I don't have an Orthodontist LOL!!

6 months 28 days

This is going to be a short one.

It turns out the poor guy I’ve been referring to— blog after blog— as my orthodontist is actually a general dental surgeon. 

I understand there’s probably just three orthodontists  in the whole republic…

And all this time I assumed orthodontist and dentist meant the same thing…*shaking head*!

It’s ok, you can laugh too!

My teeth are doing ok so far…no breaking news to report….

Oh oh...just this one tiny thing....I went for a hike on the 20th...and then one guy takes a look at me and says:

"You are the one who had funny teeth!" Like he had spotted me earlier or something.

"Still am," I said, baring my metals for emphasis. I assumed he was put off.

It was such a surprise when after the hike he came to 'get to know a little more about me.' And a much bigger shocker when he showed up at my  church the following Sunday.

No..he didn't ask for my number..

And good Lord, no! I don't fancy him.

Not too long to go….( I speak by faith)

Things get tight

6 Months 11 days

We are making headway people. Once upon a time, 6 months seemed a distant future. It is here now.

I went for my 6^th appointment 3 days ago. It was brief and to the point. Elastics were changed. Then the orthodontist had one long look at my teeth.

“You’ve been wearing your rubber bands faithfully?” he asked.

“Yep.”

“Keep doing what you’ve been doing.” He meant with the rubber bands. 

“Remember I can’t close your bite completely.” He has been saying this a lot lately. I just nodded.

I happen to have had a rubber band in my hand. He took it to try something with it. I suspected he wanted me to wear it differently, so that it puts pressure on other teeth. He left abruptly and then came back just as fast.

I could feel him place something tight in my brackets. 

“Go see how I’ve put them.” He directed me to the mirror.

The rubber band was holding itself on the hooks of the bottom canines and my two front teeth.

That must have meant everything else was firmly in place save for the two front teeth.

I braved through the first day. Unlike the previous rubber bands which were sometimes not very visible, these ones can be seen cutting across my front teeth. These ones are also very tight.

The first night with the new rubber bands was a true nightmare. My gums ached from the tension, my upper teeth were sore; my entire face felt like it was being stretched. I planned to soldier on thru’ the night and contact my doctor in the morning to say that these things are way too tight.

The next morning I wore a fresh band and it was surprisingly bearable. I have now worn them for a week and I am completely used to them. 

I don’t mind the progress actually. My bite looks much more closed than it did in the past.

I don’t mind the rubber bands either. They help keep the teeth together so I don’t bite and graze my inner cheek as I would before.

Still don’t know…(how many more days to go) but hopeful that it may not run into two years!

Mirror Mirror on the wall

6 months 5 days!

6 months already yaaay!

But….. never imagined, the one thing that I now cannot do without (too many negatives in that sentence!) — the mirror would be my greatest enemy!

I have to carry it everywhere…but the more I carry it, the less changes I see. This month, I saw the least improvement in my bite. It looked the exact same way every single day!  Now that is not in any way to suggest that there has been no improvement. It’s just that when you look at yourself in the mirror constantly, it is unlikely you will see change.

So I promised that this will be a special edition. Well, at the time, things promised to be exciting. They weren’t. As such this is just your good old fashioned regular posts.

Which includes updates like “I am now used to wearing rubber and..and that I wore them all day at a stand that I was manning and people didn’t notice.”

More updates like “One guy took such keen interest in my braces that we had to sit down, thru many interruptions, and I explained to him the whole installation process!” Looking back I should have emailed him the link to my blog. He was so interested that he even took my number! Don’t get excited folks, he had a very visible wedding band, and I am not in the business of breaking homes…!

So you see, nothing major, just me and the rubbers…a discomfort I have now grown so accustomed to, In fact, I do feel strange without them.

But I do promise my dear readers (and the following is quite impressive, I have to admit), that if I happen to stumble upon something …….anything (at  all) exciting then I will most definitely brag about it here.

Yep..once again no clue how many more days to go!!