Brace yourself! Day 1

Let me just begin by saying this was one of the most un-enjoyable experiences ever.

Alright first she cleaned my teeth with this nasty pumice toothpaste. Then I went to rinse my mouth out (there will be a lot of rinsing!) Then she cleaned my teeth, rinsed. 

Then she put this beauty in my mouth...

Cute huh?! Not my mouth though lol this was from google :-P

Then there's a lot of water and suctioning.

Then she painted on this nasty like glue crap on my bottom teeth and started to place the brackets on. After that she called the orthodontist over to look at them to make sure they were on straight and such. Then she got this blue light device thing and she just shined it on each bracket. The same process happened for the top teeth. This part wasn't too painful except they use a lot of pressure to make sure the brackets are secured to your teeth.

After the brackets are they take the lip retractor out. Anddd you go rinse your mouth out!

Next was what I found to be the most painful part. They removed the spacers and put the bands on my teeth. Holy shit that was painful! They shove this little metal band...

over 1 molar on the top and bottom on the left and right sides of your mouth. This part was horrible! They tell you to bite down on this little stick too to make sure they are down all the ways. To make this especially nice and painful for me, I had to do this process twice because they needed to put a bigger size on my teeth. I honestly teared up a bit that's how bad it hurt! Maybe I just have a low tolerance for pain but in my opinion this was horrible.

Almost done! They put the wire on the brackets and you can pick your color rubber band thingy you want to go over the wire and on your brackets...I picked clear.

Last part! They tell you the foods you can't eat and my orho gave me a waterbottle filled with dental goodies lol which included wax (to put on the braces if they are poking at your lips) floss, tooth brush, dental mirror, a 2 minute egg timeer, and some other stuff.

Currently I am in a shit ton of pain. My lips like go out weird and feel so strange. I have a freaking lisp now. I'm just in pain to quite honest. I took Tylenol earlier. I'm hungry but I'm scared that it's really going to hurt. Obviously I have to eat sooner or later lol but right now...not happening.

The only bright side is that 2 years from now I'm gonna have a hot smile!

Gross right? Bleh

Well until next time...

Cya! 

-Emily