Teeth extractions!!!

Here's a pic of my piercing as well LOL!!!

This is the top one its much bigger than the lower one!!!

Lower bicuspid!!!

Big gap huh???

Okay so I got 2 left side (top & bottom) bicuspids extracted yesterday, Uhh it wasn't as bad as i thought... It didn't hurt I just felt a lot of pressure, well you know what my bottom one did hurt a little I guess because it took a lot of anesthetic to num me on the lower side and I still hurted a little but didn't want to complain I just wanted them to finish!!! Anyways so after the extractions it felt so weird 2 holes in there all of a sudden lol I was so num all the way to my ear that I even went to get a "Tragus" piercing and it didn't hurt a pinch!!! how cool is that. I get my other 2 right side bicuspids on Sep 14th and gonna get that side pierced too. I was originally gonna do 'em all at once but I chickened out but it was better because its hard to eat and that way these are healed by the time I get the other ones extracted. Well as far as the braces go, nothing has really changed I hope that now with all the extra space my teeth will start straighing much faster. Ok well here a couple pictures of my extraction sites...

18 day later

Well its been about 18 days with braces and things are much easier... I don't speak funny anymore lol and I cant eat almost anything now!!! Its just that the food gets stuck in the brackets and its weird, but anyway I have started to see minimal movement lately one of my front teeth and one of my botton teeth are moving... due to this my front upper teeth is hitting my bottom one when I talk and that hurts. Here and there a certain teeth is sore and I think its because braces are doing their job and moving teeth. Also another thing is that I'm still biting into one of my cheeks and it really bothers me!!! well here's a pic of my braces hope you can see the front teeth already moving just compare to 1st pictures!!!

Braces On!!!!

Well I decided to go with the 3rd ortho and I go braces on Aug 3rd. I had order the ceramic braces but when I got there and was already sitting there I asked and they weren't the ceramic, just metal I was kind of dissapointed but I was already there so they just put them on!!! But guess what I do not like this I feel like ugly Betty lol I called them this mornig and they'll put the ceramic ones on my September appointment. When they first put them on they didn't hurt but they felt so weird and I couln't close my mouth, I kept touching them and looking in the mirrow. I felt so weird in them I almost cried. The next day were so annoying and painfull I wanted to rip them out myself!!!! I could not eat anything not even bread and then everything gets stuck in them and you slice up your tonge trying to get it lol. I haven't had any canker sores just that my cheek keeps getting on the way and I talk funny. The soreness is gone and I can eat a lil better... this is my 5th day but still can't eat normal. Man I wish I had good teeth so I wouln't have to go thru this crap!!! Here are some pictures of my teeth with braces. They are the self ligating ones and they don't use bands, they're supposed to work faster but they have o bigger profile (I hate them, they make my mouth & lips look bigger)

Teeth before starting treatment!!!

Here is what my teeth look like before braces!!!

3rd Ortho!!!

So I went to the 3rd ortho and they don't ask any down payment you just start treatment and make monthy payments. They charge $5,762.00 with monthy payments of $235.00 wich is cool but one thing they told me I didn't like is that I would need some extraction uggh I'll have braces and I'll be missing some teeth. They offered me ceramic braces at no extra cost but they told me that ceramic does stain. I don't know what to do I really want to go with Invisalign also because with Invisalign you don't get the cuts and canker sores that you get with reg braces, I dunno I need time to think what I want... Here are some pic of what my teeth look like right now!!!

Decided to fix my problem!!!

I decided it was time to fix my teeth, I scheduled a consult with 1st Dr. ( I've gone to 3) and saw him on 5/18/09 at first I was looking for Invisalign and he said I "Was" a candidate, he would shave some of my teeth to make room and that at the most it would take 24 months to finish treatment and I was really happy with what he told me but not so exited with the cost. He couted me $6,725.19 with a down payment of $2,400 And monthly payments of $186. I wouln't have a problem paying that much to fix my smile but I just couln't afford the down payment, so I decided to seek another Ortho to see If It can be more affordable since he is the premier provider for Invisalign here in Albuquerque. So I went to visit a 2nd ortho and she told me that I might need some extractions and if I did I was not candidate for Invisalign but she would need to study my case a little more, and she also told me that since my 2 front upper teeth are so crooket that Invisalign might not give me the results I want and the I woul'd have to use regular braces for a few months... so I said what's the point in having Invisalign then. Her prices were not much different from the 1st ortho only like $200 difference but she only asked for $1,600 down and here is the bad part her monthly payments are $435 so yea that's a little hard for me too, being a single mother and living on my own its not eas. But anyways at this point I decided to look into regular braces that are more affordable but horrible looking lol sorry I made a consult with a different Dr. so lets see how that goes.

Always hated my teeth!!!

Well let me start off by telling you that ever since I can remember I've always hated how my teeth look. I never smile if I do I smile with my lips closed or I cover my mouth. People usually tell me that my teeth are not bad and I don't really need braces but I hate to smile and thats never good, and usually people that tell me this have perfect teeth and don't know what's like to be self concious about your smile.