Today, on the 27th of August 2014, I went in and got braces.
I made an appointment at 2pm, and I as I came in, they made me watch an 8 minute video of braces oral care, and I got some things out of it but my mind was just hyper for the braces I was going to get today.
Once I finished watching it, the lady came back in and the orthodontist followed after her. And boy was I excited.
I lay down on the chair, and he began to pluck my spacers out and immediately applied the metal rings on my molars at the back of my teeth. It felt like metal, being stuck in the back of your teeth and was a little, just a little painful but bearable. The lady that was assisting him said that the glue that was going to be applied on me was going to taste sour, and yes I did my research and I knew that the glue would taste like shit. So I did my best to keep my tongue on my roof and tried to to taste my teeth as he worked.
He then proceeded to put a mouth stretcher thing to stretch out my mouth as far and wide as possible so he could glue my brackets in, and then he put in this tongue guard as well, to protect my tongue and not let it plop anywhere.
Then, he began gluing the brackets. I was incredibly glad that there was the tongue guard to keep my tongue anywhere near my teeth, and I'm extremely happy that I was unable to taste any of the glue because I have heard horrid stories about the taste and the smell. While I couldn't taste the glue, I could smell it. At first I thought it was my own saliva or the ortho's gloves but then I immediately knew it was the glue after a while later.
He started on my top teeth with the brackets, from my right to my left, slowly, steadily but efficiently. I knew I could trust him so I breathed and relaxed and let him do his work. At first I closed my eyes, but I found that boring so I opened them again to admire the work he was doing. He was wearing glasses so through his reflection I was able to see my teeth and the brackets being glued to each one. It was pretty cool seeing my bare white teeth having little tiny metal squares stuck on them. I sometimes looked into the reflection, I sometimes looked at the instruments he was using and I sometimes looked at the lady assistance who was very reassuring and positive throughout the whole process.
He then proceeded to my bottom and once the brackets were all glued, both the lady and the ortho shined this blur UV light to settle the glue and it was a little warm on my gums and teeth, and it kind of buzzed a bit which felt weird.
The funny thing was, while they were shining the light on my teeth, a really close friend of mine (coughs tammy coughs) was messaging me like crazy because she knew i was getting braces and she's just a crazy lazy when it comes to everything, and my phone was buzzing and making the message noise. It wasn't a normal message notification though, because my phone was android and while the messages kept popping through making a sound, the ortho thought something was wrong with his over head light and kept looking up.
At that very moment I swore that if he accidentally stuffed up my teeth because of the message noises I was going to murder my friend.
But eventually they finished shining the light to settle the glue and the lady said to me that he would be applying the wires and the stretchers will be removed from my mouth and I was able to choose the colour I wanted for the bands!
So the ortho removed the mouth guards and stretchers and man was it weird. I couldn't close my mouth fully and felt so awkward with little metals stuck on my teeth and it was so so weird. He tried to check my bite but I was unable to close fully and he after a couple of tries, he said he could check the bite afterwards.
He then snapped some wires and god this was the thing I hated the most. It tightened in some places, he tightened it in some places, it snapped and poked in all the weird places and I did not like the tightening in my mouth through the wires.
I reckon the wire process was more painful then actually popping in the metal rings in the back of my teeth.
I kind of winced and clenched my fists and fingers alot but he was able to finally put through a pretty thin wire through my teeth. Oh and for those asking, I chose the colour light purple :D
Through the wiring process, without the mouth stretcher and tongue guard I could smell the glue. It did not smell like glue. It smelt like bad breath, with off cheese and garbage shit mixed together and I do not want to experience it ever ever ever again, ugh it wasn't pleasant smelling at all.
After the wiring process we were all done and I was able to get up and rinse my mouth.
Yes. It felt wrong. My mouth did not feel like my mouth and was all violated and when I looked at myself in the mirror it was so ugly... I do not fit well for braces. The brackets were wongilated (supposed to be that way, which meant my teeth were really crooked and off.) And it just didn't look all too good on me.
But it's all just part of the process and while their are cons to getting braces like food, pain, and basically your whole look, there are positives. And that's the end result.
So I encourage all of yous to be brave, and do what your ortho tells you to!! The more obedient you follow his or hers instructions the faster the treatment and in the end you WILL have a healthy, happy and beautiful smile.
I promise you that.
Till the next update guys! Here are some pics of me braces, (excuse my ugliness)
I am so looking forward to the pain tonight, tomorrow night and the following week. -__-"
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