Yikes - I don't like the sound of a helix. I'm glad that wasn't mentioned.HokieMom wrote: How did it go??? It will be fun to have a "braces twin"...A quad helix is apparently an expander for my top. I get that on Tuesday.
It didn't go well, that's for sure. I'm hugely dental phobic and have an exceptionally strong gag reflex, so once they put that mirrored cardboard in the side, then the cheek retractor, then the bite block, I was in tears because I felt I couldn't breathe. But, they are on!
Pain was really bad Friday & Saturday, less Sunday and today, except the more I talk, the more my teeth and the inside of my lips hurt. I'm using lots of wax and trying to speak minimally. I'm also still on soft food because even a darn piece of pita is too hard.
