Chicken noodle soup.

I went to the orthodontist today and got some good and bad news.

The good news is my metal spacer did not fall off! Woot woot! However, I now understand why people hate them so much -- the spacer was very difficult to remove! It was launched deep into my gums (which is why I didn't feel them) >_< Nonetheless, I got new spacers replaced and they're all plastic this time :)

The bad news. I have to wait three weeks to get my upper jaw expander -- an order was placed today. This meant I had to get another impression of my upper jaw... I nearly gagged (twice).

On another note, the new spacers are making my teeth become very sensitive again, like the first time I got them. No bad pain or anything but I will be eating chicken noodle soup again for the next few days (which I don't really mind).

Project braces ticker.

I found this cool gadget through the archwired forum! This place has awesome information about everything and anything to do with having braces.

On the hand, I've been reading online about people's experiences of metal spacers. According to many, the metal ones are evil and cause much more pain than the plastics ones. For me, it was the opposite such that I can't even see or feel the metal spacer! Which has been getting me thinking that my metal one fell off?? I pray that it has not because the office is closed today and is not open until Monday.

It's recommedended that if your spacer falls off within more than one day before your next appointment then you should go and get it replaced. Here's to praying my metal one didn't fall out (and I ate it? because I didn't even noticed it falling off >_<)

Plastic or metal?

I got spacers (seperators) put in my top molars -- three blue (although they look black in the picture below) plastic ones and a metal one. The experience was not painful but I have very tight teeth such that the assistant had a good workout trying to put the first three in. She gave up on the fourth one after punching me in the face trying to floss it in. The metal one was so much easier and is less painful to have. It's been three days since I had them in and I can feel the soreness when I bite down but it's no biggie (although I had soup for lunch two days in a row).

I've seen many pictures of people who upload pictures of their teeth online. How do they take such good pictures? Tips please? This was my best attempt on an iphone >_< .

I'm due back at the orthodontist in a week so I'll blog more then.

My first blog.

This is the first blog I have ever created. Why?

One, I'm not a good writer and will never be one.

Two, I never knew blogs were free to create.

Three, (the real reason) before (and after) I went to see an orthodontist I tried to do some research about my particular case. I always found that it's nice and reassuring in a certain way to read about other people's experiences about problems that I also have. In other words, it's good to know that there are others out there who are suffering the same faith as me. In trying to do so, I didn't find much. Although do check out this quirky down-to-earth blog Saybraces.

Hence, I started this blog as a way to help create and share my experiences of having braces with those who are looking or have looked into getting braces (particularly those with a class III).