Day 49 - Second Adjustment

I had my second adjustment this morning. I've been concerned that my teeth are all different lengths but my dentist assured me its an optical illusion and once the brace is off and he's done the crown lengthening, all my teeth will be their correct length.

Anyway, here's todays pic......




The things to notice are the front left gap has closed completely and the front right gap which was MAHOOSIVE has nearly closed too. Only 3 more gaps to go, woo-hoo!!!! :D

Day 20 - First Adjustment

Finally I had my first adjustment this afternoon. So much for worrying about one tooth being longer than the other. As soon as I mentioned it, my dentist waved his hand in a "it's nothing to worry about" gesture. He then asked me if I'd like him to bring the other tooth down or push that one back up. He recommended bringing the other tooth down as my teeth are quite square and could do with some length to them so I agreed. And already the two teeth are almost the same length again!!

And, and, and!!!! The gap between the front two teeth is now completely closed, yay!!!

(Apologies for the colour of my teeth, they're pretty gross right now.)

So now I have more wires in my mouth and my teeth really hurt. BUT, I'm starting to see some good progress so I'm feeling optimistic again.

Oh, and my dentist also mentioned today that I'll need a bridge each side because there will still be gaps at the back when this treatment is finished. He also said that the bridges will stop the teeth from moving so that's a good thing. All this treatment is getting more and more expensive!!!

Aaarrgghhhh!!

I've had braces for 2 weeks now and they're a frigging nightmare!! Let me list the pros and con's

Pros

I'll have no gaps at the end of my treatment.
I'm losing weight. (5lb so far)

Cons

I can't eat anything other than soups and really soft food;
I can't bite into anything;
I'm hungry all the time;
My teeth are sore, yellow (it's impossible to clean them properly), different lengths and apart from the front two, they're even more gappy than when I started the treatment!!
Even though I'll have no gaps at the end (apparently) I'll still have to wear a retainer forever.

I just want these braces out. :( I knew I'd have bad days but I didn't realise it'd be so soon. I hate the feel of them in my mouth, I'm not getting used to them like I thought I would. I feel like ripping them out of my mouth to be honest. I wish my dentist agreed to pulling my teeth out and giving me false ones. I can live with false teeth, it's no big deal. False teeth don't hurt, they're easy to clean and they don't move.

Ugh. My mouth is a MESS right now. I'm so depressed about it. I don't even see my dentist for another week yet so he can't set my mind at ease. Although I don't know what he could say to be honest. At least my teeth were the same length and nice and white before I started all this!!!

And another thing! I've been reading lots on the net lately about braces and so many people's teeth move back afterwards even when wearing their retainer. I'm not saying they move back to their original position but they move during the day and the retainer becomes tight to wear. Imagine that, you start off in the morning with perfect teeth and by tea time they're all gappy. Great. I just KNOW that's what'll happen with my teeth. False teeth are becoming more and more appealing .

Maybe I'll snap out of it, but before I had braces, I used to cry all the time and was so depressed about the state of my teeth. And now they're in a much worse state than when I started so you can imagine how I'm feeling now, I don't even want to leave the house. So far, I feel that getting braces has been a BIG mistake..........

Wierdness

Strange things are happening. My left front tooth has suddenly got noticeably shorter than the other one....... I'm a bit worried 'cause that's not meant to happen, surely?!! Oh well, I go back to the dentist on 17th April so I'll ask him about it then. One of the gaps on the side is massive too but that's a good thing cause it means the other gaps are closing up.

Other than that, things are doing ok. I can finally eat what I like but I still can't bite into anything. I'm not bothered about that, I just cut everything up into small pieces. And I'm free of pain, wahey!!

Day 4 - OMG!

OMG!! Look at the progress my teeth are making already! It's only been four days!!!!




Top pic is day 1, bottom pic is today.

Amazing, isn't it!!

Day 2

Evening all. Well it's been over 24 hours now since I had my braces put on. I could have sworn my teeth had moved during the night but I think that's just psychological and wishful thinking, lol.

Drinking tea is back to normal (can you imagine if I couldn't have a cuppa for 6 months?!!!! Doesn't bear thinking about! *shudder*). I still can't eat properly so I stocked up on soups today. It's the bloody bracket that tightens the brace that's the problem. It's really affected my bite so I can't bite down properly. And although my teeth don't really hurt (apart from a bit of pain when I woke up this morning which was soon cleared with the power of Nurofen), I cant put any pressure on my teeth so biting into things is a big no-no (and what daft idiot bought loads of hard food from Tesco's the other day?).

Cleaning my braces is a bit of a pain too. Every time I eat something I have to go and floss. God knows what it'll be like when I can actually eat what I want!

ANYWAY, barring some disaster like my braces falling off (has anyone else had that fear when they first got them?), I won't bother updating now till I go for my first tightening in 2 weeks time.

What fun!!

Food

Ugh. I can't eat. I just tried and it's impossible. For dinner this evening I had half a breadstick, half a tomato (and by that I mean I sucked the insides out, I couldn't manage the skin) and a bowl of cereal.

Oh well, looks like I'll lose weight as well so that's a bit of a hidden result, lol!