With my upper teeth in a more appropriate alignment, it was time to fit the lower braces. So again, I was plonked into the chair, reclined back and told to relax. The good thing is that I knew all about the pumice, conditioner, wash process. It is over quite quickly again, it just seeeeeems like […]
Adult Braces Journey – Ticklish Teeth & Poking Wires
Ticklish teeth Everybody experiences the feeling of braces differently. But there is no doubting that the sensations in your mouth are strange for a while. Every time I have a wire change, for the first few days my front teeth (and this will sound strange) feel like they are being tickled. I experience a really […]
Adult Braces Journey – My First Real Wire
Up until now the wires I have had in place have been fairly thin and round. When they are put into the brackets there is a bit of a tighter feeling, and a slight return of the tender feeling, but this quickly passes. Today I was to receive my first thicker square profiled wire…we’re starting […]
Adult Braces Journey – Relax
It’s been a hard day’s night I have known for a long time that I clench my jaw when I am a bit on edge and that I do tend to do this in my sleep – but if ever I needed proof this is it! A couple of times in the past month I […]
Adult Braces Journey – Feeling Good
Hmmm….well it only took about a week and my tongue did in fact get used to the buttons rubbing on it ceaselessly…go figure! I stopped poking continuously at the elastics with the tip of my tongue, which was nice too, (the novelty just wore off). My teeth adjusted to the extra pressures of the wire […]
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