Progress almost a month in it

 This is a close up on how they look .The gap is closing a little but the tooth is still slanted up I hope that gets fixed soon. I get the remaining bracket put on this coming Wednesday. Maybe that will help as well. So far I don't feel as if a lot has changed but than again it has only been 3 weeks.

Here is a farther view. My smile has improved already and its only been 3 weeks. So I am very very pleased with this haha. So far a great decision and I do not regret it. But another positive note is the fact that I have yet to get any sores in my mouth at all so that makes me feel great. Also my boy friend says I look like a cute nerd so it is awesome :). For anyone thinking about getting them but feels the first few months aren't that fun I advice to just take the plunge because I was that person and now I am so happy that I took the chance and did it:).

1-18-2012

This is an image of me 9 days into the treatment. I feel like it should be already a few weeks. Maybe that is because I have read other blogs people have posted and they are already done so I read there past entries so theirs seem like it went buy in a few minutes. None the less I don't look to terrible with my braces right? I do feel young in them. I don't look 22 in this photo. I look more like 18 at the most. My teeth have finally stop hurting. I can eat semi normal now. Last night I had pizza but I had to cut it up. I don't think I will eat that stuff anymore. I got pizza stuck in my teeth and it was embarrassing. Despite the fact that I don't think my Boy friend cared since he has been with me in forever I just didn't like having it in there felt unnatural. I find myself always filling my cheeks with air so I can feel semi normal without the braces touching my top lip. But other than that I feel sorta used to them now. I haven't noticed much of a difference yet in my teeth. My friend says she has but I have yet to see. I can't wait to see what my smile will look like soon. Hoping its a fast process. Pray with me please on that one :).

The first day and night!

Good Morning,

Well to start this off I have a few teeth that hurt really bad already. I didn't realize how crucid my teeth were tell they went on and my mouth stuck out a little. They say once your teeth are straight the braces shouldn't stick out your lips. But than again they say they only stick out in your imagination. Well about the process on how they were put on;

Well first they took out my spacers then took moldings with that weird pink stuff they stink in your mouth tell it hardens and then they take it out. Well she was lame and left some in my mouth as I am laying down and it taste bitter and nasty. She did that on the top and bottom. Then she took some hard wax and made me bite on it, OUCH since my mouth was still sore when biting because of the spacers. Then she out the lip pullers (what I call them) and spread my lips out so she can see all my teeth. Wasn't so painful tell the pressed on it. Then they cleaned my teeth and put glue on them I am assuming and then placed the ceramic brackets on it. Then she scrapped off my teeth, I assume to get the extra glue off. Then they took a light and put it on every tooth. It was that blue hot light that hurts if it hits your skin, well yeah that was what it was. The ceramic brackets had die on them. I had to go brush my teeth before they put the wire and bands on so I didn't have random dark colors on my clear brackets. Took a little while but it came off. Then she put the wire on. It was easy and then the bands. Those sorta hurt me but nothing unbearable. Then I left and I felt discomfort right away. Mainly on the left side. The pain got a little worse as the night went on. I slept great tho. Then I woke up and the pain is still here. Only on two teeth tho? Makes me think but then again I have no idea how braces work so I can not judge.

Brushing and flossing;

I feel like I cheat this process. I use a sonic toothbrush and  waterpik for flossing. It is very easy. I just brush at an angle for 3 minutes than I rinse. With the Waterpik I just add the water and the power pushes it through the brackets and my gums and makes it easy. I still have my floss for when I go out and such but at home I think I got it easier than most. :)

Eating;
I haven't had much meals since I have had them on. I eat apple sauce and pudding, or tangerine bites. This morning I had oatmeal. But on the bright note of braces and the ceramic ones I am determined to use it as an excuse to loose weight. No Italian food since it will stain the brackets. No candy so I don't break them. No coffee or soda to stain them as well. All natural foods is what I will look towards. Take this time to get the body I have always dreamed of :). So not only will I work on my smile I will work on my overall health and appreance. It is going to be one awesome process.

Top Braces came on today! 01/09/2012

 Here are what they look like when I smile in a photo :)

 Here are what the close up looks like :)

And here it is right before I went in the chair! :)

Ill update tomorrow on how I feel about them, but so far no pain just a little strange. I didn't enjoy them taking the molds from my mouth or my photo a thousand times. But strangely I do enjoy what I feel with them on. I feel a little pressure but way better than the spacers I had on the week prior. They only did the top to have them move a little so I can have the bottom put on shortly. So here it goes the start of my beautiful to come smile :). Excited.

SPACERS!!

 This experience was different. I went in and there was no pain. A little pressure at first but then no pain. Later that night OUCH! Now my mouth hurts. I took Motrin last night before bed to make it better than I woke up around 4:30 am and it was hurting me. The pain isn't so painful where you want to pull your teeth out, but it is annoying where you want to take the spacers out.  I have until Monday and they will be gone and my braces will be on.... I am so mixed on how I feel. I am scared mainly because there the ceramic kinds and you have to be more gentle and I am worried I will look like a little girl. But than again I am so excited because I will have such a beautiful smile after... something I have been longing for. 5 more days and then no more bare teeth. :))