First Adjustment

Yesterday was my first adjustment (aka "tightening"). Everyone I know who has had braces before has been telling me horror stories about how bad adjustments hurt and that I wouldn't be able to eat solid foods for 3 days afterward. Honestly, it wasn't bad at all. I don't know if everyone else has a super low tolerance for pain or if orthodontics has changed significantly over the past few years, but I barely felt any pain and have minimal soreness today.

At the adjustment, my orthodontist said my teet have moved a bit although I personally don't see a ton of change yet. He put on a stronger wire and a thicker "bumper" over the blocked tooth that doesn't have a bracket yet. Hopefully over the next few visits, that space will open up enough to put a bracket on that tooth and get it in place. If it doesn't, I will most likely have to have an extraction. So needless to say, I really hope this space opens up, but I will do what i need to do.

As you can see in the pictures, I decided to go with red and blue ligatures in honor of July 4 which is just around the corner. Unfortunately, I ate some paella which contained tumeric for dinner tonight and I learned a valuable lesson. My pretty red and blue ligatures are now orangey red and a nasty teal green color. I look like some messed up version of Christmas. So much for being patriotic.. Even my "bumper" has turned from gray into a nasty puke green color.. Yuck!