Just over a week with braces..

Well, it's been 10 days since I got my braces on. The hardest thing for me is how much food gets stuck in the braces. It drives me crazy, but I guess it's a good thing-- I don't snack as much now. I bought an electric toothbrush and that seems to be working pretty well. Oh yeah, and the little hooks on my canine teeth are killer if my mouth is dry, so I have to constantly be drinking water, but that too is a good thing.

I lost an elastic band on one of the back brackets, but I called the orthodontist's office and they said it's okay and that it can wait till my adjustment (beginning of April).

But then last night I was having a bad dream and I guess I clenched my teeth really hard and popped a bracket off. The bracket is still in there on the wire but it's loose. The tooth it's on hurts. Bad. When I clench my teeth my top teeth on the left side press down onto the bottom brackets, which I didn't really realize until waking up in the middle of the night to a loud "Pop" coming from my mouth. Anyway, I called about that and since the ortho wasn't in today I'll have to wait till Monday and get it fixed then.. I'm hoping at that appointment they tell me my teeth are moving incredibly fast and the braces will be off in a year.. hey, a girl can hope!

My daughter is almost 2 and she is in love with my braces. She always wants to see them and then she says "Honey have some braces??" (she refers to herself as Honey, haha). It is too cute. The other night we were sitting there and she was looking at them and then she asked "How many of 'em are in there, Mommy?" it was the first "real" question she has asked so that was super cool. My husband is getting used to them too, the first few days he was constantly looking at them but now it's just normal.

Here's a picture of my teeth today, it's only been 10 days so no noticeable changes so far.

 

I'm not sure how to get good pictures of my teeth so that you can really see them, so this is the best I can do till I get something better figured out.