3 months 15 Days
I have to say I am quite pleased with how my bottom left canine has moved. It almost seems like it has been like that my whole life. My bottom teeth are well aligned..well aligning.
This makes me hopeful that I’ll do less than the two years my orthodontist has threatened.
With canine’s movement comes a new problem. The hook on that tooth is now attacking my inner lip. It’s brutal. It even hurts when I talk, so I have to open my mouth wider. It’s the classic hook on canine sinker assault on innocent inner lips. And this gives me a strange accent, not quite a lisp, but lispy nonetheless.
Someone has just suggested I put gum. I think it’s a brilliant idea. I know I am forbidden to eat gum but desperate times call for desperate measures. I’ll try the gum thing and see how it goes. I’ll go hunting for sugar free gum to avoid adding cavity to an already grave (well, I have a propensity for heavy words) situation.
Other than this, I have continued to get used to my braceface life. Many times I forget I have them on. My life pretty much goes on as usual. I go to parties, eat out, run, work …life basically.
Meanwhile the open bite seems unchanged. I decided the other day, that the day I get fed up, I’ll have them removed…but that will be after a year, because even after all the scratching, wounding and discomfort, I am not overwhelmed quite yet, or feeling ‘ I can’t take this anymore.’
So, for now soldiering on!
XYZ Months more to go!
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