#bracefacehelz

Huzzah! I was hoping this day WOULDN’T happen! Literally TWO weeks after getting my braces tighetened and lovely fresh new O bands, I was absolutely STARVING at work. I was searching around the office for food, and my stomach took over my common sense and I accepted a cuppa soup (mild curry flavour) from a colleague. #BADHELZBAD yup. Instant stain. WHYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! I completely forgot about the curry component, COMPLETELY! So, with freshly new tinged yellow teeth, I noticed a O band was missing from around one of my brackets, wuaaaah?? Typically, I freaked out. Called the ortho and asked what I should do. Because my next appointment wasn’t for another 4 weeks, they booked me in Monday (it was a Friday) to get it fixed. I thought I may as well ask if I can get my curry stained bands changed while I was there, as I had my engagement party in 2 weeks. Lucky for me they said yes! So, I went and got the O bands replaced. The ortho said my teeth are moving very nicely and removed the figure 8 band from the rotating tooth to stop moving it as they need to replace the bracket in a different position to further move it. Well, he didn’t tell me this, I assumed so. Plus, when I went to the car and checked out my teeth, I noticed the figure 8 band wasn’t there. I walked back in and asked at reception and she said what the ortho did would have been fine, so fingers crossed all is good! So yup. My engagement party is in less than 2 weeks and I am doing ALL I can to keep these bad boys clean as can be. That means no tin tomatoes, no tomato paste, no tomato based anything, no curry, no sauces, no coffee, no tea. Nothing that could potentially stain my teeth. Its going to be HELL, but im prepared to do it for pretty teeth at my party. I mean, the ortho said if I need to they can change the bands before the party, but it is the inconvenience getting there….its hard when you work full time. So, going to eat clean and boring and try keep these bad boys fresh! #sofreshandsoclean!

****NOTE NOTE NOTE! DO NOT EAT CURRY THE FIRST NIGHT YOU HAVE YOUR BRACES!!! ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE THE CLEAR CERAMIC ONES*** Yeah, whoops. #dumb. I thought, whats something that is easy and soft to eat, that requires very little chewing or mouth movement. CURRY! YUM! And yep, I made a DELICIOUS curry. Wolfed it down. Next morning, my beautiful clear ligatures (the small O bands that hold the wire to your brackets) were stained a yellow-y colour. I was DEVASTATED! I had only had them on for… a few hours!!!!!! I did a mountain of google searches for any solutions. None. I’d done a doozy on myself! The stain did fade over a week or so, but they were not as clear as the day they got put on #sadpanda. My biggest tip, NO TUMMERIC! NONE. NONE AT ALL. Have white based currys, make the curry paste yourself so you KNOW whats going in it. No red, no orange, no intense flavoured currys. #illstillneverlearn So I have had my braces on now for a few weeks, 3 to be exact. They have settled down with the pain and I was finally able to eat relatively normal again. Braces became bearable! It was time to get the first 2 of my 4 baby teeth yanked out. The top 2. For those who have just tuned in, this is being done as I have NO adult teeth underneath, and the braces will close that gap. I was absolutely petrified of the removal. I made my fiancé come, but he refused to come in the room with me  #meaaaanyface. They said they would give me happy gas, and I wouldn’t feel anything, but I got there and they said they don’t need to use the gas, and local anaesthetics will be fine (needles all through my mouth!). Now, I hate needles at the best of times, so I was NOT looking forward to this. The lovely nurse/assistant held my hand during the procedure. To be honest, the worst of it was the needles! It took them about half an hour to numb my gums and cheek. Then, the dentist plied the teeth out. The first tooth came out within a couple minutes. All I could feel was a bit of pressure and wiggling. Then the release of pressure when the tooth came out. It was nothing! The second one took a bit longer as it broke in the process, so it was a bit more unpleasant, but again, no pain! I couldn’t believe it! Even after the removal there was absolutely MINIMAL pain. I had the Panadol’s and nuerofans on standby, but it was nowhere near the pain to getting braces put on (or tightened). The only sucky thing about getting teeth removed is being on the soft food diet again, for a week at least. And you have to be careful what you eat, no grainy foods. You need to avoid getting food stuck up in the holes. About a week of careful eating, salt water washes and good oral hygiene, the holes healed really well! I know have two missing teeth on my top teeth ready for the ortho to start closing. Not going to lie, even though the procedure was easy, I am NOT looking forward to the bottom teeth getting removed 