Hi everybody that is dilligent enough to keep reading my teeth related ramblings time after time. I trust that you are all well and happy in which ever country you are in. I see I have some views from Finland and China, HI!!!!
Last night I changed into my 5th set of aligners. Half way through this set, I will be exactly a quarter of the way through treatment for my top teeth and half way for my bottom teeth. I haven't noticed too much difference, but BY CRIKEY this set makes my teeth very very tender. One offending tooth in partiular, being my one on the bottom right which is waaaay out of line still. Very tender when I remove the aligners to eat and what have you, and for the first half an hour or so after i put them back in. Also I have changed to soft food for the first few days, to the dissapointment of Josh, who won't be getting nice crisp potatoes with this Sunday's roast, and to me too, who won't be eating crackling :(
If you are that way inclined, please send a prayer for Leanne, my friend who is suffering the effects of getting all four wisdom teeth out at one time. Poor girl hasn't eaten in three days and the meds make her throw up anyway.
Be sure to stay tuned in for an update sometime within the next two weeks :) FOLLOW me! ;)
Friday, 26 August 2011
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Tooth pain and tenderness
Good Morning everyone (Just)
Just thought I'd update yall on my teeth.
Everything is going well, fine and dandy, except my teeth are so bloody sore!! Like really tender to touch or eat crunchy things, and this is 4 days in to my newest set. And on day three, in the morning, I noticed a huuuge split in my top aligner, towards the back, behind my 2nd and last button on that side. So I was like FML this is going to break before I even reached one week, which is still possible actually but I choose not to think about it.
I have noticed myself noticing other people's teeth alot more that is probably healthy. People who I thought had nice teeth, now I look at them and can see flaws. Which isn't good really.
Anyway, work calls, follow me!!!
Just thought I'd update yall on my teeth.
Everything is going well, fine and dandy, except my teeth are so bloody sore!! Like really tender to touch or eat crunchy things, and this is 4 days in to my newest set. And on day three, in the morning, I noticed a huuuge split in my top aligner, towards the back, behind my 2nd and last button on that side. So I was like FML this is going to break before I even reached one week, which is still possible actually but I choose not to think about it.
I have noticed myself noticing other people's teeth alot more that is probably healthy. People who I thought had nice teeth, now I look at them and can see flaws. Which isn't good really.
Anyway, work calls, follow me!!!
Friday, 12 August 2011
A punch to the face
Hi everyone out there who may or may not be reading this.
Just letting you know, I changed my aligners last night. All went well, it wasn't painful at all to be honest. Just tight. And they feel so nice and new!!! By the way, please please PLEASe invest in some kind of box (shoe box etc) to put your old aligners in, in order, coz it can get soo confusing! I stared at my lot for a looong time trying to remember what was what and what I was up to.
In the night, my partner nicely managed to uppercut me in the face, and so my teeth are real sore now, but they are fine, no damage done.
Back to work for me everyone, please remember to follow if you like my blog. New pics will be coming sometime, but there isn't much change so far, that I can see anyway - maybe coz I look at my teeth like 10 times a day...?
Faith :)
Just letting you know, I changed my aligners last night. All went well, it wasn't painful at all to be honest. Just tight. And they feel so nice and new!!! By the way, please please PLEASe invest in some kind of box (shoe box etc) to put your old aligners in, in order, coz it can get soo confusing! I stared at my lot for a looong time trying to remember what was what and what I was up to.
In the night, my partner nicely managed to uppercut me in the face, and so my teeth are real sore now, but they are fine, no damage done.
Back to work for me everyone, please remember to follow if you like my blog. New pics will be coming sometime, but there isn't much change so far, that I can see anyway - maybe coz I look at my teeth like 10 times a day...?
Faith :)
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
the 0 - 5 food revelation
Hi All
I just thought I would share with you some facts on hunger, that I was reading on a website the other day (can't for the life of me find which one now). I guess I'm feeling guilty from eating chips and chocolate this morning (hard day at work) so I am repenting in the form of making others see the light.....
