My Braces Experience

Helloo there sunshine!

Today I'm gonna share with you my braces experience. I'm still on braces. It has been about 6 months. Yes, it is painful.. but to me it is still bearable. Well, No pain no gain ya :)

Ever since I got my braces on, my teeth has shift a lot. My front teeth used to be crooked. I hate my smile and didn't feel confident. After a few months of treatment, now my teeth has become more aligned and nice looking.

The pictures above are the progression of my braces in this few months.

At my first appointment, the orthodontist put on the bottom braces first and top braces on the following month. During the process the ortho put on the braces, I only feel slight pressure without any pain. But about 1 hour later, my whole set of teeth sore and I can still feel the pressure. It's like teeth being pulled kinda sensation. For a few days my teeth became very sensitive, so I can only eat soft foods like porridge and banana.

These are a few tips from me if you are planning to get braces anytime soon!

• To have braces on is a long time commitment. So choose the right ortho at the most convenient location for you as well as your pocket.
• Be prepared to be told to extract your healthy teeth!
• Take painkiller before heading to your appointment where your ortho will put on your braces. This may reduce the sore coming on soon after you got it on.
• Stock up some soft foods like cup porridge, canned baked beans, bananas, or simply milk. You might want to eat soft foods for a few days as your teeth will be very sensitive at this time. My suggestion are: soft scrambled eggs, fruit juices, mashed potato and biscuits (soak with hot milo)
• Use inter dental tooth brush to clean the space between your braces as it will be hard to reach by tooth brush 

The length of treatment will be depend on how fast your teeth move. For me, I have to wear my braces for about 2 - 3 years. Still a long way to go tough, but it's ok. I do my braces in JB, malaysia for RM 10k, excluded extraction. So it's like I have to go JB from Singapore once a month. Oh ya, not forgetting I had to extract 2 premolars on the upper jaw as there wasn't enough space for my teeth to move. My teeth on the upper jaw were squeezing each other!

Well, to me.. Braces treatment is worth it. The pain, the cost, the time consumed, it's all worth it. Anyway, you will wear your teeth for your whole life right! So if 2-3 years of braces will let you smile confidently for your whole remaining life, why not??? :)

Okie guys, whoever plan to get braces anytime soon, please ask me anything you want to know~ I will be happy to share with you more based on my experience~ And also, I will keep on updating the progress of my braces. So keep in touch if you want to know how is it going.

Till then,

* XOxo *

Smile is the key that fits the lock on everybody's heart

~Signed off with Love~

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