Went to orthodontist today...

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YAY! I'm so happy :) I went to the orthodontist today and he looked a my teeth... I had to have a mould of my teeth done and i had to bite into some wax stuff... it was kinda gross and i was gaging heaps with the mould but i got over it lol...
Anyway... I'm going to my school dentist soon and I'm getting x-rays of my teeth and a tooth pulled out... I'm going back in 6 weeks and either then or next appointment I'm getting a plate that i have to have for 9-12 months then i get my braces on for about 18 months or so then i get the retainers... :) So i will be a metal mouth until I'm 17 ;D lol
I'm so excited now lol... :smitten: :smitten:
 
Mum rang the dentist to make an appointment for the x-rays and they said we just go there no need for an appointment :o
So we are going asap lol... cant wait for 6 weeks to be up... ill have a plate and baby piggies :) I'm so happy right now :smitten:
 
I went for the x-ray today... its so weird! I had to bite into this thing and these machines went around my head making weird noies... and the other one i had things in my ears and a thing holding my nose.... Now all i need is to get my last baby tooth out then i go back to the orthodontist :) i cant wait!
My new ickname will have to be metal mouth or somthing lol
 
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Ah Bless! Oh to be young again! I can remember getting excited over braces too!
 
;D everyone keeps telling me they will hurt like hell...
What the detist wants to do is:
Pull my front jaw forward and widen my top jaw... ill have to take some before and after pics when i get the plate and post it on here lol... i cat wait...
 
Carrie anne is seeing the othodontist in april been seeing him the past 3 years once a year to keep a check on her teeth as she has one missing and will prob need braces to close the gap, she'll be joining the elite band of metal mouths ;D ;D
 
Yay! go carrie anne! now i wont be a lone metal mouth :) we should make t-shirts ;D
 
she might wear it when shes not wearing her Bon Jovi t shirts all the time lol :smitten:
 
I get called Hils Grillz! or Tin Grin or Tinsel teeth .......... but I don't mind - I like it really , makes me feel really young! I went to the ortho the other day & got Hot Pink bands put back in :-X closest smiley to a brace I can find!
 
hehe... nice one ;D... sorry i forgot you had them :)
Does anyone know if you can pick the colour of your plate? if so what colour would you recomend ;D
 
For a removable brace? not sure but I did see an ortho in America who makes custom retainers with glitter or pictures set into the plate of the retainer....will dig out the link at some point.
 
oh cool lol... i think he is going to cement it to the top and bottom of my mouth! eew! lol what if like milk gets stuck under there and goes sour in my mouth i wont be able to talk without making everyone else barf lol
 
Having had a brace (train track style) myself for just under a year I can tell you that it is DEFINTATELY worth the end result - and this is coming from someone who is petrified of dentists and has a panic attack when I sit in a dentist chair (long story!). Yes, as they say "no pain no gain" <-- mainly when it's fitted or tightened, so I'd get some soup and really soft food in once you have it fitted 'cause you wont be able to eat anything hard (oh and painkillers are a godsend the day you have it fitted - or maybe I was just a wuss!). You'd also be amazed at how quickly you get used to having some metal in your mouth, it's quite weird when you think about it. I'm not trying to put you off - just realised I was sounding quite negative - you're really lucky to be going through this at the age you are, I didn't have mine fitted until I was 17 and so by that point all my friends who had braces were having theirs removed - and in all the pictures from my 18th I have a brace... but oh well it's a part of growing up. You will love the end result though, I promise! I looked in the mirror and didn't think it was the same person at first... a perfect smile can make you glow from the inside out...
 
:) that didnt sound negative at all lol
I got put on the government waiting list 3 years ago but we get it half price :) so the braces should cost about $2 500 and the plate about $1 000 i think... i hate the way my teeth look now... i look like bugs bunny lol
But i cant wait till i get them because i will look beautiful (i hope ;D)

Did you have to get a mould... the bottom one was okay for me but the top one felt like it was going down my throat!
 
Yea I had a mould done, the top one felt really really funny... and yes it felt like it went down my throat.

I had my brace done for one tooth... it poked out of my mouth at a weird angle before :-\ looks really nice now though :)
 
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