February 14, 2011
First Adjustment - replacement of upper archwire; replacement of ligatures only on lower arch.
As you can see, I went with silver ligatures this time. The lilac ligs were pretty - and they held up well to the staining foods - but they didn't go well with my OCD. That is, I felt compelled to match my teeth, like a big dork, so silver goes with anything, right? Right? Hello? ::: cough ::: Anyway.
You are told to stay away from curry. You are told coffee will stain ligatures. But no one told me about kale. So I'm telling you about kale. I made a soup with kale in it and it turned my once-clear bumper a bright shade of bile. Yeecch. So there it is, folks. Dark, leafy greens = bile yellow.
My teeth still hurt a little bit from the adjustment. The best part (and you must use your powers of sarcasm, here): Next time - April 11 - I get more spacers for a week and then the following week on April 20, I get banded on the rearmost molars on top and bottom. (Remember, I am missing tooth 19 and 30, meaning I don't have but one molar on the lower arch.)
I remember I hated that wire spacer in my mouth with the fire of 10,000 suns. Hopefully, since I have all this metal in there already, the spacers won't make a damn and it's only a week. I just don't know about having MORE bands in there. It seems like I'll be gagging from all the stuff in my mouth. Heh. (I do have an impressive gag reflex. Seriously.)
Anyway - the Tooth Roulette continues - each day it's a new tooth that decides it's going to be sore and tender to the touch. I finally got to where I could actually chew food and right now, it's a little tender, so I'm back to soup and smoothies. It's okay, though, because I've already been here before and I know it doesn't last forever.
I'll try to be better at updating but I'm caught in the 7th Circle of Hell for time right now - I'm attending online classes for certification, I work and I have a preschooler. This leaves exactly 36 seconds of free time per day and sometimes, I want to get away from the computer (anyone who knows me - Gadget Girl - just snorted at that statement). Oh well.
Hope you all are doing well and flossing. Flossing - I'm still having to take extra time for that but I'm getting better. I've actually thought about timing myself to see how much I've improved over the roughly 30-minute flossing sessions I had in the beginning.
Take care and I'll see you on the boards!