jlarsen69

Jan's Ortho Journal
2002-09-11 03:41:00 (UTC)

September 10th

Hello all,
Just thought I'd give the lowdown on the braces...
Well so far 2 weeks or so have gone by and now I am gettin
much more comfortable with them on. I must say though, the
more youtalk, the more it huts later.. Just constant
irritation I suppose. So I have been quiet as a mouse..
squeeak......
Well last week I thought, well hey this isn't so bad and my
teeth, gums etc weren't sore at all !!! I could
even "bite" into some foods I was avoiding. I was like it
will ne cool for the next few weeks untill I get my first
adjustment right??? NOT
Last night I had my front tooth on the right side really
started to be tender, now it seems that they are all
following suit... they are all tender now.... not like the
initital placement or anything, my molars (for now) are
fine...
I'll be alright, I haven't had to take any ibuprofen yet..

I also changed the little bands that hold the archwire on.
At first I had the assistaint put on the tie wires since I
heard that they don't stain if I were to eat some potent
foods that are susptable to do that. Well it turns out that
she put them on and twisted them up and then snipped them
(think of them as little tiny twist ties) so it was
irritating the heck out of my lips and digging into them.
I asked the Dr. if I could take a few of thoes little
tiny "o"s home with me incase of an emergency and I
couldn't get out with my two little girls and such. So he
let me.... It worked out great, I changed all 6 of them
without a problem.... hey I could probably work in a dental
office now eh??
OK enough for now.... TTYS




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