For those of you who don't know, I've had my top braces on for 5 months. (My 75% overbite had to be fixed before the bottom ones could be put on.) So for comparison, here is a pic from Day 1, June 2, 2010:
And a pic from October 6, 2010:
And here, my dears, is a picture from yesterday, November 9, 2010, when my overbite had finally been corrected enough to put the bottoms on:
I'm glad that this will all one day look very pretty, like so:
But FYI: Bottom braces hurt WAAAYYY worse than top ones. I'm moaning and groaning and pouting as I write this, despite the fact that I've been popping ibuprofen like peanuts. What I need is an IV drip with some narcotics, the kind with the little dose-yourself dial. I feel like I've been kicked in the face. Repeatedly. By the Jolly Green Giant. Who may not have been feeling very jolly.
Yeah. I can't wait for these bottom teeth to loosen up a little and acclimate to the pressure, because applesauce isn't really satisfying my Swedish Fish cravings. And because I have to pucker my lips outward like a horse in order to not feel pain when I smile.