Wow! What an awesome experience. Most of you reading this know that I help put braces on, so it was great to be the patient and see what it’s like! Here is a picture of Whitney and me before she got started with my bonding:
The bonding process was pretty easy. It doesn’t hurt, but it’s very important to sit still and I thought that was a little difficult. The weirdest part by far was when the cheek retractors came out and I felt my braces for the first time. The rest of my appointment was a cinch.
You might remember in my last post I mentioned my deep bite. Well because of my deep bite I had to get bite turbos. Bite turbos are small composite pads that are bonded to the tongue side of the upper front teeth or the chewing surface of the molars. They are a temporary addition to my treatment, and are used to correct excessive deep bites and overbites. At first I didn’t really like my turbos as they made it a little bit harder to chew and to speak. After a couple days though, I noticed that my upper teeth would be knocking off my lower brackets without the turbos in place.
The kind of food I eat now is different too. I tend to go for softer foods that I know are easy to chew and are safe for my braces. Some of my favorite braces foods are cheese, pasta, frozen yogurt, fruit and cooked vegetables. Here are some other food guidelines that we have our patients follow: Food for Orthodontic Thought
That’s all for today! Next time I’ll update you on my first week in braces and what it’s like to have elastics!
P.S. Here’s a picture of my teeth with braces…
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