I was complaining today to my husband, saying that the braces is not making any progress, about how long the ceramic braces will stay in my mouth, about the pain and soreness I am going through, and he ended up scolding me for being impatient. Hahahahahahaha... it was fine, I deserved it.
Just to share my impatience with all of you, here are some pictures that I took today compared to the 1st week. Obviously, no significant changes yet.

I'll update you again next month to share any progress of my ceramic braces :)

Some Tools of the Trade

Hi all,

It has been 15 days. Yes, I am still counting the days because there are still a lot to get used to in having these ceramic braces. I have to be diligent in taking care of my braces, otherwise, I understand that there will definitely be some complications in the future!

To take care of my braces, I just brush my teeth 3 times a day, especially after meals. At first I only used a normal toothbrush for the back of my teeth and a smaller one for the front, just like this following picture:



Normally, it cleaned up my teeth well. But not this time!
I did something silly just a few days ago. I ate turmeric rice! One of my favorite rice dish, the yellow turmeric rice! As a result, it stained the entire rubber band that joins wires and each braces along the teeth... how stupid of me!!!

So what I did was, I brushed my teeth with whitening toothpaste. Of course even the small toothbrush cannot do anything about the difficult small corners of each ceramic brace. After brushing my teeth, I can still see some small yellow spots in every corners of my braces. So I went to the local pharmacy and found these small inter-dental brush. It has very small bristle and can bent around so it definitely cleans the most difficult corners of each brace. My silliness has caused me around 30 minutes brushing each tooth with this tiny brush hahahaha... but then, all the yellow stained was finally removed. What a relieve! Otherwise it will be very embarrassing to go to meeting with clients with a set of yellowing braces *yuucckkk*




Thought I should share some information about this particular tool to all of you, in case it will come in handy.

Anyways, 6 more days till my next visit to the dentist.. I am not sure if I can share any significant progress since it has only been a while. But I'll keep you all posted.

Cheers!

My first week with Ceramic Braces

Hi all,

Upon receiving an advise from my senior in the braces world, I am now dedicating this blog for updates on my ceramic braces progress. Hopefully it can somehow give you some sort of an inspiration for those who are contemplating on getting a pair of braces.

I got my braces on a week ago, 8 November 2010 to be exact and so far, the pain is gone and now my teeth are feeling a bit loose and i can feel more gaps between the teeth. Well, no significant progress yet as it has only been 10 days since the first time I got it.

Anyways, for now I will just share a few things with you.
The procedures that I took was:
- day 1 (Friday, 5 November 2010) - dentist pulled out my one last baby tooth (that never came off since I was little), leaving an empty space on my very front bottom row teeth and placed 4 rings on the back teeth.
(No turning back now!)
- day 2 (Monday, 8 November 2010) - installing the ceramic braces
- day 3 (Tuesday, 9 November 2010) - back to the dentist because one of the ring was hurting my right tongue)
- day 4 (Wednesday, 10 November 2010) - back to the dentist because 3 of my front right braces's glue came off so the wire went up and down my teeth hahahahahahhahaha *oh dear....*
- day 6 (Friday, 12 November 2010) - back to the dentist, this time 1 of my back left braces's glue came off ... geezz... how many time do I have to visit the dentist in a week!!!

But until today, (it's been 6 days since my last visit), everything seems fine and the pain is gone.

This following picture was taken last Sunday, when the pain gradually disappear and I could grin a smile again.