40 Days of Braces

Sorry I have been a little lax about updating my progress...I went to the orthodontist on March 8th for an adjustment.  Really really uncomfortable or more accurately painful...Several of my teeth have become really sensitive.  I think those being touched and the wire on those being tightened hurt more that the tightening itself.  Not to say that thee tightening itself was not painful...

I go back again for my next adjustment in 5 weeks on April 11th.

On March 28th I went to see the surgeon Dr. Taub just to check in so he could see how everything was coming along and be sure I was healing properly.  he said everything looks great!  At first he said he would not need to see me again until I was ready for surgery but then changed his mind and said for me to come see him in 3 months just so he can check on my progress and so I can give some more money to Jefferson...

I can definitely tell the difference on my bottom teeth and how straight they are becoming.  I looked at picture before the braces and now and who knew they were so crooked?  I still have a fake tooth in the front center and I know the gap is slowly closing but I am not sure how much it has moved so far.  I will have to ask them to measure to gap on my next visit.

I am still mainly eating soft foods - chewing but barely.  Hopefully on my next visit to the ortho they will be able to give me an idea of how long it will be until I am ready for surgery!

Until next time!

Braces day 12....

So I won't say I have gotten used to my braces..they don't hurt quite as much..still very uncomfortable and I can definitely feel the pressure of my teeth being forced to move where they don't even know then want to go...

I had to do some training for 2 days last week which pretty much meant 2 days of talking and I had not quite figured out how to use the dental wax to cover the braces that were irritating my mouth so my mouth was extremely sore..I have now figured out how to use the wax and each morning I put some new wax in.  It is mainly the top in the back that hurt the most.

I am still only eating soft foods and already missing lots of other foods and getting a little sick of pasta..and I love pasta!

I was thinking ahead and hoping that before my next surgery I get a few weeks when I can eat anything I want..since I will have to go on a liquid diet and then I am sure soft foods agin for a while.

Not much more to report..just truckin along...