Jaw Jigsaw

Well life is almost relatively back to normal. As much as it's gonna get with a 3-month old baby. I had to go back to work when babe was only 9-weeks old. That sucked. Plus work has been relentlessly stressing me out and being crazy busy. It's finally semi-calmed down. And I'm getting a raise/promotion! So that's good news. Amongst the chaos I'm still handling my braces. Still flossing/rinsing diligently every night. I always find time for it. It only takes a few min! I don't mind the braces at all anymore... I've had them for almost a year! It's time for a new phase of this jaw development. I got another set of surgery molds sent to the surgeon in September and he said he wanted the teeth on the bottom a little closer together- so it works out for my schedule. Now my October appointment today he took an x-ray to make sure there was enough space for the surgeon to cut into my jawline... whaaattt?! Kind of freaking out. And he's looking at t...

I swear I'm still alive! Just trying to get this baby out! LOL Today is 38 weeks of pregnancy! I'm ready to be done. I'm not miserable or anything but I'm just sick of being pregnant. I'm ready to move on. Work is blah too. I need some time off. I know having a baby isn't really "time off," but it's not work. That's for sure. I'll probably be more busy with a baby then I am at work.  Had an adjustment yesterday. Nothing different. Still have this stupid rubber CHAIN on the my upper teeth. It's just annoying while flossing and things get stuck VERY easily. Not as sore as last time- definitely a good thing! Rubber banded!!! My chin looks weird. But you can kind of see the band thing. It's just like a rubber band. But it's stupid. And I feel like I've been biting my tongue at night out of control. I feel like my bottom teeth have something pulled back... no idea. My tongue seems to always be in the way now. It...

Had an adjustment yesterday evening. It was supposed to be my "final wires." But, since I'm not having the jaw surgery for a while... I'm not sure what's going to happen next. I have this crazy band around my four front, top teeth. It hurts like a bitch. Also has a key on it that will be turned I think at my next appointment in four weeks. I really don't know. He doesn't explain things well sometimes and I just don't care and want to get out of there asap. LOL The tech explained it a little more to me but all everyone wanted to do was talk about babies. Ugh. Anyway here's a shot of my crazy banded teeth. There was a huge space (still is) between some of the top teeth but he said he did that on purpose so they will pull together nicely. Which is what we are doing right now! Crazy. The wire thing on the left (technically on my right) is REALLY freaking annoying. So I will be going back. It's a half-hour appointment next time. I have no ...

My orthodontist called me today and said he met with the surgeon and went over my molds and they think I'm READY for SURGERY. Possibly this summer. Oh baby. Literally oh baby. I had to kindly remind my orthodontist that I would be giving birth in July- thus surgery is very much out of the question. Darn baby. (Whom I already love dearly and do not blame in any way, LOL) I should have known that my braces wouldn't be on for too long since my teeth weren't that crooked to begin with. So while this is GREAT news... I'll still have braces until at least early winter. The ortho said I'll get my "final" wire on next week... then it's a waiting game. He suggested waiting until after the baby is born to call the surgeon- then we can start the process of getting it scheduled, since it will take several months to set that up. Here's my current mouth- my teeth are all very straight and just my jaw is whacked clearly. More so since I got that tooth pu...

4-1-2013   Well my #31 tooth is out. My bite is completely different now. (Actually straighter) My poor teeth on the left side of my mouth hurt for like 2+ weeks because they weren't use to actually hitting each other. Two hours after the tooth was out I felt 1,000x better. Even though it sucks and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with one less tooth- I'm so glad I did it. The surgeon said he wouldn't recommend it with me being pregnant- but I had already talked to my obgyn and she had absolutely no problem with it. The surgeon was all like- if you can wait until July to get it out you should. And I'm like- are you freaking kidding me? 4 months of pure torture? Why would I put myself through that?! The general anesthesia took in no time and I felt nothing when they pulled the tooth. Just a little pressure. Thank goodness. He had me freaked out that I would feel it since I had an infection. The swelling went down that night- I continued on the antibiot...

S o I've had my braces on for exactly three weeks now. (I will photo them later) And I've been back to the dentist office twice. So once a week- I go. One of my molar braces came off. TWICE. He said he was hoping not to band my molars, but he's going to have to band this one because it's just not staying on. (Combination of reasons - bad enamel, biting) I've BITTEN down on it TWICE in my sleep. It wakes me up every time. It just hits in the right spot to make it break off. So right now I have a separator in for that tooth and will be getting it banded NEXT Tuesday. (Since my office is only open TUESDAYS... ugh) Today my dentist, Dr. Mortimer, said that my teeth are aligning fairly well though lol. So that's good to hear. Another dentist's office that loves me because I'm literally in there all the freaking time haha. Also they took a TON of my money already- so they best be nice to me! Next time I may try and ask him "approximately" how l...