How's this smile? Braces update (heavy on the pictures)

Okay y'all do not laugh I am not the cutest thing out there.  I did this fast little picture after cleaning my dirty face for the day.  You ladies out there know that you have to do that to stay young forever right?!?

So I had my first bracket break loose from a tooth this past month.  That was a whole lot of fun!  Let's just say as much as I love to talk that bracket just moved from side to side banging around, and spinning around my wire.  It didn't hurt nearly as bad as I thought it would when I got it adhered back to the tooth the following day, but made eating a blast.

At this time I have decided to hold off on the surgery to fix my jaw alignment.  Due to a miscarriage I had in March which was a miracle & blessing for us after years of trying it was good to know I could become pregnant.  We  are currently working with my obgyn to help with conception, but that is a whole other blog topic.

I am going to post a before smile(not great at smiling), and a current picture.  I tell you this will be an awesome journey for me.

Before Braces were put on.

This is the day I had braces put on.

These two are from today.  I had to do a close up to show how much movement has happened.

But to show it a little better how about a side by side of the two that show my smile---

So there you have it.  In June I am already assured there will be even more teeth movement with a new wire going in.  I have a few years of these to go I believe 2017 is the year that I will last have them on.  

So tell me---what do you think?

Pretty smiles & all that Jazz

Gena

Oh my braces!!!

So sorry for such a lull in posting we have been having some things happening in our lives.  I won't be delving into that.  But let me tell you about today.

I went for my first appointment since I had my braces put on in February.  Oh mylanta talk about ouch!

I got a whole new set of wires.  These wires are slightly larger, and stiffer. Yes, they literally popped my doors on my brackets open, removed my old wire, and slid in my new ones.  So yea um to say the mouth is sore is a understatement for sure.

My orthodontist did say my mouth was moving very well.  I have decided that at this time in my life that I won't be doing the surgery to fix my alignment.  Maybe sometime in the future.  He did tell me that my teeth would still turn out straight, but I would still have a slight overjet/overbite.

So that's all at least the teeth aren't so sore that I can't eat!! That's a plus! :) 

The joy of owning a Waterpik.

The past week or so has been a little crazy with the metal mouth.  I have quickly learned that arch wires are easily popped out of my molar bands.  And, boy howdy does that feel weird when your trying to ease it back into that little bitty hole.  Thankfully it didn't mean another trip to the orthodontist to get anything fixed.  Lately though I have a couple of teeth that hurt a bit when I chew.  I am assuming that this is due to them being a bit loose.  It's pretty interesting to say the least.  I recently was gifted a Waterpik.  That my friends is the best dang thing ever made.  It sure has made my painful flossing; a thing of the past for sure.  However, don't let that Waterpik fool you if you don't own one, and its your first time using; be prepared to clean up a lot of water!!  I sprayed the sink, wall & mirror; drenched every ounce of myself all in the name of flossing. :)

So I am still a ways out before my first official appt. following my getting my braces put on.  Eating is getting a little bit easier, but I still haven't gotten to talented on picking it out of the wires without having to brush my teeth like 40 times a day. You laugh I know you do.  It's a serious obsession if I can't tell if there's anything there I literally would swear I have brushed that many times a day.  It's probably more like 5 times but hey my next dentist appt. should go really well right... :)

Flossing say what?!? First week down so many more to go....

So my first week with the braces has gone fairly well.  I still have issues flossing :(.  Every-time I go to floss I keep thinking in my head who in their right mind said I had a big mouth, and I continue fighting to get the stinking floss to go between my teeth.  Let the torture begin!  All in all; my saviour this week has been wax, and don't let anyone tell you that wax will not become your new best-friend when you talk as much as I do.... *laughing hysterically*  After my first couple of days I started rubbing fun little blisters on my lip, and that spot where I sliced my tongue well lets just say you shouldn't continue to aggravate something that is already irritated.  I have several friends that have told me that they make me look younger, and boy did I need to hear that.  I keep itching closer to 40.... Okay so its not that old, but seriously I want to stay young forever.

My Braces Are On!!!!!!

Holy Moly, they are finally on.  This is something I really have to get used to.  Molar bands were and obstacle; if it wasn't for them everything would have gone perfect.  Everyone says I have a big mouth, but this is soooooo not true.  After the full install, the first thing that happened is I sliced my tongue on the molar band.  Thought I would be brave and go back to work, boy that was a mistake.  The wires are heat activated and that is what causes them to tighten, so the pain has been escalating all day.  Doc said to just use ibuprofen.  Not sure how long it will take till they are through self adjusting, my mouth hopes very soon.  I can see this is also going to be a weight loss journey too, just in the last week I have lost 8 pounds from the spacers.  Here are some pictures, and more to come as this journey progresses.
Happy Smiles, Gena

Adult Braces are they worth it?

Well, here's something all you guys get to go through with me.  Luckily you get to see the progress, but don't have to feel the pain.  So this past Monday I went in to see my Orthodontist, and was fitted with spacers to start my adventure into adult braces.  I feel for the dental assist that had to put the spacers in.  It took two and a half hours- thought I wouldn't have a mouth left.  Now get you these are little rubber bands that they put between your molars to space out your teeth to accept the brackets(molar bands).   So that you understand if you've never had this done only 2 bands per side top & bottom went on, and like I said it took 2 and half hrs to get them installed.  So wish me luck on this coming Monday that my teeth have moved enough to accept the molar bands so that I can progress into full adult braces.  If not--it will be another week of spacers for me :(   I've been told that the pain can be unbearable.  The first day I didn't feel a thing.  As time progresses there is not enough ibuprofen in the world to help.  But, I am a big girl!!  I will update more on Monday with pictures as long as the finished product is in my mouth.  And, if everything goes well with insurance in a year I will possibly be having Orthognathic Surgery which I will explain more when or if I get approved for it. I am looking forward to an amazing smile, and no more medical issues due to misalignment.

So sit back, and enjoy if all goes well a 3 year adventure.  

Smiles,

Gena