Week 34: Left Central Aches a Little... Movement! :D

Hi!

My left Central tooth has been aching off and on for the past couple of days, which is good, it means there is movement. :D

Last week, after looking at my pictures and just comparing them, I realized that my teeth have moved a bit more. My gap is almost gone :D!! and my upper arch is so rounded, it's insane. The gap on my lower arch is almost wide enough to fit my tooth back in the arch.

It's just great! Plus, I was comparing pictures from day one until now and it's amazing how much my teeth have moved. It's so wonderful.

Ciao 

Yellow Ligs Again... Thanks, Doritos!

Bad idea to eat doritos when you have clear ligs... The cheese dust sure knows how to make my ligs yellow.

I have a few weeks before I go for another adjustment, so I'll just have to keep smiling with a "cheesy" grin... Oh well. lol!

The important thing was that I didn't break anything and I enjoyed my doritos! :) Haven't had doritos in a while but now, I'm on a chocolate kick. I'm just glad chocolate won't stain my ligs brown... that would be gross!!  =x

Week 33: Nothing New.. =/

Howdy!

Well it seems like everything is pretty much at a stand still, I haven't noticed anything new going on with my teeth. My teeth do look pretty good in only 7 months time, but I can't wait to see what they'll look like in another 7 months. Going to be awesome! :)

Later!

Gingivectomy and Frenectomy in the Future...

Since I know that I'll need both done, I decided to look that stuff up on google.. Big Mistake.. lol!

I'm a bit freaked out.. They both just sound awful. I know I won't have the gingivectomy until my braces come off so that's a good thing but the frenectomy will happen sooner than later. I know it probably won't happen but I'm going to try to get them to put me to sleep.. I don't want to be awake for it at all... =x

Week 32: Dental Cleaning =]

Hi!

My cleaning went really well. All the brushing and flossing has been paying off. No cavities!! So I'm stoked about that.

My dentist told me that after the braces came off, that if I wanted to have my gums shaped, I could do that. So that's something I'll definately have to look into. There's still a possibility that I may have to have premolars removed but we'll see about that later.

The dental hygenist didn't remove my powerchain, so I didn't have to get that replaced but I did go to the ortho to get those dreaded wires clipped and that was great.. The funny part is the wire she snipped was so tiny... I thought it was going to be a really long piece of wire but not quite. lol

So today was a really good day. :)

Later

Floss Adventures... -.-

I ran out of oral b threader floss sometime last week and I had just bought a new pack but realized later that it was superfloss... So I tried to floss with the super floss and umm that was a no go.. Since It's for gappy teeth, it made my gaps that we're trying to close open up wider.. So I said ok, I just won't floss tonight.

So I tried again the next night because the super floss also has regular floss on the end of it. So I started flossing with it and ended up cutting my uppger gum... So I gave up on flossing again that night... Have to confess that I probably went like 2 or 3 days without flossing and I really started freaking out... Because I don't want my teeth to rot out of my head. lol I know going a few days without flossing won't hurt but I still worry about it..

Anyway, Yesterday I found the floss, that the ortho gave me on my brace day, and my floss threaders... So I was like ok, let's go back to the basics and use these things... I forgot how much I hated floss threaders... until last night..

It was so much slower to use having to keep threading the floss in the threader and then threading the threader under the wire... and not to mention the floss that the ortho gave me was not agood floss... It shredded and got caught on my pokey wire and I had floss particles stuck between my teeth and the floss was wrapped around the wire and bracket. It was a mess!!!

Luckily, I got the floss untangled and most of the shredded floss out.. I was thinking I was going to break something... but didn't, thank God..

I found an easier way to floss with the floss threader. I had just bought a thinner floss. So I took the thinner floss and tied it to the threader and it was just like having oral b floss... but the only problem with it, is I had to throw the threader away because I couldn't get the tiny knot unloose. But I can always get more.

On a very positive note though, I ordered 4 packs of threader floss and they are on their way! :D So I'm happy about that!

Bye!

Comparison Pictures

It's comparison picture hour!!

Yay!

Upper Arch

Lower Arch

Overjet

 

**Other pictures coming soon!!**

Week 31: Pain all Gone, Gap is Small, No More Pity Party

Hi!

Sorry about last week, I was throwing myself a pity party because I was in so much pain... I really need to quit doing that.

Anyway, my gap is so little now.. I don't know what to do with myself. I have never had my gap that small, it's always been a wide open space. It's so neat...

It seems like my midline is kind of shifting a bit. It doesn't look as crooked to me but maybe my eyes are deceiving me. lol!

I really don't have anything else to report...

Later!

Cleaning and Ortho Appointment Same Day... Booo...

The positive to all this, is I can get my wires clipped sooner, because I just thought about my powerchains being taken off for the cleaning... and how I would have to probably go to the ortho to have them replaced.

I'm just glad I thought about it ahead of time... but still don't want to have to go to both. I'd rather just go to the ortho and get my wires clipped and be done.. But I have to take care of my teeth...

I think I'll just move into the ortho's office, then that way any time there's a problem, I'll be right there to have it taken care of. -.-

The life of braces...

Bye!

7 Monthiversary! Yay!

Welp I've hit the 7 month mark. When I first got braces, I thought that 7 months seemed so far away but really it wasn't... In 5 more months, it will be a year. That's going to be so great! Then I'll only have a year and a half to go.. lol.. I'm just mind boggling how wires can move teeth and in 7 months, I've def. had some amazing progress.. It's wonderful! :D

I finally had to dust my wax off and use it today. I have pokey wires, (Yes.. I'm sure they're pokey's this time, I can see them.. lol!) that are starting to stab me and I just don't want to go back to the ortho ... So I'm going to have to try and keep wax covering the wires until it gets unbearable... (That won't be necessary... I have to go back anyway...) I really hate that I didn't get them clipped at my adjustment...

Oh wells! I'll just deal with it...
Later!