Jen's Braces Adventure *Better pictures!

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#1 Post by **OfficerJen** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:27 pm

Day before:

Day One:

Two Weeks in:

I'm not sure of the name of the brackets i have, but i go to a really "high profile" orthodontist, the best one in town, so they have to be good.
Hurts a little, just kinda feels like someone is pushing on my teeth. Not a real pain, just irritating. The last bracket on the top hurts my cheek, it has the clamp on it, with a lil' piece of wire coming out the end. Not horrible getting them on, just a little tedious, feeling like a dum dum with my mouth propped open with some giant plastic thing holding my cheeks back. My orthodontist is FANTASTIC! They gave me a really neat electronic oral B toothbrush as a gift

woot!
Day one going by, we'll see how it feels later this week.
I can eat too, it's not to bad, feels weird though.

Update of Day 1:
Its nighttime now, and they hurt a little, I can't really feel when i'm biting into stuff, I guess they are just numb from the pressure. But it sure is weird, and I sure did eat me an oatmeal cookie

Wax works wonders

#2 Post by **jenny101101** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:40 pm

They look great, Jen!! Congrats!!

Yep, eating feels weird but will get better. Your teeth will probably feel more tender on day 2 and 3 and then it just gets better from there on in. Great pics.

#3 Post by **Chrissy** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:44 pm

Thanks for posting pics, that's kind of what I look like as well

..... eating is weird I know. I guess I have to wait for day 2 as well and see how it goes.

#4 Post by **METALMOUTHPOOH** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:13 pm

WOW

Looks great.... cant wait to follow your transformation girl

Remember wax is your best friend

#5 Post by **SGPWired** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:12 pm

Hooray!!! Another beautiful smile in the works. I'm so jealous of your goodies bag. All I got was a gimmie T-shirt.

#6 Post by **OfficerJen** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:36 pm

LOL, yeah they gave me some wax, the toothbrush, a flosser threader, some weird tiny brush to brush the wires, some coupons for some fantastic expensive toothpaste, and some helpful hints, the toothbrush ROCKS, it's friggin fantastic, I recommend an oral B electo toothbrush with braces, it cuts out the opportunity for you to hurt your teeth while brushing, all you do is hold it on each bracket/tooth for 2 seconds and poof your done, it has a timer and EVERYTHING, so I know when my 2 minutes is over for brushing

though, i've found with braces, the 2 minutes turns into 10 really fast,

right now i'm suckin on some lil cadberry mini eggs

they are pretty fantastic mood enhancers

#7 Post by **browneyedgrl** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:44 pm

OfficerJen wrote:
right now i'm suckin on some lil cadberry mini eggs they are pretty fantastic mood enhancers

Jen,

I do the same thing!!! Those are my favorite and I always stock up after Easter! CVS has them on sale for .99 cents a bag.

I had my adjustment yesterday and can barely chew, but I need something in my stomach to keep the motrin down...LOL! I guess it's mini egg time!

B

#8 Post by **melliemoo** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:52 pm

Looks good!