Emergency Visit

While brushing my teeth on Saturday night, I noticed something was wrong. The two bands around my bottom left molars were loose. I told my mom that we would have to go to the ortho on Monday to get it fixed. Monday came around and I woke up at my usual vacation schedule, 9:30 AM. I had breakfast and at 10:12 AM I called the ortho's office to tell them I was coming. They told me that they only accept emergencies before 10 AM. "This blows!" is what I though, but oh well, I didn't mind waiting.

So today I woke up at 7:50 AM and my mom and I where on our way by 9:00 AM. I signed in at 9:40 AM and waited for them to call my name. The assistant who helped me was very nice and friendly. She made small talk, complimented my eyeshadow, and kept telling me, "What did you do, young lady?". She seemed a bit confused on what to do, so asked the orthodontist for help. The doctor told her to go ahead and take the wires out, fit the bands, and to do the adjustment then and there, instead of at my next appointment in August 27th.

She fitted a smaller band for one of my molars, and the orthodontist glued them back on again, one at a time. Then she left me again with the assistant to put a stronger wire on my lower teeth and a new wire on my top teeth. "The usual", I thought. But I was wrong. The assistant then told me that she was going to put a chain on my top teeth. She opened a drawer, and told me: "Choose a color". This was cool, because my braces are the kind that doesn't need the little, fun colored elastics. So it was the first time I was going to have some color in my mouth. I chose purple, which I like, but I think I should have picked a hot pink. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. But hopefully I'll get to pick a different color every time I go :]

Another exiting thing: I don't have to wear elastics anymore! This is great!! No more grossing people out by taking them out in public, or "accidentally" forgetting them on the dinner table. I'm gonna miss those little things, but I'm sure glad they're gone. For now.

My next appointment was moved to September 23rd, but I will be adding some miscellaneous posts in the meantime.

Thanks for reading, take care :]