WOW I have slacked off on updating this. Let's see the last time I updated was in October 2010... and it's now January 2011. So since then...
*Got bottom braces in november. apparently there was not enough room on my bottom teeth to have clear braces put on....so i got stuck with the ugly metal ones. bleh.
*In December - my bottom teeth looked significantly straighter! So anywho....went to my appointment and I got my teeth contoured...basically what it was was since my teeth were running together and really had no space to straighten anymore....they drill holes that basically create spaces between the teeth allowing more room for them to completely straighten out. It didn't hurt or anything....but that drilling noise is obnoxious. So anywho got that done. Still have an 18 wire on the top and I think a 14 or 16 on the bottom. Got some rubber bands too! Yay. ugh. the purpose of the rubber bands right now is to correct my crossbite. so I have to pretty much wear them 24/7....I really do try and be good about doing that b/c i want them to say that my teeth have made some progress....but we shall see. I have my next appointment on the 17th of this month i believe.
Eating really hasn't been much of a problem....I can eat pretty much anything.....its just anytime i eat like salad there is bound to be a piece of lettuce stuck somewhere in my braces. also hard foods tend to get caught between the two brackets on my bottom middle teeth. SO ANNOYING. the soreness really wasn't a problem except for maybe the first couple days after my appointment. I guess my mouth is just getting used to the monthly torture....i mean tightening. :)
Well that's all I got for now. Will update again after my appoinment this month.....or earlier if anything interesting happens w/ the braces.
And here are my uppers. SO much straighter!
