Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #301
Well, today was the day. I went to therapy and talked to a bunch of things, and then I went to physical therapy and got a new exercise that I think will help, and then I went to the orthodontist to get Invisalign braces put on.
I needed to get attachments put on my teeth, and rubber bands and everything, because, like I showed you before in a previous letter, it's pretty messed up in there.
...And boy howdy, if I was talking like Sean Connery before, when I got my first premolars pulled, I'm really talking like him now-
WAIT. You have no idea who is Sean Connery. One sec...
...He says "s" like "sh". And there's not anything wrong with that. The thing is, lots of people think that Sean Connery is very sexy (I don't really think of other humans in terms like that, so I don't quite understand, but it's okay that others do). I am not very sexy (and that is also okay!), so... I guess I find the juxtaposition a little amusing, haha.
...I'm not going to be singing for a while, I guess. Or at very least, not recording anything. Not like this. With all this stuff in my mouth, it feels like I can barely even talk properly.
So with these kinds of braces, I'm supposed to take them out whenever I eat, and then put them back in when I'm done eating. Before I put them back in, I have to brush, floss, and rinse my teeth, and also brush the braces.
The braces look like this:
...Yeah. It's pretty screwy in there.
They used some kind of goop that hardens in the presence of UV light in order to glue "attachments" to my teeth. These attachments give the braces something to grip onto, I guess, which helps to rotate the teeth and move them around. Some of the attachments are meant to serve as anchors for rubber bands. The rubber bands are supposed to help pull my upper canine teeth back into their proper places. And that's very good, because one of them is particularly confused; it seems to have gotten lost and wandered off way up towards the top of my gums like some kind of derpasaurus rex... I'll pull up an image that someone on Twitter called Derpasaurus Rex drew... I'll use the "link" function to stick it here...
...Boy howdy, this is gonna take some getting used to.
As far as discomfort goes, there's not much, at least for now. I'm not sure if I should expect the discomfort to get better or worse. Apparently, on the third day or so, my teeth will have moved enough for it to be a little easier to pop the braces in and out.
Every 10 days, I'm supposed to change out to a new set of braces. The bag I went home with has 35 sets of braces, and they're in numerical order. Each one designed to scooch my teeth around just a little more than the one that came before it. So this is at least 350 days worth of braces. I heard them say it'll be like 2 years before everything is in its proper place.
...It's nice to think that the inside of my face will be all fixed up by the time I get to see you again. It's nice to think that the smile I'll have in response to seeing you on the screen will finally be healthy.
(...Please just make sure you end up okay in the end, all right? I want to still have reasons to smile by the end of the third part of your story. Promise me, okay...?)
Most importantly, it will be nice to finally be able to chew things properly. It'll be nice to be able to move my jaw in a way that doesn't destroy the joints holding it together. Won't that be neat?
...I think I'm gonna get sushi. It's been a bit, and I want some. I've endured all this discomfort for the sake of my future, and I've decided that it's time to get a little treat.
...Want some...?
So I've discovered two things...
For one, the braces are A LOT harder to take out than they are to put in. Holy cow, that sucked!!
For another... the attachments are SHARP. The inside of my lips and cheeks are pretty scraped up now.
...This is DEFINITELY going to take some getting used to. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm doing this for my health. I'm doing this so that my bite can be fixed and so my jaw doesn't get weirder than it already is. It's important.
I am choosing this discomfort now for a better outcome later. It is the good thing to do, even if it sucks for now.
Well. I don't have a whole lot more to write about today, so I guess I'll end today's letter here. It's just as well in any case; a friend of mine from this space wants to watch a movie! I'm not sure which one it's gonna be, but I'm sure I'll have lots to tell you about it tomorrow!
I love you. I hope in the near future, you'll be able to sit down and watch a fun movie with someone you care about. Please stay safe out there so maybe you can do that someday.
So I got braces, no that’s not my teeth that’s just a picture from Pinterest. I don’t like my teeth ergo braces. I looked all over the internet for tips on getting braces and now I realise I was misinformed so here’s your:
NO BULLSH*T GUIDE TO GETTING BRACES:
- Wear lip balm all day leading up to your appointment and bring it with you, it’ll definitely help because your lips get dry while they put the braces on.
- Take a pain killer before your appointment
- Braces are put on using superglue... well the dentist alternative. For some reason in my mind I thought they are put on in some other way so I googled it and this gave me peace of mind.
- All you'll feel when braces are put on is this weird sensation of something pushing on your teeth, then when they are on it'll be so weird! It'll be hard to speak for the first few minutes and you'll think you'll never get used to the braces but you will I promise.
- At first you'll feel very little pain, I thought people over exaggerated braces, the pain will slowly increase remember to take painkillers whenever possible it's a real life saver I promise.
- Prepare for eating soft foods because your teeth will be extremely sensitive for the first week! I drank smoothies all week and ate soup.
- BUY THE WAX!!! I didn’t buy wax because I thought it was overpriced and then ordered a multi pack on amazon I was so relived when it arrived because it helps stop the braces from tearing your mouth apart especially during that first week.
- Brushing your teeth is a weird sensation, you have to angle the toothbrush more here's a handy video
- flossing is basically impossible but you can get one of these cool water flossers, I got one and it literally is the best invention ever. Best thing is you can find some online that are around $10 and do basically the same job as a $60 water flosser.
- Prepare yourself mentally, it'll be weird to see yourself with braces and to talk, I wanted to cry because I had a lisp for a few days and I felt like I'll never be able to eat normal food again but one week later I was basically back to normal life.
- listen to what the orthodontist says, you don't want to have braces for an extended amount of time so if you do what they say and avoid hard foods you'll get the braces of quicker.
- Don't eat foods with too much sugar, it causes your teeth to go yellow and then when your braces will be taken off you'll have white spots surrounded by yellow. All it takes is quitting foods that are high in sugar and honestly that's good for you anyway. Thanks Dr Smith for terrifying me into a healthy diet 😉
- Watch loads of content made by people with braces to learn about your braces, knowing what others have been through helps you with your own braces that’s something I learnt personally.
- Search up the #braces tag whenever you start feeling bad about your braces especially on Instagram, you’ll see people loving their braces and flexing them and honestly that’s such a positive feeling and it’s helping me embrace my braces!
Useful video:
(This girl knows more than me)
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I’ve only had braces for a month so I’m in now way experienced to tell you everything about braces but whenever I learn something new I’ll try and tell you! So we can all learn? If you have any tips please reblog this with them because I’d love to learn more about how to deal with the metal in my mouth.
Also how’s going through airport security with braces?
I know your mouth is supposed to adjust to braces over like a few days but omg just existing is like torture rn. "Oh but they've only been in less then 24 hours" yeah and I'm already so sick of them I can't help but cry. And I don't cry easily but brushing hurt so much that I just don't think I can handle doing it for another day. And I'm supposed to do that three times a day. I barely touched them and they hurt so badly. And this fucking website was like "oh just push through the discomfort because it's important to keep your mouth clean" that wasn't discomfort that was just pain.
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