Pre Brace Pictures

Hi Everyone.
I thought I would add some Pre Brace pictures to show you my peggies before they get all cages up.
They don't look toooooo bad, from the front but as soon as I open my mouth you have that horrible sticky out one.

I didnt realise how hard it was to try and get a good, unfuzzy picture of your mouth but there you have it. roll on nice straight teeth!

Quash the doubts and stop being a chicken!

I have been surfing the net. I am getting obsesive. I cant go through with it, I will look like a moron if I have braces. My sister just called in and asked me when I am having them on. I told her I was about to chicken out. She suggested moving the date forward. Why put off today and all that. But she was right. Bless her she is soo clever!

So I rang the dentist and got the earliest date they had for the Orthodontist. The new date for my moulds and Xrays etc is now 5th December 2008. I am still not sure if I am going to be brave enough to have them on before Xmas though. Maybe little Sis will be needed again!

Initial Consultation with the Orthodontist

30th October 2008

I went to see the Ortodontist today to talk about Braces. He examined my teeth and went through the options.

I can have invisalin if I want to but they do cost alot more. I dont think this is really an option for me because I know I would keep forgetting to put them in and that the treatment time would be about 12 years in the end!

Metal - I dont think so. Catagorically NO!.

Ceramic. Not what I had dreamed of but at least I wouldnt be able to take them out and leave them somewhere. Treatment time with ceramics is estimated at 12 to 18 months. However that wasnt the bombshell, even though it was considerably longer than I was initially told by the dentist. It was the price. If I hadn't already been sat down I would have needed to. £3500! I said that was quite a bit more than what I had in mind. (and far more than I have told my boyfriend they are costing but shhhhhh).

I had already paid £100 for this initial consultation but he could see my uncertainty. I told him that I did want them doing but I didnt want them on before Christmas. I didnt want to go on our XMas do looking like a teenager with a lisp! He was understaning and suggested I make an appointment after the Xmas do to have my impressions taken and Xrays etc. So thats what I did. My apointment is now on the 19th December 2008 to get the ball rolling.

Bye bye Wisdom Teeth

27th October.
I was sooo scared. I have never been afraid of the dentist but today was a different thing. I have had all the horror stories of people having their wisdon. How their face had swollen up like a chipmonk. How it hurt like hell and they couldnt eat for weeks, days off work, bla bla bla, and the "ooooooohhhhh (with the head tilt thing)" when I said I was having them out!

I arrived at the dentist. My fella had kindly decided to come with me to offer his support. The dentist was lovely and very calming but I was still shaking like mad. The injections to numb it stung a little but nothing special. I went and sat in the waiting room for 10 minustes or so waiting for the numbness, and the drooling to begin. It did!

And then...... I was called. This was it. I felt like my knees were knocking! When I sat in the chair I was shaking like mad, it was horrible. I stupidly ha tried to prepare myself for this by watching an extration on You Tube. That wasn't the brightest move!

"Right you will feel a little bt of pressure and then a crunch" the dentist said.
CRUNCH!!
"OK, ready for the other side?" WHHHHAAATTT???? Is it out!? Already??!
The other side was just as painless and quick. I was in and out within 5-10 mins. No Stitches, just a few swabs incase I started bleeding again and a leaflet on how to care for my new big holes!

I had gotten myself all worked up for that!? So is childbirth as bad as they say too? I bloody hope so!

Later that night I had to take a Ibruprofen becasue my jaw was a bit sore but ok. Back to work the next day, to everyones supprise. I work with Blokes in the building trade. Supposedly 'Tough' men. A load of big Fairies if you ask me!

The only thing that is really bad, well more annoying that anything is that food keeps getting stuck in my tooth holes. The sooner they heal up the better!

The Checkup that started Everything!

Today is the 2nd October 2008. I had an apointment to see my dentist for a checkup. i have never been scared of the dentist. i think that is due to having such a great dentist when I was a child. i got stickers and everything!!!

I had been having some probelms with my top wisdom teeth. They were partially erupted and making my Molars ache from time to time. The dentist had wanted me to have them removed at my last checkup but I was quite happy taking Ibruprofen rather than having them digging into my jaw to remove my teeth!

Anyway, this time round I wasnt so lucky. I have to have both my top wisdom teeth out. Boo Hoo. That when I asked him about trying to straighten my teeth out.

Invisalign???? I had dont a little bit of reading up on them and obviously came to the conclusion that i was the ideal candidate. There was no way on earth i was having Train tracks in my mouth. The dentist told me the pro's and cons and then all of a sudden maybe I wasnt such an ideal candidate for Invisalign. Yes, I would keep forgetting to put the tray in and no, i didnt want to have to wear them for over 2 years.

Metal Braces??? Not a chance in hell!!! I was no where near that brave!

Ceramic Braces??? Arghhh! Stelth Train tracks, but train tracks non the less!

I had alot to think about. I was to make an apointment to have my wisom teeth out, and also make an appointment to see the Orthodontist to discuss my Braces treatment. Whoopie Dooo.

introduction

Hi There Everyone,

Welcome to my blog! As im sure you have figured from the title, I am writing this blog to share with you my braces story to hopefully be informative for people who are planning on getting braces and for people who have just got them.

I am, even now still debating wether or not to take the plung and get the braces put on. I am terrified, not of the pain but of how they will look and how I will be percieved. I have just made Director of a Contruction company and being only 26, along with being female in a very male orientated environment I have struggled long and hard to be taken seriously. I can just imagine their faces, me strolling into work, suit on, hair up, glasses on and then "Morningghhh" (with a lisp and a mouth full of metal). The guys are going to wet themselves laughing!

Anyway, enough of being a big fairy! Im going to do it!