starting to see my teeth change!

I know I said I wasn't going to write in here until my next ortho appt but I took a picture of my lower teeth and I definitely see a slight change in them from the last picture I posted of them.

Any who...take a look!

taken the 1st or 2nd week with braces

Taken today August 17th

 The difference I see: Well there's 4 crooked teeth on the bottom. The 2nd tooth from the left looks like it moved down a bit and also slightly straightened out! Looks like my braces are actually doing their job! Yay...but I don't see any change in my top teeth. 

Mini update: Eating isn't as painful. I still miss popcorn and chips oh and sour patch kids too :(

Last week my ortho put some molding crap on my expander so that I wouldn't have to feel it because it was mad painful and left an indent on my tongue! He also repositioned one of my brackets which was quite painful! Umm well my tongue is happy it is no longer in pain from my expander, however food is now constantly getting stuck up there. Bleh.

Dentist appointment next week. I bet they will be happy I finally got braces. I can't wait to get that suction thingy in my mouth because this expander makes me salivate like crazy and it's hard to swallow!

Next ortho appt is September 13th so unless I see any changes, bye until then!

:) Emily

Bleh

I really didn't want to post a picture of my bottom teeth because they are so crooked but I'm going to any ways. I figured I should since A) no one reads my blog so why be embarrassed and B) I want to see the progress in my teeth getting straight since I have no other pictures of me that show my lower teeth. Once my lower teeth begin to straighten it'll be nice to look back at this picture to see how much they have changed. Any who. Without further ado, here are my teeth...

 BLEHH!

Time for sleep.

Emily!

1 week anniversery with braces!

Today i got my expander in. It legit took 5 minutes. Ortho just stuck these bands around my back molars on each side and made me bite down on these cotton thingys so that the cement could dry. That's weird saying cement because you don't normally think of people having cement in your mouth. Any ways, so I gota have this bitch and a half hunk of metal in my mouth for 6 months. It's making my salivate like crazy, making it impossible to swallow, and giving me a damn lisp! Ah!

Well here's a picture of me with it on.

I look like a spazz in this picture lol.You honestly can't even tell I'm wearing one. Very grateful that I didn't get the expander where you have to crank it.

I don't understand what expanders do, but they suck!

Um unless I see anything different in my teeth I won't be posting for another 6 weeks...aka when I go back to the ortho. I'm surprised at how consistent I've been with this blog.

Hahah I act like people actually read my blog! 

Whatevs this blog is more for me anyways!

Gonna attempt to eat with this contraption!

See ya whenever my teeth get straight! Latahh!

SMILES -Emily

updated picture...day??

I realized the last picture was kinda gross. Maybe it's just me but my teeth look a tiny bit better. Is it even possible for them to get straight in less than a week? They are in no way straight at all but they just seem different. Who knows. See for yourself and compare it to my first picture.

So there are my teeth. DUH. I also have bottom braces but I'm not confident enough to take a picture of them. Well mmm maybe I'll take a picture but not upload it until I actually see a difference in the way they look.

Bye for now!

Emily

Day 4

I'm quite surprised that I've felt the need to say something about my braces for 4 days in a row...odd. Oh well! Um well let's see shall we start with the good or bad news?

BAD

Well I think I already mentioned that the wax has not been sticking to my brackets but whatever. This one bracket is legit stabbing me. The little hook where I'm assuming in the future rubber bands will go is hooking it self into my damn inside lip! Gah it hurts! When I go to my ortho Thursday I'm getting them to stick the wax on for me because clearly I'm incapable of doing so. Let's move on to good news.

For the first time with my braces I have been out in public and seen by people other than my family and ortho. I went to church then my friends house to go to the mall. I forget how it came up but I told her I had braces and she was like "REALLY? I didn't even notice!" Damn that makes me feel good. Glad these ceramic braces are doing their job! That's really it. Blah bye I need to finish homework.

Bye for now!

Emily 

WAIT! No! Something else good I forgot to mention! I was starving at the mall so of course where am I gonna find apple sauce and soup lol so I went and got teriyaki (definitely spelled that wrong!) chicken and it was cut up into tiny pieces so I figured I'd be okay. So I did what the ortho told me and chewed it with my back teeth...ehh it wasn't awful! I've had worse pain. Believe me! Okeyy now I'm done talking so...bye again!

Day 3: WAX WON'T STICK!

Ughhhhhhh now all of the sudden I'm being poked to death by one my brackets on the bottom of my mouth. Every time I smile or laugh it digs into my mouth AHHHHHHHHH! That wax my ortho gave me does NOT work! So here I am just sitting in pain trying not to smile or laugh.

Eating is getting slightly easier as is brushing my teeth.

Going through a popcorn withdraw.

Bye for now :-\

Emily

Day 2: FOOD and braces

Eating with braces is currently the same as it was when I had my spacers in. My diet has consisted of soup, apple sauce, and yogurt. Yesterday my mom mashed up banana for me so yay one more food I can eat. My teeth don't hurt as bad today but they still feel bad awkward. My mom made me perogies for lunch. If you don't know what that is. They are basically like ravioli but with potato inside. If you still have no idea what I'm talking about this is what they look like...

you can boil them and cook it like pasta or you can fry them. We boiled it so they would be softer to eat! So yayy one more food I can eat! My mom also came back from the store and bought:

• box of mashed potatoes(the kind you add water and stick in the microwave)
• sweet potatoes, fruit cups
• more bananas
• eggs(I'm planning on making scrambled eggs later...I need calcium too!)
• potato pancakes(latkes...no I'm not Jewish but they taste amazing and it's another food to eat!)
• more soup
• and straws! 

I'm hoping to be able to eat more solid foods soon!

So last night my orthodontist called my mom. He asked how I was feeling and such. It was kinda nice that he called. And today in the mail I got a letter from him. It pretty much just said what was wrong with my teeth and what is getting fixed with braces on. Ooo and and and...it said 24 months with braces! I know that's 2 years but honestly I've known people to have braces for much longer! I'm praying it isn't longer than 2 years. I'd like to graduate college brace free! 

One more thing before I go. Brushing my teeth last night was a bitch. It was not easy. That dental floss threader is so hard to use. I have to like hold up/down my lips while trying to get the stupid dental floss through my wires. Gah. I hope it gets easier.

If any one is actually reading this...how long does it take to start seeing changes in your teeth with braces? Even if it's not a dramatic change I'm still curious. It would definitely make me feel better seeing a change in my teeth so I know that these train tracks in my mouth are actually doing their job!

Off to brush my teeth. Hopefully it'll go better than it did yesterday!

Bye for now :D

Emily