OK, I give in *July 30 Adj. p37*

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#346 Post by **shoezy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:10 pm

Hello Miss Smiley,
Awesome news girl! Yeah those elastics and powerchains, walk in the park when I had mine compare to other oral discomfort - at least you know teeth are moving

-S

#347 Post by ***melissa*** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:35 pm

YAY, that's wonderful news, Miss Smiley!!

#348 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:00 am

shoezy - I'm out of elastics for now, I find that the spring is more convenient because I don't have to replace it or worry about carry around any extra things in my purse.

Geez, luckily I didn't throw out all of my wax while cleaning out my medicine cabinet. My brackets are rubbing where my brackets were repositioned. Day 1 of a mini ulcer, thought it would go away. Day 2, thought it would be slightly better but has gotten worse and second ulcer is starting to form. Are you kidding me?! After a year, you would think my mouth would have adjusted to having two whole rows of these things in my mouth. The human body, quite complex...

#349 Post by **Unhappy teeth** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:11 am

Poor you Miss Smiley- ulcers are no fun. Hope you mouth recovers quickly!

#350 Post by ***melissa*** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:49 pm

Hi Miss Smiley!

Boo to ulcers!!
I had started to get the worst ulcer ever on the inside of my lower lip right after they put new/thicker wire on at my last adjustment. I remember waking up the day after it was put on thinking "wow, my lip really hurts." I go look in the mirror and what do I see? A deep indent of my archwire going all the way across the inside of my lip! It was soo weird, I didnt even know that was possible.

Thankfully it went away. I still have a partial scar where that bugger was!

#351 Post by **Kara** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:05 am

Great pics Smiley! Your teeth look beautiful! That sucks about the ulcers but I hope you're feeling better soon! Hang in there!

#352 Post by **OhNicole** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:31 am

Now YOU have some white teeth

Just stopped in to say hello and catch up on you progress - lookin good!

#353 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:10 am

Unhappy teeth, melissa and Kara - those ulcers are just coming and going all over the place! Hopefully this lets up soon.

Mer and OhNicole - Thanks for saying my teeth look good, I'm kind of at that point where I just want them off now. I needed a bit of a boost.

So for dinner, I had a BLT sandwich. I was chewing a bite with lots of bacon and I heard a crunch, I thought it was the bacon. I kept eating and come to realize that one of the brackets that was just repositioned fell off. Boy was that tooth feeling all weird. It started to ache a little bit later but seems to have subsided on its own. Does this mean I can't have bacon anymore either? OMG seriously, I'm starting to think these things will not have an early release.

#354 Post by **jenny101101** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:37 am

Hi Miss Smiley,

Sorry to hear of all the troubles you've been having lately. On a good note, your teeth are looking terrific! Sending *good vibes* that things get straightened out and your pesky bracket behaves once replaced.

#355 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:49 pm

Well today, I went to the ortho to have them check out the bracket and the tooth (lower 5th) because it was bothering me. It was pretty sore yesterday and today didn't seem much better. They replaced the bracket, took an x-ray, the ortho looked over it and said that the bracket needed to come off. YIKES... He told me that there is a dark spot next to the root of the tooth and he didn't want any pressure on it. So... it could mean that I have an abscess or a root carie. Which means, more flossing, fluoride rinses, and no more soda or cookies.

Hopefully it is small enough to heal itself, because I really don't want to lose another tooth after having all my 1st pre-molars gone. Send me good vibes and let's cross our fingers.

#356 Post by **insinu8** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:30 pm

come on, healthy tooth!
You can DO it!

#357 Post by **LaLaDee** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:39 pm

My fingers and toes are crossed! Sending lots of good vibes your way...

#358 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:11 am

Thank you for your wonderful thoughts! They must be working because the tooth is virtually pain free as of now. It must have needed a break from all this remodeling. I'm hoping I can get back on track soon and get a better idea of a debanding date. I forgot to mention that the x-ray which was taken the other day showed how nice and straight my roots were aligned. I was SHOCKED!!!! The assistants kept coming over and telling me that the x-ray was of my teeth and to see how the roots were straight. I have my next adjustment on Wednesday, let's hope that this dark spot has gone away come the next x-ray.

#359 Post by **jenny101101** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:13 am

That's great news, Miss Smiley!

#360 Post by **OhNicole** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:52 am

Glad to hear your pain subsided Miss Smiley! Aren't the x-rays fun? I just love looking at them and seeing what's going on up there where you can't normally look

My fingers are crossed that all goes well for you on Wednesday!

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