Braces Progress as at September 2016

Holla everybody!

It's been a while yeah? I guess I missed to tell the story of 3 sessions (as far as I can remember) but those are not important. 

What's best is to show you the result that I have achieved so far. Have this treat of my unglossed lips every time I took these pictures. Lol

I know it's hideous at first with the wires are all senget-benget
(magenta & orange)

I might use this colour again. I look good when I smile
(red)

There! told you it turns out good when I smile

I broke one of the brackets after biting a cucumber in a nasi lemak
(black)

And after some patience....
(light blue)
But now after some masak lemak cili api and some coloured food during Eid Adha, it  becomes a neon green. How cool is that?

Till my next appointment okay?

Love,

Dyra

Bracing Lower Teeth

26th May 2016

After a week of having a tight teeth and a hard time eating, it's time to brace my lower arch teeth. Doc  tak cakap banyak. Dia terus buat segala procedure yang sama masa pakaikan braces kat gigi atas. But bila pasang bawah, doc tarik pipi and bibir bawah kuat-kuat untuk pasangkan brackets. Sakit la. Macam nak terkoyak mulut buat macam tu. 

Semuanya siap dalam masa 20 minit juga la sebab pasang kat gigi bawah macam susah sikit. And I chose a different color of modules for my lower teeth which was orange. And then keluar terus bayar RM300 kat counter. Now that down payment has been settled, I will have to pay only RM100 for the monthly checkup. And this was how I look. I know I look weird. I myself think I'm ugly. But thank God my boyfriend thinks it's cute. So he's the one helping me to regain my self-esteem. LOL 

Now it's been 2 weeks since I started wearing braces and it starts to feel normal again except for the annoying feeling that food always stuck in between the wires. Yang tu selama-lamanya akan rasa. My daily routine has changed from brushing teeth twice a day to brushing teeth for 10 minutes after every meals with the normal toothbrush and the interdental brush. At home, I'll floss after brushing my teeth. Remeh la juga nak jaga bila dah pakai braces ni. Selepas makan memang akan automically rasa nak gosok gigi sebab banyak sangat bendasing melekat. And you won't wanna smile after eating. Pernah tauge tersidai elok je atas wire lepas makan. Maluuuuu!

Ni la rupa Interdental Brush tu. It's super small macam nak berus gigi hamster je.

Can't wait for my first monthly checkup. Doc akan tukar wire (takuttt) and tukar color modules (yay)! Dalam kepala dah fikir dah nak color apa sempena raya nanti. Weeeee!

Love,

Dyra

Bracing Upper Teeth

20th May 2016

I was nervous that morning fikir-fikir semua makanan yang bakal tak boleh makan. My boyfriend accompanied me on that day. We arrived early in the morning, so we had breakfast dulu kat Pelita. I hentam tosai siap-siap takut sakit lepas pasang nanti. Tunggu punya tunggu dekat sejam juga, baru diorang panggil masuk bilik doc. As usual, Dr Naga will happily greet his patients. Then terus duduk baring atas kerusi dentist tu. Nervous weh. Nasib baik doc akan pasang kat gigi atas dulu suruh adapt dengan kesakitan dan ketidakselesaan dalam mulut seminggu.

Firstly, doc suruh gargle and dia pun start spray apa liquid tah color hijau bau macam air liur basi. Rasa nak mumun time tu. Then gargle lagi. Lepas tu doc polish gigi I lagi sekali nak bagi betul-betul bersih before tampal brackets. Gargle lagi. Lepas tu doc suck segala air dalam mulut guna suction tube sampai betul-betul kering. Beside him was his assistant standing; getting ready to press glue on the brackets. Doc kutip satu-satu bracket pakai tweezer dia and hulur kat assistant dia untuk tempek glue. Then dia lekatkan kuat-kuat atas permukaan  gigi. Lepas tampal brackets, doc suruh pilih color elastic band or we call it as modules. I chose magenta sebab I love pinky tones. Then doc capai nickel wire and insert it dalam some kind of longkang bracket tu satu per satu sambil secure wire tu dengan the  coloured bands. 15 minit lepas tu, semua siap. Untuk gigi belakang sekali, I tak pakai yang labeled as band @ headgear tu. Ada hook je.

Keluar treatment room je terus pergi counter and swipe RM2k. Balance ada lagi RM2300 nak kena bayar.

Perasaan mula-mula pasang tu ada la menyesal juga. Rasa pelik ada benda yang penuhkan mulut sampai tak boleh tutup properly. Because mulut tak berapa boleh tutup, maka bibir pula cepat kering. I felt so uncomfortable. Terus singgah McD beli chicken porridge sebab tau memang tak boleh makan solid food. Malam tu pula, pergi makan Fish n Chips. Ingatkan dah lembut sangat tapi sakit pula bila kunyah. But I was grateful I didn't feel pain at that night masa tengah tidoq. The next morning still tak rasa sakit. Memang tak sakit pun lepas pasang. Dia akan rasa annoying je sebab gigi rasa ketat and gusi rasa gatal semacam like ada gigi nak tumbuh. Time makan paling azab la. Semua gigi rasa rapuh and if berlaga dengan makanan, sakit dia naik sampai kepala. Tu yang malas nak makan tu. I experienced pain on the upper teeth for 4 days whenever I eat. Lepas tu dah boleh chew and churn food macam biasa. Tapi effective from that day, memang banyak makanan kena pantang. Refer gambar bawah ni nak tau makanan yang boleh makan and tak boleh makan.

Love,

Dyra