Kgstar's Braced Story 1-6-11

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kgstar
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Re: Kgstar's Braced Story 1-6-11

#16 Post by kgstar »

So, my teeth have moved quite a bit for only having them on for ten days. I don’t know if anyone else has these things but I have bumpers on a lot of my brackets. It’s nice because I clench my teeth and get anxiety attacks more often now that I have braces ( I wonder why?). Anyways, I call my ortho since my front teeth are hitting now and I am afraid to crack my front tooth :GapToothed: and he gives me an appointment in less than half an hour! In getting ready to go see him, of course I want to make sure my teeth are clean :-} I don’t know about you but this brushing your teeth after every meal/snack/sweet is just insane! :crazy: I have to eat every hour due to my low sugar and simply because I enjoy eating and since now I can’t eat as much, I have to make up by eating lots of junk ;) But seriously, if I brushed my teeth every single time I put something in my mouth I would have to quit my job!
So any who, I go into the bathroom facilities of my work place (It’s a dream having to brush and dig at your teeth in a public bathroom!), with my bag of goodies my ortho gave me and I spot these little purple tablets. “Interesting”, I think to myself. I read, “Disclosing Tablets” and think “Cool, that will make brushing the important parts easier to do. So I pop a tablet in my mouth on my way up the elevator before even thinking if that is what you are supposed to do with these things! I am quite surprised to find it tastes yummy and I sigh from relief that it’s not disgusting and satisfied to find that I wasn’t probably supposed to dilute it in water or something, but since it tastes good, I figure I must have done it right :jump: But then I walk into the poorly lit bathroom and see that my bottom lip looks like A dead corpse! :yikes: I freak out and smile only to see my teeth look like a boxer wearing a black mouth guard!!!! Oh my freaken retarded A$$!! What have I DONE???!!! I quickly rinse out my mouth, drop my bag of teeth brushing artillery and load my toothbrush with toothpaste and start brushing away!! Then I realize CRAP I have ceramic braces with clear ligs!!!! THIS ISN’T GOING TO COME OFF!!! Panic sets in and I am thinking “WHY THE HELL would he put these damn tablets in my baggy?!!” After spitting and brushing and spitting and brushing and brushing some more, I see the dye in my spit and feel a sense of relief thinking “Its going away” :HugeGrin: BUT NO! Most of it went away but it’s in the cracks and I didn’t bring my threader so there is no way I can get the floss to fit in my teeth that feel like they have been welded together! :-+
All in all most of it went away but that was not a fun experience! If I am afraid to eat spaghetti because I am afraid it will stain my ligs, why would I put a dye pill in my mouth?!  What an idiot! Sometimes I just forget but that was by far the dumbest thing I have done…..so far….only ten days in so I wonder what else I have coming my way :?:

 
 
KgStar

29 y.o.
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#17 Post by drgnchsr36 »

I know what you mean about brushing all the time if I had to brush after every time I ate something... I need to increase my snack intake, but snacks that are easier to clean. Chips are a pain!!!!! I love 'em, but they're not healthy and man.. they just mush in between those brackets!

Heh, I hate to say it..but you made me laugh about the dye pills. I thought about trying those at home, but I have ceramic as well..not sure how well that bodes. Anyways, hope it's all gone by now!!

How'd the ortho visit go?
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#18 Post by GRILLZ »

kgstar!!

so sorry to hear about the disclosing tablet fiasco. i was thinking about getting those....and i decided against it because i was worried about staining...and i don't even have ceramic braces.....i'm so glad you got most of it out!!

YOU MUST GET A WATERPICK!! they are fantastic!! hands down they are my secret weapon.....they are like a warm (or cold) massage of your sore sore gums and teeth. i waterpik immediately after eating (at home) and it just makes my mouth feel soooo good. i don't know what i'm going to do at work, not having one there.....i was thinking of shelling out more $$ for a portable waterpik to take to work, but i've heard the portable ones aren't that great.....too bad. i have an electric toothbrush AND a waterpik and they are both very important......

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#19 Post by kgstar »

The appointment went well. I got all the other bumpers taken off and two put on the front bottom brackets. I thought it would be nice to finally not have my front tooth hit the bottom tooth, which is a major OUCH! :soremouth:
Everything seemed fine until I was on my way back to work and realized.........I really wont be able to chew! If it wasnt bad enough that only a few of my back molars barely touched and now, NONE touch. The only thing that touches are my front teeth on the bumpers! I look like I have an overbite now and pushes my lips out and makes me look like a buck tooth rabbit!! :huh:

Now I am off to look into getting a waterpick :dance: , thanks Grillz for the recommendation!!
KgStar

29 y.o.
Uppers: Ceramic Invu
Lowers: Metal Damons

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plugnickel69
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#20 Post by plugnickel69 »

Hi kgstar: What exactly do you mean by "bumpers"?

