It’s been a while since I posted about my braces, probably because not much happens most of the time. I’ve had two adjustments since I had them put on (the most recent one was yesterday), and the ortho put a new wire in each time. I haven’t really had any trouble with them at all so far, except for the occasional tender tooth. The wire he put in yesterday must have been a fair bit thicker than the other two I’ve had, though, because only a couple of hours after the appointment, one of my teeth started hurting. I thought the pain was going to disappear today (since it’s never lasted longer than a day so far), but it actually got a bit worse, and is still sore. It’s not that bad; it doesn’t prevent me from eating (although the packet of Kettle Honey Baked Ham chips I had this afternoon caused a niggle or two), but it’s been the most noticeable pain so far. Although that pain is still nothing compared with the pain I had with the spacers. Braces over spacers any day!

The appointment went well - the ortho said that at my next appointment (which has been scheduled for 3 weeks’ time) he should be able to get the rest of the brackets on my lower teeth - up until now there hasn’t been room to put them on. I’m really looking forward to it, since I just want everything to be in place and start moving the way it should. They’ll be metal brackets on the bottom, so that will be a bit weird to look at for a while. Semi-Metal-Mouth! Well, two thirds metal mouth since I do have some metal brackets on my upper teeth.

I haven’t taken any photos for ages; the original plan was to take pictures every week and compare, but that lasted two or three weeks I think! In the first two weeks I noticed a big difference, but not much for a few weeks after that, but in the last couple of weeks I’ve noticed one of my teeth moving quite a lot. I’ll definitely take some this weekend since I’ll be getting the rest of my braces on soon and I’m keen to compare pictures of my lower teeth as the weeks pass.