The month has been busy in terms of orthodontist appointments. I've been there once a week for this whole month. This is because at the beginning of the month I got the TADs installed. The process was good and bad at the same time.
Let's start with the good. Remember when I mentioned in my last post that they were kind of like piercings? Well it's not quite like that. The TADs that I got are actually small screws. Two were inserted between the canine and one of the back molar. The first time they did it, it did not hurt at all due to the local anaesthetic. Then when they proceeded with taking a mould of my teeth to order some new longer brackets to be used with the TADs part of one of the TADs fell off! So...that meant unscrewing the broken one and then inserting a new one in. This was where it went out of control. The orthodontist had to unscrew and reinsert it three times to get it back into place. The irritating part about this whole process was that they had to take x-rays in between each screwing. I was there for over 3 hours. Nonetheless, they were finally installed and there was some minor soreness at the site afterwards.
The worst part I would say was the irritation that my gums got from having the unfamiliar TADs in my mouth. It definitely cut my gums several times, which was worst than regular braces cutting the gums. Thinking back now I could have used wax if I wanted to but it eventually went away after a week and a half.
It's much better to understand if you look at some pictures. It's currently dark outside where I live so I can't take pictures right now (no r lighting) but I will post some tomorrow or the next few days. I will elaborate more on what has been happening in my mouth then also. For now, I will leave you with an image I found online that pretty much looks like my teeth to give you guys an idea of what TADs are and look like.