Hunger - Hunger is a physical pain or a feeling, not an urge or a craving. Telling the two apart is simple; after time a craving goes away. Hunger does not.
The 0 - 5 revelation.
on a scale of 0 to 10, how hungry/full are you right now? 0 being "I am actually dying of starvation", 3 being "on the edge of hunger", 5 being STAISFIED (take note of this one), 7 being "full" and 10 being "stuffed."
Theory is (from this website I can't find), that you should only eat when you are at 1, and stop at 5. SATISFIED is different from FULL. A food portion should be the size of your fist. Look at your fist bunched up. Are you thinking, "sureley I will keel over if I only eat that much!?" Well, your stomach, low and behold, is the size of your fist. So, you can eat and eat, but that stretches your stomach, meaning, you don't actually need that much.
SO, following this revelation - I have tried to eat to only 5, and eat when I am only 1. So far, so good.... if you count going from 1 to 5 in two packets of chippies and 2 chocolate bars. Whoops. What can I say, hard day at work today, I nearly did my rag at the computer several times.
Maybe this will challenge some people into eating more healthily and a bit less. The more I think about my stomach all stretched, the less I wonder why my pants button had the tendacy of popping off mid walk/sit/stretch/bend.
P.S My teeth are going great, thanks for asking :P
I just thought I would share with you some facts on hunger, that I was reading on a website the other day (can't for the life of me find which one now). I guess I'm feeling guilty from eating chips and chocolate this morning (hard day at work) so I am repenting in the form of making others see the light.....
Hunger - Hunger is a physical pain or a feeling, not an urge or a craving. Telling the two apart is simple; after time a craving goes away. Hunger does not.
The 0 - 5 revelation.
on a scale of 0 to 10, how hungry/full are you right now? 0 being "I am actually dying of starvation", 3 being "on the edge of hunger", 5 being STAISFIED (take note of this one), 7 being "full" and 10 being "stuffed."
Theory is (from this website I can't find), that you should only eat when you are at 1, and stop at 5. SATISFIED is different from FULL. A food portion should be the size of your fist. Look at your fist bunched up. Are you thinking, "sureley I will keel over if I only eat that much!?" Well, your stomach, low and behold, is the size of your fist. So, you can eat and eat, but that stretches your stomach, meaning, you don't actually need that much.
SO, following this revelation - I have tried to eat to only 5, and eat when I am only 1. So far, so good.... if you count going from 1 to 5 in two packets of chippies and 2 chocolate bars. Whoops. What can I say, hard day at work today, I nearly did my rag at the computer several times.
Maybe this will challenge some people into eating more healthily and a bit less. The more I think about my stomach all stretched, the less I wonder why my pants button had the tendacy of popping off mid walk/sit/stretch/bend.
P.S My teeth are going great, thanks for asking :P
Monday, 8 August 2011
Progress
I am so happy with my progress - especially since yesterday was National Roast Day, apparently, and, as I have had my aligners in for almost two weeks now, my teeth aren't tender, and finally, FINIALLY, I could eat the crackling - crackling isn't fun when you have to suck it.
I'm still getting a split on every aligner, in the same place, being between my right front tooth and the one next to it (to the right). My orthodontist says it is because of the way I am removing them ,but, there is only one way I can remove them, and I be really gentle now on purpose.
Also, some info for yall, if you get a split in your aligner. If it's a straight split and not gaping like a V, it's fine to keep going. If it's a V, an open split, cut the aligner right through at the split, and insert it as two pieces for the time you have remaining. I had to ask about this as I was going away and my previous aligner, which I had to take with me incase I lost my current ones, had a big V in it.
Anyway, I am changing my aligners on Thursday, so 4 days away, and I'll keep you updated :D
I'm still getting a split on every aligner, in the same place, being between my right front tooth and the one next to it (to the right). My orthodontist says it is because of the way I am removing them ,but, there is only one way I can remove them, and I be really gentle now on purpose.
