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

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#61 Post by **Laurie** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:36 am

I'm a big weenie about that kind of stuff and worry way too much to of done it on my own!

#62 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:58 pm

Another update on wayward molar...look at the difference from May 5 (left) to June 16 (right.)

Who would have thunk it?! I can't wait until I see some more movement to compare it to. P.S. I ate baby back ribs off the bone for dinner, I'm a rebel!!!!!! Oh and that thing over my upper arch is that lip protector thingy that clips on to the archwire. A miracle product.

#63 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:53 am

I'm going to have that tooth behind old wayward checked. I think it's a CARIE!! AHHHH! That's what happens when your HUGE teeth are just crammed in small space.

#64 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:39 pm

Karen, thanks for making me smile, but unfortunately, I think it's a cavity because it hurts when I get food caught, it's sensitive to anything that's sweet, even honey bread, and it feels yucky. My appt is aset for the next day at 2pm.

Odd, right after I wrote that entry, one of my lower molars started aching. If I happen to tap the tooth with the uppper partner, it feels like an electric shock. ARGH!!!!

#65 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:50 am

Thanks Karen and Linda! I have my appt. later today, I'm just praying that I won't need a root canal bc it's gotten to the pulp. *crossing fingers*

#66 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:22 pm

My day has been a nightmare
First there was some crazy traffic on my way to work. I get to work and open my pen drawer to find a HUGE roach sitting on top of my pens(had to wait for the maint. guy.) Then I had to get rubbing alcohol and clean off my desk, keyboard, mouse, and all of my pens and pen trays. HORRIBLE! Then my day just gets better. I leave work for my lunch hour because I had a dentist appt for a simple filling and it turns out, it isn't so simple so now I have to leave work again for MR Ortho to take out the wire. I called my ortho and since they aren't there tomorrow, I have to go in today so they can take the wire out and I can have the tooth filled on Friday morning only to go back to ortho late FRiday afternoon to have them put the wire back in. Dentist said "We might have to crown that one." Me -->

I said "you can't just fill it and crown it after ortho?" Dentist "Ok fine, we'll wait." SO that's one less punch into my purse.

I forgot to mention, the dentist asking me how I even saw that cavity. He chuckled when I told him that I take pics of my teeth and look at them. HAHAHA but I told him it's easier to keep things clean so he didn't think I was too much of a nerd.
What a great day!!

#67 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:35 am

No arch wire feels kind of nice. Atleast I can enjoy flossing until Friday night.

I woke up this morning with a glob of blood covering two brackets, I checked in my mouth to find no sores or punctures. How odd is that? I really thought that I had smacked my face or something and punched a hole through my lip with a bare bracket. Ehh, mysteries of the world.

#68 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:44 am

I just got back from the dentist. No fun!!! I had to get an injection on the roof of my mouth. WTH!!! Anyhow, he filled it with composite and took out the old amalgam filling. Gross, I had a grey tongue and was trying to rinse it out. He said it should be crowned when I'm done with ortho but that is still a while away. He found it funny that my molars weren't touching and thought he had done something but I told him they haven't been touching for the past couple of weeks. Oh well, now I'm just counting down time until I leave work early to go to the ortho and have my wire reinstalled.

#69 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:27 am

Oh yeah, thanks Karen and Linda for leaving your responses so that I know someone is listening to my ranting and raving. It's nice to have some support, who knew I'd become to emotionally attached to the progress of my teeth.

#70 Post by **rhonda30** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:15 pm

Quite a busy Friday. No way to start the weekend! Hopefully the ortho stuff will be routine and the weekend will not be consumed with sensitive teeth refusing to accept any fun food.

The pics look great and if asked I say pretty in pink.

#71 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:00 am

Hahah rhonda, I did have some sensitive teeth. Lucky for me, they didn't start bugging me too much until I tried to have some soft chicken tacos. My lower canines and upper centrals are clicking like crazy. It sounds like a derby with all the clicks and clacks my teeth are making. I could start a rhythmic percussion band with my teeth. It was giving me some pain after I ate, I decided to bear it through and not take anything. I've had a sensitive stomach lately, I didn't want to upset it more with some pain meds. I don't think I've had this many tummy aches before. Do you think it could be partially that my food is not being chewed enough? Mastication has become difficult since my teeth are no longer touching except for the last set of molars.

I hope this changes soon, I feel like I'm missing out on flavors if I can't chew every bit of my food. I don't believe in "let the flavors mix in your stomach," I like to taste all the flavors mix and then swallow. How am I to enjoy onions and chicken at the same time if I'm chewing my chicken first then finding all the onion bits stuck in my braces? Nearly UNPOSSIBLE!

#72 Post by **Meloho** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:13 am

Wow, it's times like this I'd be so glad that my dentist is also my ortho...one stop shopping!

#73 Post by **Laurie** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:58 am

So much work (and money!) for a cavity! Yeesh! Well, I'm glad it's over for you for now.

I think if I found a roach in my desk I would wig out. I agree that a good alcohol bath was in need for all things on your desk!

#74 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:39 am

Thanks for your support ladies! For lunch I shall be having pork and veggie buns, and a microwave breaded fish with mac n cheese. Feels like day 1 all over again. I was eating better when I had just gotten the adjustment than I am now. I hate how the pain is here one day, gone te next, then it just comes back out of nowhere!

#75 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:41 am

Linda, here's to good bites and straight smiles

May these darn braces interfere less with the enjoyment of food!

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