Radioqueen is Braced
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:55 pm
Today was the day.
I started my day like every other day... walk the dog, drink a pot of coffee, hop in and out of the shower and then head out... not to work, but for an hour and a half drive, even though my ortho's local office is only three blocks from my house. I went to his other location because he was sheduled up through the second week in July here and I could get an earlier appointment there. It was a beautiful day for the drive and I arrived at the ortho's a half hour early, but that worked out good, since there was some paperwork to be completed and as soon as the paperwork was finished, I was taken right back.
I hopped up in the chair and the ortho's assistant laid me back and said she would be fitting my bands and the ortho would be placing the brackets.
So she started putting bands on and taking them off and putting different ones on. She was having a hard time finding bands to fit my teeth but eventually she had six bands in place, three on each side.
Then the ortho came over and they dried off my teeth, put the cotton roll under my lower lip (but they really didn't need to, I was scared spitless
) and put the etchant on my front teeth, the bonding agent came next, and then he fanned me with a file folder... that was funny. I told him I was glad to see he used such high tech equipment.
At this point, I have to say how great the whole gang at my ortho's office is. We were joking and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Ok, back to my narrative.
My ortho placed the five brackets and then the assistant told me she was taking the bands off so she could glue them in place. So, off came the bands, and while they were off, one of the other assistants ground the inside pokey parts off, I really thanked her for that.
Then came the worst part of the whole visit, that glue! UGH! Nasty, but the assistant worked speedily and as soon as she was done she let me go brush that icky taste out of my mouth.
All that was left to do was place the wire and ligs (I got hot pink). My ortho said he wanted to pick my color, actually colors, red, white and blue. I told him he could choose the next time.
I got to brush again after everything was in place and I took some Aleve at that time. They gave me a sackful of goodies, wax, floss, a dental mirror, and a whole lot more. All-in-all it took an hour to get braced. And it wasn't a bad experience. I just want the hole caused by the extraction of my lower left lateral incisor to hurry up and close.
I left there and went to work, where everyone wanted to see the bosses braces... no rude comments were made under threat of unemployment.
When I got in from work, I ate some pudding and now here it is, ten hours after getting braced and so far, so good. There is a rough patch on the inside of my cheek where something is rubbing, but that's all.
Hope this keeps up, and I don't hurt more tomorrow. But... I'm finally in braces.. and I have a ticker!!![BigTeethGrin :BigTeethGrin:](./images/smilies/BigToothyGrin.gif)
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I started my day like every other day... walk the dog, drink a pot of coffee, hop in and out of the shower and then head out... not to work, but for an hour and a half drive, even though my ortho's local office is only three blocks from my house. I went to his other location because he was sheduled up through the second week in July here and I could get an earlier appointment there. It was a beautiful day for the drive and I arrived at the ortho's a half hour early, but that worked out good, since there was some paperwork to be completed and as soon as the paperwork was finished, I was taken right back.
I hopped up in the chair and the ortho's assistant laid me back and said she would be fitting my bands and the ortho would be placing the brackets.
So she started putting bands on and taking them off and putting different ones on. She was having a hard time finding bands to fit my teeth but eventually she had six bands in place, three on each side.
Then the ortho came over and they dried off my teeth, put the cotton roll under my lower lip (but they really didn't need to, I was scared spitless
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
At this point, I have to say how great the whole gang at my ortho's office is. We were joking and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Ok, back to my narrative.
My ortho placed the five brackets and then the assistant told me she was taking the bands off so she could glue them in place. So, off came the bands, and while they were off, one of the other assistants ground the inside pokey parts off, I really thanked her for that.
Then came the worst part of the whole visit, that glue! UGH! Nasty, but the assistant worked speedily and as soon as she was done she let me go brush that icky taste out of my mouth.
All that was left to do was place the wire and ligs (I got hot pink). My ortho said he wanted to pick my color, actually colors, red, white and blue. I told him he could choose the next time.
I got to brush again after everything was in place and I took some Aleve at that time. They gave me a sackful of goodies, wax, floss, a dental mirror, and a whole lot more. All-in-all it took an hour to get braced. And it wasn't a bad experience. I just want the hole caused by the extraction of my lower left lateral incisor to hurry up and close.
I left there and went to work, where everyone wanted to see the bosses braces... no rude comments were made under threat of unemployment.
When I got in from work, I ate some pudding and now here it is, ten hours after getting braced and so far, so good. There is a rough patch on the inside of my cheek where something is rubbing, but that's all.
Hope this keeps up, and I don't hurt more tomorrow. But... I'm finally in braces.. and I have a ticker!!
![BigTeethGrin :BigTeethGrin:](./images/smilies/BigToothyGrin.gif)