Also, some info for yall, if you get a split in your aligner. If it's a straight split and not gaping like a V, it's fine to keep going. If it's a V, an open split, cut the aligner right through at the split, and insert it as two pieces for the time you have remaining. I had to ask about this as I was going away and my previous aligner, which I had to take with me incase I lost my current ones, had a big V in it.
Anyway, I am changing my aligners on Thursday, so 4 days away, and I'll keep you updated :D
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Progress - Aligner #3
Hi Everyone
Well I promised to write after my trip away, and so I am!
The day before my trip I went to the orthodontist and got my teeth grinded a bit more, and got given three sets of aligners and made another appointment for in 6 weeks time. I was a bit worriedd about putting the aligners in during the day and having to take them out for eating sooner than I would if I had put them in before I went to bed, but it really wasn't that much of a deal, I got home, I was hungry, I took them out, I ate, I brushed and flossed, and put them back in. Easy as.
So, the next day, 7 hours and three flights later, I suprised my brother for his birthday. It was lovely to see him after two years and we did lots of fun things, such as: mini golf (x2), dinner at a restaurant, lunch at restaurants (x2) a trip to Kaikura and saw a seal colony (sooo cute) and saw the snow on the mountains, it's so pretty down there. Was great to bond with him. I must say I was a bit naughty Invisalign wise as I wasnt always close to amenities and a few times just flossed and them put them back in, but as soon as I was home I would give them the old 1 - 2.
A weird thing I have noticed - some people on their own blogs say about their aligners smelling nasty - well, anything would if you dont clean it enough, its basically collecting all the crap your teeth would if they are uncovered, but, anywaaaaay, mine smell like bleach when I pull them out of my mouth. Like swimming pools!! Weird or what???
So far I have gone 5 days without a crack, and the pressure isn't even on the pain register, I'm very happy. But not so as I found out the beautiful price of $3500 was only the beginning. Yup, total cost is $7000NZD. Eek!!!! Mind you, spare a thought for my friend Leanne, who has to get all 4 wisdome teeth out before her treatment, as they are growing wrong and pushing on her teeth.
Also, be it just my eyes, but, I think, that one of my bottom teeth is alot straighter already. I guess that could work, what do you think? I'm in week 5 of 22 weeks for the bottom teeth.
Hope my post has been informative, stay tuned!
Well I promised to write after my trip away, and so I am!
The day before my trip I went to the orthodontist and got my teeth grinded a bit more, and got given three sets of aligners and made another appointment for in 6 weeks time. I was a bit worriedd about putting the aligners in during the day and having to take them out for eating sooner than I would if I had put them in before I went to bed, but it really wasn't that much of a deal, I got home, I was hungry, I took them out, I ate, I brushed and flossed, and put them back in. Easy as.
So, the next day, 7 hours and three flights later, I suprised my brother for his birthday. It was lovely to see him after two years and we did lots of fun things, such as: mini golf (x2), dinner at a restaurant, lunch at restaurants (x2) a trip to Kaikura and saw a seal colony (sooo cute) and saw the snow on the mountains, it's so pretty down there. Was great to bond with him. I must say I was a bit naughty Invisalign wise as I wasnt always close to amenities and a few times just flossed and them put them back in, but as soon as I was home I would give them the old 1 - 2.
A weird thing I have noticed - some people on their own blogs say about their aligners smelling nasty - well, anything would if you dont clean it enough, its basically collecting all the crap your teeth would if they are uncovered, but, anywaaaaay, mine smell like bleach when I pull them out of my mouth. Like swimming pools!! Weird or what???
So far I have gone 5 days without a crack, and the pressure isn't even on the pain register, I'm very happy. But not so as I found out the beautiful price of $3500 was only the beginning. Yup, total cost is $7000NZD. Eek!!!! Mind you, spare a thought for my friend Leanne, who has to get all 4 wisdome teeth out before her treatment, as they are growing wrong and pushing on her teeth.
Also, be it just my eyes, but, I think, that one of my bottom teeth is alot straighter already. I guess that could work, what do you think? I'm in week 5 of 22 weeks for the bottom teeth.
Hope my post has been informative, stay tuned!
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