. I came out the womb sucking my thumb and didn't kick the habit until I was 14. My family tried to do everything to get me away from a habit that shriveled and whitened my thumb and pushed my upper jaw out of proper alignment at the same. Ah! The good ol days. 
When I turned 19 I learned the art of pushing my bottom jaw forward to give others the impression that I had fairly straight teeth inspite of my sharp canines and a minorly rogue lateral incisor on the right. It seemed to work out great until I looked at a picture of my self laughing. Whew! That was definitely a sight to see. I hope no one else noticed
I've been on an Orthodontic Crusade since May of this year and I have to say I was pretty lazy up until July when I went to my very first consultation. Then I got friggin excited even though I for sure would be getting two teeth pulled. My first consultation was a bust, I have to admit I really liked that Orthodontist, I found another that was more friendly to the insurance that I had. What was the first thing the new Ortho said to me? "Well, looks like you've got some BUCKED teeth." Thanks buddy! Tell me something I didn't know about my teeth
. The ortho appointment lasted every bit of 3 mins. Maybe even less. Insurance friendly indeed, the insured friendly...not so much. Nevertheless I set up an appointment after thinking about it 2 weeks later.The actual process took every bit of 40 minutes including my wait time. The worst part was when the wire and ligs went on. I felt immediate pressure and lucky me, the assistant made the first arch wire too short and had to rewire me. Also I wanted to swallow and with those darned separators it's impossible. I almost choked on my own saliva! I walked out last Wednesday with a set of Metals with teal ligatures on my upper row. I even ate that night. No pain, just rice from the soup I was eating getting caught under my wire. It felt quite strange to bite into a sandwich which I more than likely shouldn't have done, but I did most of the work with my unbraced lowers. I looked like a real dork eating. I chewed similar to how my Grandfathers dog does. Yeah...Not pretty at all. The next few days well, I wasn't in pain but my experience is like that of a 9 month old. I wish I had a teething ring, biter biscuits, or some orajel because I seriously felt like I was teething. Next up! Two extractions! (insert oohs and aahs here
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Yup, after the floss wasn't cutting it, I decided to take the pokey end of my floss threader and stick it right in my gumline between my upper 2nd bicuspid and 1st molar. 
Hello brisket city!!! A food I can eat with minimal cutting and embarrasment. 
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. Floss is the enemy! Maybe I should learn to be more careful 
.<<Getting all teary eyed and sentimental.
. Even 13 days in I'm already seeing improvement. I have space in between my teeth on my left side which seems like a magic trick to me because my teeth are packed tight in there!