Time for my Third Tightening

Hello everyone!

Finally the day came for my third tightening. Before I proceed further, I would like to tell you that I have found major changes in my teeth and I am really happy with the result.

So moving further, I had my third tightening yesterday on 18^th November, 2015. In today’s post, I will give you an update on how my third tightening went.

My 3^rd Tightening

When I got there, my ortho asked me about how I feel and how were things getting on. I told him that I am really happy with the changes so far and this time I didn’t have any problem. No itching, no pain nothing.

My ortho told me that the progress is really good as per the usual time taken at this age. I was like Really..!! Yay..!! Yay..!! Yayy..!! My ortho was happy with the progress my teeth are making. I asked him about the timespan it will take to get all done. He told me that there is still time to go yet.  He did not mention any issues with cleaning stuff. Well, I was taking good care of it.

After looking long and hard, he set to work removing all my current ligatures from my teeth using a hook, then popped out the wire from its grooves in my brackets. The ligatures weren’t as painful this time. It just felt little tight else there was no pain. This makes me feel good as it shows that something is going to change, even if it does hurt a bit haha. Nothing was digging in the side of my mouth this time so it felt quite better.

The whole thing took about 15 minutes this time. I was feeling fresh and was expecting having a pain in 2-3 hours. He told me to keep up the good work on the cleaning and booked another appointment for 4 weeks of time, that is, 9^th Dec ’15.

Conclusion

I am pretty pleased with the amendments so far!!! Really pleased to see changes in my top front teeth. Having a less pain is a definitely win. It’s really inspiring to see how my teeth move so well on the earlier stage. All my efforts are worth it.

I want to get things done sooner and I am excited for my next appointment that is after 5 weeks.

Pain

Before I went for tightening, my pain had stopped completely. Once I got my wires trimmed, there was nothing pricking my mouth and the aching completely died away. As my ortho said, I got minor aching for a day or two after the tightening for a particular tooth that was tightened but that was not at all a case of worry. Really, I didn’t even need pain killers. But yes having an ice-cream did help me feel good. I managed to eat normal food without any problems so all was good.

Breakages

Till now I didn’t face any issue in this. Thank God for this. I have been careful with what I eat and drink and also on cleaning.

Eating and Drinking

Well now, I am able to eat mostly all the things. I am a vegetarian and I am able to eat hard foods as well. Yes even Pizza. 😛 But still I try to stay away with hard things and avoid having cold drinks. I do not have the habit of cold drinks so that is not an issue for me. But if you are really addicted to it, you can avoid and in unavoidable times, try to drink with the help of straw to avoid its direct contact with the teeth. I am sticking to the rules of if I am going to have sugar then I would have few sweets, chocolates etc straight after my evening meal before I do my tooth brushing. I drink more water as my mouth gets dry fast and it’s good to drink more water. I don’t drink alcohol so no staining issue for me. If you have alcohol, then try to drink only shots of clear alcohol accompanied with a (separate) glass of water to avoid any sugary drinks. This might make your mouth more dry the next day so be cautious before you go for it. I avoid having tea and coffee and yes I miss them badly. I do intake coffee with the help of straw. But yes doing all the care is worth when you get such good compliments for your clean teeth. What do you think?

Cleaning

I do the regular brushing as mentioned in my old post and it takes me 5 minutes to clean my teeth. Try to keep a brush and a handy paste with you in case you want to brush after every meal you take at public places. Cleaning my teeth so often especially in the evening when I floss as well is a pain in the bum. Sorry I need to be honest, but I keep focusing on how worth it is.

So, this is it till now.. I have tried to update you everything I have been experiencing so far. My next appointment is on 14^th Oct so I guess I might be writing you my further experience after my second tightening visit.

Should you need any further assistance or if you have your own experience, please do not hesitate to write me on comments. I would like to know your experience, tips and that would be helpful for other readers as well.

Thanks for reading! Speak to you again in few weeks..!!

Till then, Stay Wow.!!

Lots of Love,

Khayali Shah

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