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Settling in!
I'm not on Day 14 of life with Lingual Braces - and I'm actually doing pretty well!
My speech has adjusted and I sound (for the majority of the time) completely normal and I'm not exhausted after talking. My eating is still difficult and I did tackle a piece of toast on the weekend only to have the bracket on a tooth I have a crown on come off! SO I've been back to the orthodontist this morning to fix that. Good news is he can already see minor movement! Especially in the area where we are opening up space. Nothing more to update yet, will update more at my first adjustment (now in 2 weeks time!).
My speech has adjusted and I sound (for the majority of the time) completely normal and I'm not exhausted after talking. My eating is still difficult and I did tackle a piece of toast on the weekend only to have the bracket on a tooth I have a crown on come off! SO I've been back to the orthodontist this morning to fix that. Good news is he can already see minor movement! Especially in the area where we are opening up space. Nothing more to update yet, will update more at my first adjustment (now in 2 weeks time!).
Day 1
To summarise...I'm not a fan of the feeling in my mouth! But I'm determined to be strong and see this through. The appt took about an hour. Top and bottom on. I'm not soo sure how to take a photo of the braces so when I work out how to do that I will try. My speech isn't great so I would really love to hear from some people who have been through this to tell me it gets better!!
D-Day tomorrow
So tomorrow is the day I get my lingual braces on - top and bottom! Nervous as!!! I feel like I should be spending the day eating crunchy food and chewing gum!
I have the day off work tomorrow, working from home the day after and then it is a long weekend here so I have 5 days until I have to be back in my office talking to people. So hoping my speech adjusts quickly...but am a bit worried still. I am thinking that if I expect the worse..maybe I will be pleasantly surprised!
I also feel a bit disorganised. By now I wanted to do a big chemist trip and stockpile on floss picks, mouthwash etc...but I haven't yet! I'm hoping the orthodontist send me away with a goodie bag with all the money I am paying!!!
Will update you all when I am officially a lingual braces wearer!
I have the day off work tomorrow, working from home the day after and then it is a long weekend here so I have 5 days until I have to be back in my office talking to people. So hoping my speech adjusts quickly...but am a bit worried still. I am thinking that if I expect the worse..maybe I will be pleasantly surprised!
I also feel a bit disorganised. By now I wanted to do a big chemist trip and stockpile on floss picks, mouthwash etc...but I haven't yet! I'm hoping the orthodontist send me away with a goodie bag with all the money I am paying!!!
Will update you all when I am officially a lingual braces wearer!
Provider Review
Dr Guy Burnett