Hello there everyone in cyber-space.
Just thought I'd update you - it's not much of an update to be honest, but I thought I should be a good blogger and keep you up to speed coz even the smallest thing for someone can install fear/happiness in others.
Yesterday I went to the orthodontist for what I very excitedly and wholeheartedly thought was THE DAY - when I get all my attachments taken off and my teeth shaped into the beautiful pearly whites I have always dreamed of getting. my appointment was at 4.30, and even though I knew, and they knew, that my appointment was going to be a long one, they didn't mention to me anything that would make me think otherwise.
Upon arriving, my orthodontist looked at my teeth and explained that he would start shaping them. Great I think. But after a while it became clear to me that not everything would be done in this appointment as it was getting rather close to 5pm, their closing time. Now forgive me for whinging, but surely, when my teeth alone are generating over 7 thousand dollars for their business, half an hour of over time won't hurt, considering they don't actually have to work it to pay bills like us common folk, and for the reason that I had to take unpaid time off work and spend around $40 petrol to get to my appointment, I find it a bit rude that they made me reschedule for another day, a middle of the day appointment, where I have to take even MORE time off.
Rant over - I am quite happy at how my teeth are shaping up! All the "notches" are being taken out and my teeht being smoothed into normal shapes. This does cause some sensitivity to my teeth but it's not too bad and I am told it will lessen with time, in the mean time I am to use a desensitizing toothpaste as a ointment twice a day.
In two weeks time I will be back there, at 4pm whith a whole hour up my sleeve, to get the rest done. This includes taking new moulds for my retainers.
I hope this was a good little update for you, although there is no not much progress to report I'm sure if you are interested in Invisalign, any information from humans you can get your hands on is a plus.
Til next time :)
Faith
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Showing posts with label healthy eating. Show all posts
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Friday, 25 May 2012
Set 22 of 22!!
Well hello everyone!!
My lack of speediness in the blogging department once again shows that nothing too exciting has happened since I last checked in, apart from in the last week.
I have been on set 22 of 22 (hells yes!!) for three weeks and four days now. I was advised to wear this set (remember my bottoms finished way back at 14) for longer as my orthodontist wasn't too sure if my teeth directly on either side of my front ones (insert flash name here) would drop down level by themselves or not, so we decided to wait another week before taking any action in the hope that it happened. It did not. So now, as of Monday just gone, I have two metal attachments, one on the gum line of each of the two offending teeth, which rubber bands hook onto and to down the tooth, around the bottom and back up the inside where they slot into grooves made into my aligners.
Not very sexy! But it does make me so greatful at how invisible my treatment has been so far, and reminds me how lucky I was not to have full metal braces. These will stay on for a month, a bit of a disaster it is my birthday in 5 days and I do feel self conscience around people a lot more than I used to, and also, I have lots of job interviews to go to and am worried that my appearance may affect getting work. In retrospect though, a month is a short time to be inconvenienced - I am lucky.
Now, I have talked about the pain invisalign causes in the past, but let me tell you, I was NOT prepared for it this time. Thinking my teeth were straight (well almost) made me think there would be no more pain - turns out that pulling teeth downward instead of just moving them is much, much more painful. Pair that with being cold and having no painkillers on hand, Monday night was not a nice one for me or anyone in my company - at one point I was awake in the night trying not to wake Josh with my whimpering.
I'm sure you all can see from the photo above that my teeth are looking great! The two teeth with the bands still need to move around a bit, which is a huge hastle because it means that I have to get all my buttons/attachments taken off, moulds done again and all the process started again for refinements. This will happen on the 18th of June at my next appointment. This appointment will be along one, because as well as that being done, I also get my teeth shaped to be all uniform, and my front one that is chipped filled in. In earlier photos I think you will see that my eye teeth and others too have notches in them - these are from when your teeth first cut thru at a child, normal wear and tear get rid of them - unless you have a screwed up bite, like I did. They have not had the chance to wear down naturally so my orthodontist will be working his magic and doing it for me. I think that bit excites me the most - finally having not just straight, but uniform teeth!!!
In past posts I complained about my bottom aligner that is being used as a retainer was getting scungey. Well, after more than 16 weeks of having it, my mouth just feels foul. The aligner has build up on i that a toothbrush cant get away, it is not clear now, rather opaque and foul smelling, and I am constantly paranoid of having bad breathe. Even now, just after brushing and flossing and soaking my aligners in denture cleaning fluid - the dissolvable tablet kind - I feel I do not have very fresh breath. Yes I can taste mint, but also yucky mouth taste too. If anyone has tricks to get rid of or help with this, please comment on this post - I feel pretty unhygenic these days :(
That's all for now - I'm sure this has served as a decent lengthed update for yall!!
Comment if you have questions etc!
Faith <3
My lack of speediness in the blogging department once again shows that nothing too exciting has happened since I last checked in, apart from in the last week.
I have been on set 22 of 22 (hells yes!!) for three weeks and four days now. I was advised to wear this set (remember my bottoms finished way back at 14) for longer as my orthodontist wasn't too sure if my teeth directly on either side of my front ones (insert flash name here) would drop down level by themselves or not, so we decided to wait another week before taking any action in the hope that it happened. It did not. So now, as of Monday just gone, I have two metal attachments, one on the gum line of each of the two offending teeth, which rubber bands hook onto and to down the tooth, around the bottom and back up the inside where they slot into grooves made into my aligners.
Not very sexy! But it does make me so greatful at how invisible my treatment has been so far, and reminds me how lucky I was not to have full metal braces. These will stay on for a month, a bit of a disaster it is my birthday in 5 days and I do feel self conscience around people a lot more than I used to, and also, I have lots of job interviews to go to and am worried that my appearance may affect getting work. In retrospect though, a month is a short time to be inconvenienced - I am lucky.
Now, I have talked about the pain invisalign causes in the past, but let me tell you, I was NOT prepared for it this time. Thinking my teeth were straight (well almost) made me think there would be no more pain - turns out that pulling teeth downward instead of just moving them is much, much more painful. Pair that with being cold and having no painkillers on hand, Monday night was not a nice one for me or anyone in my company - at one point I was awake in the night trying not to wake Josh with my whimpering.
I'm sure you all can see from the photo above that my teeth are looking great! The two teeth with the bands still need to move around a bit, which is a huge hastle because it means that I have to get all my buttons/attachments taken off, moulds done again and all the process started again for refinements. This will happen on the 18th of June at my next appointment. This appointment will be along one, because as well as that being done, I also get my teeth shaped to be all uniform, and my front one that is chipped filled in. In earlier photos I think you will see that my eye teeth and others too have notches in them - these are from when your teeth first cut thru at a child, normal wear and tear get rid of them - unless you have a screwed up bite, like I did. They have not had the chance to wear down naturally so my orthodontist will be working his magic and doing it for me. I think that bit excites me the most - finally having not just straight, but uniform teeth!!!
In past posts I complained about my bottom aligner that is being used as a retainer was getting scungey. Well, after more than 16 weeks of having it, my mouth just feels foul. The aligner has build up on i that a toothbrush cant get away, it is not clear now, rather opaque and foul smelling, and I am constantly paranoid of having bad breathe. Even now, just after brushing and flossing and soaking my aligners in denture cleaning fluid - the dissolvable tablet kind - I feel I do not have very fresh breath. Yes I can taste mint, but also yucky mouth taste too. If anyone has tricks to get rid of or help with this, please comment on this post - I feel pretty unhygenic these days :(
That's all for now - I'm sure this has served as a decent lengthed update for yall!!
Comment if you have questions etc!
Faith <3
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
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