Tuesday 18 March 2014

4th & 5th Visit

Hello! I am uber late in my monthly posting once again :/ Will need to do something about that. Heeh.

Just came back from my 5th visit today. But before that, just a quick update on the previous visit:


Dr Cheng changed my wires to 'copper-18 and copper-20'. No idea what it means (and I hope that I've spelled it correctly, if not please do pardon). Anyway, it was a thicker wire. HAHAHA yey! Some pain! Finallyyy, after another month of wait. :3 The colour of the bands also has a story. Here's another case of colour distortion under the dentist's light: I went there determined to try the dark blue shade. But after having seeing the range of colours, I saw this shade which looked like teal to me. And me being me, liking the colours of in-between, chose it. But alas, the colour turned out to be light blue haha. Oh well, it wasn't so bad - the colour is actually very pretty. Because, it's not exactly a very light shade of blue, so it tones down a bit as the weeks pass by, turning it a bit greenish. Ageing with time: I love concepts like these. In the end, I did get my wish for a teal colour! Sort of.


Anyhoo, Here's the picture taken at the end of the 30-day cycle (which is today).



Above: May not be so clear in the photo, but the bands are actually twisted for two pre-molars on the lower left jaw - I think it was to add more force to rotate the tooth.

So for today's visit, I know for sure at least one of the wire was changed. He asked for 'copper upper' -- MY GOODNESS I AM DYING TO KNOW WHAT THOSE THINGS MEAN even if it didn't really concern me. Uhhm, well the wire for my lower jaw is a lot thicker and more painful. But what's new for this visit is that he put a band on my upper left row, pulling the canine tooth towards the back. Yep, because there is a gap between the canine and pre-molar of my tooth since the visit with the purple band across my 4 front teeth. And I didn't notice it until i got home. No wonder I kept feeling this really strong force on the tooth, one that has not been felt since the first put on my braces. MUAHAHAHA so exhilarating.


Above: TADAA can you see the extra translucent band? keke~

And I also want to mention that I'm already eating all the food I once told myself I wouldn't, before I had braces on. Foods like bread, chocolates, my favourite teh-peng, etc. Not that it's anything bad for braces, but that I initially just didn't want additional trouble cleaning the nooks of the braces. But in the end, I think I couldn't take laying off them and c'mon man, what's cleaning when food just keeps enchanting you to it! Ohhh :/

That's all for this month. Farewell! And till next time, be well!