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#21 Post by luchababe »

When my braces first went on, I had bumpers on four molars. I didn't have ANY teeth touching! I could only chew and bite with one top tooth and one bumper! As my teeth moved, my bite changed. Now I don't touch the bumpers at all anywhere, there's no point in having them right now as I can tell. It's amazing how that happens. So, it should only be a temporary issue you have to deal with. Things will shift and change (then you'll have something else to deal with! :roll: )

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#22 Post by NurseJ »

kgstar, just wanted to say that I'm enjoying reading your story. I'm getting my ceramics on Monday...so excited! I'm already thinking I should get a Waterpic from what I've been reading in these posts. Looking forward to reading more of your progress! :)

kgstar
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#23 Post by kgstar »

NurseJ wrote:kgstar, just wanted to say that I'm enjoying reading your story. I'm getting my ceramics on Monday...so excited! I'm already thinking I should get a Waterpic from what I've been reading in these posts. Looking forward to reading more of your progress! :)
Thanks Nurse J,
I am glad you like my story! Thanks for being a reader :tingrin:
I have yet to get a waterpick. I havent been able to log onto the website, now that I can, I will try to keep you all posted.
Let me tell you one thing I didn't read anywhere on the forum prior to getting my braces. Dont forget you have them when you go to wash your face before bedtime. I have a rigorous bedtime routing in which I was and scrub my face, along with many other steps of cleaning and moisturizing and when I splashed the water on my face and started to rub on the scrub I realized IT HURT! I hadnt forgotten that I had them but all my pain was inside my mouth that I didnt think that it would hurt to just put my hands on my face! Take my advise and dont forget, be gentle. Good luck with your installation. The process wasnt all that bad but that night was bad, the pain and sudden feeling of anxiety and pressure drove me nuts!! Get some Advil PM or else you wont sleep :D
KgStar

29 y.o.
Uppers: Ceramic Invu
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#24 Post by GRILLZ »

I hadnt forgotten that I had them but all my pain was inside my mouth that I didnt think that it would hurt to just put my hands on my face! Take my advise and dont forget, be gentle.
ain't that the truth!!! another thing that really hurts is to try to blow your nose w/ braces.....at least for me you are sort of pressing around your upper mouth/lip area and yikes that hurts.....i've been doing alot of that since i've had my cold......

i agree about needing to eat alot during the day and how all this brushing is crazy. ive gotten a tad lazy at work, when i eat (snack) i'll just go and rinse my mouth out instead of do a full brushing. after lunch, i do the careful brushing, can't floss cuz i can't see that well in my tiny mirror and dim light, but i try to do a real thorough job on the brushing.

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#25 Post by kgstar »

plugnickel69 wrote:Hi kgstar: What exactly do you mean by "bumpers"?
Bumpers are used during the begining of your treatment (I was told i need to ween off of them) to cushion the brackets your teeth hit. They are ligs that go over your normal ligs and have extra cushioning so instead of your teeth hitting the bracket, they just bounce off. It kinda feels like a mouth guard :)
KgStar

29 y.o.
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#26 Post by kgstar »

I gotta say that every week seems to have a new type of hurt with braces! :soremouth:
Last week was great! I ate my first piece of pizza, my first nachos, chips, a sandwich and even a hamburger last night! Im sure the fact that I have literally been dying to eat normal food again had something to do with me not caring if I couldnt chew my food before swallowing! Ever since I got bumpers on my bottom two teeth, I have not been able to close my mouth fully which has only made my experience with braces so much worse than the first week! Boy was I stupid to think it would be better to have bumpers than to just have my teeth hit! :-+
Last night I dreamt that I meticulously broke off my clear brackets on my top teeth and was so happy at how much better I looked, for some weird reason I only had brackets and no metal wire holding them all together, weird huh?
Then I woke up with one, yup, just one,tooth hurting like all hell!! It is so dang sensitive! It feels like I am five and I am having my first tooth fall off! I had most of my teeth sore when my braces were first put on but I could see why, but not this time. My teeth dont even touch! Most of my soreness has almost disappeared, where the hell is this new pain coming from and why???! :Questions:
I tell you, its a new kinda hurt! I get my first tightening on, guess when,? Yup, you guessed it, Valentine's Day! :braces_angry: I already told my hubby he better take me to eat a nice hefty Valentine's Day dinner that weekend before. That sucks to think that just as you are getting comfortable with the uncomfortableness of braces you get yanked back to the pain of the first day! :soremouth:
KgStar

29 y.o.
Uppers: Ceramic Invu
Lowers: Metal Damons

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#27 Post by Carly999 »

Dear Kgstar,

Unfortunately I can't see your pictures of your Invu braces. I am getting braces in a few days time and can't decide between Invu and normal metal braces. Do you like your invu braces and do you think that they blend in into your natural tooth colour well?

Thank you!

kgstar
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#28 Post by kgstar »

The pictures are on the first page of my posts. It's dated 12-20-10 I believe. Just go back to the first page ad u will c them.
KgStar

29 y.o.
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#29 Post by Carly999 »

For some reason it says "You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post." and also where I looks like there should be a picture there is a question mark. Silly Internet! :P but do you think Invu braces blend in well to your tooth colour? Thank you kgstar! :D

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#30 Post by kgstar »

Yes, at first they were too white so I would recommend using some teeth whitening stuff to help your teeth get whiter. Also they put the clear bands but those would stain and eventually make my teeth look gross so I switched to a gray or silver rubber band those look way better. They are bulkier but overall way better than metal. Some people look cute with metal but not I :) hope that helps
KgStar

29 y.o.
Uppers: Ceramic Invu
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