5. Getting used to it!

I have had my braces on for just over 6 weeks now and I am completely used to it. They aren't hurting at all now and my mouth is feeling absolutely fine! The wire clicked out of the back bracket again today which is what reminded me to come on here! I managed to shove it back in again but it is getting harder. The longer you have the wire in, the more of it comes out of the back of the bracket as a result of less wire being needed as your teeth straighten. As a aresult, it was harder for me to bend the wire back in again because it was a lot longer than it was previously; it took a lot of time prodding with tweezers but I managed it in the end!

I can't believe how much my teeth have changed over this short period of time! It may not be notiable to anyone else but I guess as it's your own teeth it is. I am really starting to notice the movement of my K9 teeth as they are being dragged downwards and am even starting to develop a small gap in my front teeth from where my teeth are spreading out- I am hoping that this wil be rectifyed soon but I'm sure I won't be left with it!

I have also noticed that the 2 gaps where my upper back teeth were taken out are much smaller than they were;. this is due to my other teeth on the top row being dragged backwards, filling the gap and making them look more straight!

It's really exciting to see the changes and I have another appointment on Tuesday to get them tightened so they will straighten even more after this!