way they looked.
My lower teeth with wire only looked even worse than if it had its own bracket cuz being unbracketed made it even more noticeable. The upper ones seemed to me more crooked than before braces, but as i read here it seems like many others went thru this so I decided not to worry much about it.
And the internal side of my mouth was getting cut by the wire and the small hooks in my brackets (they're for elastics, but i'm not looking forward to getting them whenever they will come...).
So wax became my most faithful companion. I didn't have any speech issue, apart for a very slight lisp which thank god disappeared after 2-3 days and that even nowadays i cannot explain LOL. But glad it's gone.
So here how things look now (well, couple of weeks ago)...
Maybe it's just me, but it looks like the upper ones are better and everything is just widening up. Things on the bottom haven't changed significantly, here's a side view for good measure.
I didn't really get any particular comments since the lowers went on, because everybody had already seen the uppers and so not many spotted the (relevant and painful) addictions LOL. But EVERYBODY just keeps asking if i ever lost a bracket on the lowers lol....I never thought i'd say this but i really hope the poor tooth gets its bracket ASAP.
What else?? can't think of anything else, i'll let you know if anything new happens.
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