Ok, so I'm officially braced , yey!!
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, even if it's just the top arch for now. I've been waiting sooooo long for this, it still hasn;t quite sunk in yet!! I went home for Christmas and New Year, and started the countdown of the last couple of weeks before b-day in earnest. This morning I was really nervous before going in. Last minute thoughts like, 'what am I doing?!', 'I don't really have to go through with it!', were racing through my mind. Silly really given I had 2 premolars extracted from the top arch about 5 weeks ago. Like I was going to stay with 2 gaping holes in my mouth!!
Once i was in the chair, the nerves were still there and I got so annoyed with myself, thinking if all those kids out there in the waiting room can do it, surely I can?! So I tried my hardest to stop being a wimp. The assistant did her best to put me at ease, and it was quite quick really, especially as I just had the top arch put on. I got ceramics (not sure which ones) on the top social 6, then there's the gap from my premolar extraction on each side, then my 2nd premolars are wired up across the gap to the canines. They didn;t attach the arch wire all the way to the molars with the molar bands as my ortho said it would be too painful right now. The 2 banded molars on each side are wired together, and I guess they'll be connected to the archwire in my first adjustment in 6 weeks. The wire is a bit of a rollercoaster
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- as others have said, you don';t realise how wonky your teeth are until the archwire highlights the wonkiness in all its glory! Oh well, I didn't feel too
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when walking out of the surgery. I was just sooo happy to finally be braced.
I'm getting used to the feeling slowly, although when I smile, my top lip catches on the canine bracket a bit. It doesn't hurt, just looks funny
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So far not too much pain, just a bit of a dull ache really. When I look at my teeth in the mirror, although they're braced I really can;t imagine them moving at all......has anyone else had this feeling
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Maybe it's because I'm so used to seeing me the way I am, that the thought of seeing anything different just doesn';t seem feasible......hmmm. Well, I hope I'm wrong and there'll be movement soon.........Wish me luck
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