Hi,
I'm 24 years old and I just got braces. I've decided to do a blog about it to document the process and also if anyone out there is seeing this and has braces or is thinking about getting them it might help them or let them know what to expect.
I've always had bad teeth and some of that is my fault because I haven't really taken care of them mostly because they looked terrible because of crowding in my upper teeth so I just never really bothered but now I have so many cavities and I'm terrified of losing my teeth so I've decided to take care of them and straighten them out.
On February 2010 I went to an Orthodontist recommended by my family dentist who did a panoramic x-ray and found I had impacted wisdom teeth in my left side. He sent me to a maxillofacial surgeon, I was really worried about the procedure but it was not bad at all.
I was given a sedative (Xanax) about 30 minutes before the procedure because I told him I was anxious during my first evaluation then they put a baby IV on me then he used the local anesthetic most dentists use lidocaine, I think. Then he made a small incision in my gums, removed a small portion of the bone, drilled in to the tooth to break it into a couple of pieces to remove it, stitched me up and that was it. The drugs were so strong I barely remember the procedure and experienced NO pain...at least until I got home and the anesthetic and happy drugs wore off, luckily the Doctor prescribed me pain meds and antibiotics (along with the Xanax and IV meds used during the procedure) a week before. My face swelled up, I look like I had a golf ball inside my left cheek for a week. I couldn't really eat because it was so painful to open my mouth, that lasted 2 weeks but after that things got better very quickly and by the third week I was back to normal.
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