How long did it take you to feel normal?
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 8:28 am
Hello everyone.
I had my braces removed yesterday, woo hoo! I am loving my new teeth but I find myself still defaulting to how I acted with braces. For example, last night I woke up in the middle of the night and freaked out for a second because I thought I had forgotten to put in my elastics. Just a few minutes ago I hesitated before eating a snack because I was in the middle of something and I didn't feel like taking off my elastics and putting them back in (I used to do that all the time with braces). Once I went ahead and at the snack, I defaulted to chewing on my very back teeth because It was a bit crunchy and my mind was still telling me that I needed to be careful not to break a bracket .
So here's the question, about how long will this last lol? How long did it take you to feel normal? Over these past 21 months I have completely forgotten what it was like to live without braces, at what point might I expect to forget what it felt like to live with them? On a side note; I cannot even put into words how delighted I am that this is my most pressing braces related question .
I had my braces removed yesterday, woo hoo! I am loving my new teeth but I find myself still defaulting to how I acted with braces. For example, last night I woke up in the middle of the night and freaked out for a second because I thought I had forgotten to put in my elastics. Just a few minutes ago I hesitated before eating a snack because I was in the middle of something and I didn't feel like taking off my elastics and putting them back in (I used to do that all the time with braces). Once I went ahead and at the snack, I defaulted to chewing on my very back teeth because It was a bit crunchy and my mind was still telling me that I needed to be careful not to break a bracket .
So here's the question, about how long will this last lol? How long did it take you to feel normal? Over these past 21 months I have completely forgotten what it was like to live without braces, at what point might I expect to forget what it felt like to live with them? On a side note; I cannot even put into words how delighted I am that this is my most pressing braces related question .