The past 7 days have been
rather un-eventful, which is a good thing!
I’ve been trying to eat different foods besides soup and
applesauce. We had Blaze Pizza (for the first
time) on Sunday. I had to cut it up into
little pieces because there is still so much pressure on my teeth that I couldn’t
bite it. Chewing was a little hard with
the rubber spacers and it took forever just to eat half of it but I managed. Luckily it was a single restroom so I didn’t
feel too weird brushing my teeth after I ate.
I went to my appointment on
my lunch break again. This time I was
out in less than 30 minutes. No lose
brackets!! They started by removing the
purple rubber spacers. Some were still
tight so there was a lot of pressure when they were pulled out. Next she held different size molar bands against
my teeth until she found ones that fit.
There was a lot of pressure as each one was pressed on. I then had to bite down on some kind of tool at
all different angles that felt like it was positioning the molar band
correctly. After 3 were installed she asked
me how they felt. They were fine but one
on the top I could feel against my gum so she lowered it a little bit. Then told me she was going to take them all
off so she could glue them on. There was
just as much pressure taking them off as putting them on! After drying the inside of the bands she
spread some type of cement/glue on the inside of the bands, dried my tooth and
pressed in on again. They went on much
easier.
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| Top left molar band |
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| Top right molar band |
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| Bottom right molar band |
I had one molar on the
bottom where the space was still too tight to fit a molar band. I now have a metal spacer. Basically she twisted a piece of wire
together between my teeth. Once again there
was a lot of pressure but no pain. I have
to go back in 1 week to get the last molar band installed and then it will be
monthly appointments. They left the same
wire and rubber bands on. Once I have
all 4 molar bands they will install a new wire that attaches to the molar
bands.
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| metal wire spacers |
As I was leaving, the assistant
asked me if I had received my kit last time.
Nope, I had not received a kit. I
was actually going to ask about it since my boyfriend got one from his orthodontist
and I hadn’t.
The kit included a
toothbrush, floss, floss threaders, a travel toothbrush, a dental mirror, a
timer, wax and a little brush.
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| I wasn't given a color choice. Maybe they only have green. |
I can already tell that these molar band are going to drive me nuts! The attachments on the side stick out more than the brackets and are rubbing my cheeks raw. Wax to the rescue! Other than that I don't notice them.
I have included a progress photo. I know it's only been 2 weeks, well one since the re-install, but I want to see some movement! If you've had/have braces how long before you could see a difference?
I wish I could remember! What I do remember is that it seemed like it took forever to see movement, but then all of a sudden, there it was! I took photos once a week, which made it much easier to see small amounts of movement. I think I had most of my movement between month 2 and 5. Now I am getting close to six months, the movement has slowed down. I still have two incisors up top that have been verrrrry slooooow to move. I am older (56), so I suspect that is the problem. My bottom arch moved much faster.
ReplyDeleteI take pictures each month when I have my adjustment. I think I have stubborn teeth! Lol!
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