Lynn's Dental Braces Journal

I created this journal and this website for any adult who is considering dental braces. It was 2001, I had just turned 42, and have been considering braces for the past 10 years. I’d probably gone to at least a half-dozen

December 10 Today I met with Dr. Vogt for a first consultation. He looked in my mouth, and sure enough, just like all the other orthodontists I’ve seen over the years, he recommended four teeth be pulled, and two years of

Friday, January 4 The plumbers came and ran the new gas line for my new stove. I was impressed with their work. They didn’t leave a mess and did a very professional job. It took about 4 hours. I’m psyched to get those new

Friday, February 1 Well, today was the day: I got my lower braces. The worst part was the bands they put around my lower molars. As I mentioned previously, because those molars have fillings that protrude to the outside of

Monday, April 1 I'm sitting here at 3:30 a.m. because I've had too much caffeine today. Accidentally. At dinner, at my cousin's house, I agreed to have a diet Coke. I assumed that it was caffeine free. You know that old

Monday, June 2 We took the kids to Disneyland for a few days and lived to tell the tale. Have you ever gone to a theme park with small kids for more than one day? It's EXHAUSTING!! But we got to do just about everything, and

Wednesday, August 1 We spent the past 10 days down in the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman, or, as it should be called, "Spend-a-grand-a-day" Cayman. Everything is so expensive, and the US Dollar is worth only 80 cents.

Tuesday, October 1 I hope you like the fall colors of the site this month. Please visit the special Halloween humor page. Hopefully, the link on that page will work properly, and all the graphics will show up! The animation