They're off!!

Pictures soon! Sorry.

I got my braces off!! I filmed a before and after video, but I need to edit it, and then upload it, so probably will take a few days. But for now, here's my story:

I woke up at 6:30 AM and started getting ready. I did my makeup and ironed my hair, which turned kinda messy, but whatever. I took some pictures right before I left, and packed my camera. It was around 7:15, so didn't have breakfast and left for my appointment.

I got there and filmed a video, then got signed in at 7:50 AM. I was feeling sad, but it went away once I sat down to wait. They called me in pretty quickly. I sat down and waited. Once they sat me in the chair, the orthodontist came over. It's weird since the assistant always comes first and preps me, then the ortho comes in. The ortho grabbed the mirror tool and said: "Open big!... Bite... Turn this way, Open... Bite... Turn that way, Open... Bite...". That went on for a couple of minutes, which felt endless. I was fearing she would say that I had to keep them for longer. But instead she said: "Ok, they're ready".

The assistant came over, sat down, and said: "Are you ready to get your braces off?", to which I said: "Yes!!". She grabbed some pliers, "You're going to feel some pressure", and started. "CRACK, CRACK, CRACK..." On some teeth it didn't hurt at all, but in others I could really feel it. She continued until she had all the brackets off. She took the top ones off in one piece. Then she continued to remove the bands in my bottoms. They all came off , except for one which refuse to leave my molar. The asistant tried different ways and switched tools, and it finally came off after a bit of pain. She took the whole bottom piece out.

"They're off", said the assistant. And I said: "Can I keep them?". And she replied, "Do you really want to keep them?", and the little boy in the next chair laughed, and so did the assistant. But I said "Yes". She sent me off to brush and floss, and I felt nervous to walk over to the sinks. Once I got there, I took a look at my teeth in the mirror. "Wow", was my first though. They looked huge! I felt like a horse! A horse with freaking straight teeth, may I add. Maybe it's just something everyone who has their braces taken off goes through, but I felt my teeth were too big for my face. I finished brushing and flossing, and went over to the chair. I took my Hello Kitty compact and kept looking at my teeth. I didn't know if I liked them. They looked really straight, but really weird and big. The assistant came over with a tiny manila envelope, and said: "Here you go". I opened it and there where my little metal friends. That made me happy.

The ortho came over after a little while and took a tool to shave off the glue. It was not as horrible as I thought it would be, but it was still uncomfortable. When she starting drilling off the glue, I could really smell it and I felt it was blowing the powder up my nose and I was holding my breath. But I couldn't hold my breath forever, so I had to breath in. Ugh. Also, the thing blew cold air, and when she worked on my molars, it blew the air right into sensitive spots, so that was painful. She was done and she sent me to brush. I thought I would have powder all over my face, but I didn't. I brushed and when I got to my chair and was about to sit down, another assistant said to wait on the bench. I waited for a good 10 minutes, I even gor my book out.

Then they called my name and the assistant told me to follow her down a narrow hall. I hadn't walked in this hallway since my very first visit. There were some girls waiting for the dentist, and one of them said my hair was pretty.

We got to a x-ray machine, the kinda that goes all around your head. I put my bag in a stool , and the assistant asked if I had earrings. I said no, but touched my ears to double check. She said "Open your mouth", put a cotton stick in my mouth and told me to bite. She said that she liked my shoes. Then she asked me if I was pregnant, and I said no. Then she asked how old I was, and I answered I was 19. So she grabbed a weird heavy apron/jacket looking thing and put it on me. I asked what that was for, and she said: "Just to be safe". Now, I don't know exactly if it was because radiation is dangerous, or because she though that I was sleeping with boys and didn't believe me that I was not pregnant. Jeez, I'm not fucking anybody. But anyways. Then she told me to step on the machine, put my chin on the plate, and she started the machine. After it was done, she took off the apron/jacket and told me to trhow away the cotton stick. And she told me to follow her down the hall. She told me to sit in the chair in the back. I sat down, and waited for her. She took pictures of my teeth, using those lip-stretcher thingies. She also took some of me while standing up, and I'm afraid I looked ugly in those. Then she told me to sit down again, and started mixing some of that pink stuff to make impressions. She took the molds, and it was kinda nasty because I could sorta feel the pink stuff going down my throat. She gave me some water to rinse, and we were off again. I followed her to the little mirrored hallway, where she told m that I needed to come back at 1:30 AM to pick my retainers. It was around 10 AM. I asked if I needed and appointment, but she said no. So I just left.

As I walked out, I had a huge smile on my face! I got in my car and took tons of picures and video. Then I drove off, singing from the top of my longs, smiling all the way to Wal-Mart. Haha, yes, I had to stop for candy! I bought some chewy caramel and Starbursts, which I didn't eat until I got home. I actually filmed myself eating a chewy caramel, I will post that soon.

When I got home, only my dad was there, and he said my teeth looked perfect and gave my a hug.

So there you have it, my story of how I got my braces off. I'm so happy and in love with my teeth, even though I kinda disliked them at first, not I think they're so prettyfu ^-^