I went to my orthodontist today and got a present. A present in the form of news first and then a physical gift.
Good news was that I only had to wear my elastics part-time.
Bad news was that I was getting new and utterly worse elastics to wear for longer than my current ones.
I wish I had a photo of me wearing these elastics at this point in time because they really are terrible. They are a little thicker, a little shorter, and come from my upper canines to my lower canines at a bit of a diagonal which means they are quite visible when I talk and open my mouth.
I will continue to wear my 'E' elastics 8 hours a day, while my 'D' elastics get 16 hours of show. I've timed my schedule out, all social-friendly like, that I wear my 'E' elastics from 9 to 5—what a way to make a living!—and my 'D' elastics the rest of the time, 5 to 9.
I will continue to wear my 'E' elastics 8 hours a day, while my 'D' elastics get 16 hours of show. I've timed my schedule out, all social-friendly like, that I wear my 'E' elastics from 9 to 5—what a way to make a living!—and my 'D' elastics the rest of the time, 5 to 9.
The orthodontist told me I can take them out for a 'hot date'. Gosh, gee, thanks, I'll try and remember that. No consolation, they are really that bad.
My sister and I think I look like a shark in them, mother says a vampire (how topical—Twilight, anyone?), and one of my closest friends says a snake. I should start a freak-show or a zoo.
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lol!
ReplyDeleteFor those of us who have the whole underbite thing going on, the fact that our elastics get pulled from the top back teeth to towards the front of the bottom does make them really obvious... they definately take some getting used to!
Oh, it really does! In my opinion, it's the worst part about braces, because when it comes down to it, I can deal with the brackets and wire.
ReplyDeleteThe other light 'E' elastics I wear are much less obvious than these babies, albeit still much more visible than other normal elastic configurations.
The things we'll go through, really!
Thanks for your post. I’ve been thinking about writing a very comparable post over the last couple of weeks, I’ll probably keep it short and sweet and link to this instead if thats cool. Thanks.
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