May - August 2011

May
June
July
August

I have really slacked the past four months but there hasn't been anything new other than in July my "shy" tooth got bonded with a bracket and pulled forward. I have a new chain on my bottom teeth that continues to close the gaps and have to wear elastics but I think is mostly to align the bite rather than move anything so it's not painful. I really like that electric blue color.

April 2011

April was pretty painful. I took some acetaminophen. My front teeth needed to be moved to the left so wiring was wrapped around them in a figure 8 -well more like ∞- and twisted around my left canine to pull them in that direction. The end on one of the wire slips down and is shredding the corner of my bottom lip, thank God for wax!

Weird springs were also put in on both sides of my front teeth. No idea what they are for but the floss gets stuck and frayed every time I go around it, it's extremely annoying.

The chain at my bottom teeth was removed and the gaps have been reduced, don't know if they'll stay like that.

I still have to wear the rubber bands, just in a different position. They are excellent for weight loss, snacking is such an inconvenience nowadays.

Red is the color for the month even though the photos have an odd coloring and the modules look orange.

March 2011

Nothing really happened in February but March was really exciting, I got a new upper wire and this "knitting" thing in my lower teeth which finally the Dr. noticed had become separated. I also got little rubber bands that make me feel a little like Hannibal Lecter or like I'm on a really mean diet.

The next day the pain was horrible I could barely eat, I wasn't just unable to chew food but the pain actually took away my appetite...so that whole diet thing not that far off. A little yogurt was the only thing I felt like eating.

I also got one of the girls who asks for a color preference on the modules and doesn't just automatically put on the gray ones so I got some pretty blue for the month!

January Visit

Boring visit on January. I had my upper wire changed and a plastic thing put over it. Horrible pain for two days and then back to normal. Snaggle tooth is a little bit lower but not much has changed.