Prepare for some rambling, I just thought it would be nice to document the following.
It's been 9 weeks since this post but on Thursday I am going to have my first adjustments!! Hallelujah!! It was only meant to be 8 weeks since they were put on (which felt long as it was) but my ortho was on holiday this week so it had to be pushed back to the next week. I understand that appointments can't be too regular to avoid root absorption but this week has felt like me wishing the days to go faster so I could be closer to have my first adjustment! I'm so excited because it feels like when I had my braces attached was so long ago, so it almost makes me feel like this will be the first step and move towards getting those perfect teeth we all want!
Everywhere I've seen and spoken to people have said the pain of getting them adjusted, and considering it took over a week for the pain to subside when I got my braces and I still have pain now (I tried opening a small lid with my teeth today and I couldn't because it hurt my teeth to bite down) I don't doubt that it's going to hurt after the adjustment!
But since having my braces attached, within 3 weeks my baby tooth went from being up in my mouth so there was a kink in the wire, to the tooth being brought down and the wire being completely straight. As far as I'm aware I'm going to have a metal ring around one of my molars as at the moment it is completely unbonded so I'm sure that'll bring some extra sensitivity and pressure. I'm actually worried the pain might be worse than when I had my braces attached because I at least had one molar that I could eat food on. That meant I actually got away with not eating very soft food after getting my braces attached. However, if that molar is going to bonded I may be left with no teeth I can eat on and it may have to be soup and mashed potato!
I shall update once they have been adjusted!!
