Braced on 06-Aug

[cdngrl71]

Hi! I haven't seen any stories quite like mine here on the forum.

My journey started with a trip to my dentist and them saying "Do you get a lot of migraines?" I sure do! I actually felt pretty terrible all the time. If I didn't have a migraine I just felt crappy all the time. Apparently my jaw is all messed up. My top teeth completely cover my bottom teeth and my jaw cracks and pops. So I started this journey in an attempt to fix my migraines with the bonus of having straight teeth.

In March, I got a dental splint cemented to my lower jaw to stabilized my bite and it has worked wonders. Seriously, no more migraines! It's been wonderful, well except for looking like a reverse vampire. Ha. Most people were pretty nice about it. So that was phase 1.

I started phase 2 on 06-Aug, I got full metal braces! I am also using Acceledent. The pain isn't too bad, just a little achy. I am having terrible issues with eating though. I still have the back molar of the dental splint on. So my teeth don't touch at all. I can't even chew anything. I guess I will be having lots of smoothies and ice cream!

I am so happy that I found this forum! Reading through all your stories has really helped me feel so much better about getting braces at 43!

[30yearoldbraceface]

your story sounds very interesting! I've never heard of anyone getting braces to fix migrains! I'd love to see pics of your splint and hope you will be posting progress pictures

[cdngrl71]

I'd love to show you pictures of the splint but I didn't take any pics. It wasn't terribly attractive! Ha.