Hello.....
Well, its been well over a month now since I finished straightening my teeth. I'm very used to the wires now, they don't bother me at all and I have no problems flossing - I use Oral B super floss which has a stiffened end to easily poke through.
Its great not having to watch the clock anymore and eat whenever I want for how long I want and its even fantastic not having to brush my teeth at work anymore!
I am currently wearing my last trays as my retainers at night until I get my vivera retainers (after my bridge work is done) but one night I completely forgot to put them on!!!! ARRRRRGGGGHHHH! and I only realised the next morning when I woke up and couldn't feel any plastic with my tongue! but my teeth didn't move over night thank goodness!!!! (its great also having the wires on my teeth to keep everything extra straight! its like a back up incase you do forget!).
I whitened my teeth using 2 tubes of something starting with O? sorry, I can't remember the name of it but I found that it has given my teeth a natural looking whiteness. I decided not to continue to do more tubes because it does cost $50 per tube and I don't want my teeth to look unaturally white/glow in the dark! So I'm happy with it all.
Today I had my teeth prepared for my bridges. Brett my dentist spent a lot of time drilling/filing/removing a layer off my back molars (next to the missing teeth) and then placed temporary crowns on those teeth which will stay there until my next appointment (in 3 weeks time - next available appointment) for when I get my bridges cemented on. I have to be really careful in what I eat over the next 3 weeks (no hard foods and no gum!!!) because these temporary crowns are made of plastic and simply glued on. It didn't hurt at all, it was just a very long process (1.5 hours!). I can't wait until I get my bridges done cos then I will be officially done, my smile will be COMPLETE!!!!!
