Eating is going to be an issue.
As you can see from the photos below, I have large upper front teeth (what grade school bullies might call "beaver" teeth). Additionally, in the front middle of the bottom row of teeth, one tooth is "short", especially compared to its elongated neighbor (to its left in real life, to its right in the photos).
I also have / had an overbite, which is no longer a problem, since the brackets are too big for me to put my top jaw over the lower. If I try, the bottom of my upper teeth collide with the brackets on the bottom. The only contact between teeth with the braces installed is between the upper left front tooth and the lower left front tooth.
The middle picture shows what my mouth now looks like when "closed". See the problem?
My molars don't touch.
I can't chew food. I can't grind it into small pieces to swallow.
Unless I take forever to do it all with the two teeth that touch.
Or maybe I just eat nothing but pudding, apple sauce, and ice cream for the next year and a half.
When I left the orthodontist's office, I was just trying to adjust to the way the braces felt in my mouth. I'd eaten some food prior to the appointment, so I wasn't hungry, so the issue of eating never crossed my mind when I was in the office. It apparently never crossed the orthodontist's either, because he didn't say anything when he double checked his work.
So I don't know what I'm going to have to do at this point. I'm going to try to give this a shot for the next couple of days, and I'll call (or just show up in the office) if it's a continuing problem to see if they have any advice. I asked Nicole about her teeth, and did she have any similar problems - nope. Her molars touch, so she can eat like a normal person.
On the plus side, maybe I'll finally drop those extra pounds. I didn't think starvation was an option before, but maybe it will be after all ...
As you can see from the photos below, I have large upper front teeth (what grade school bullies might call "beaver" teeth). Additionally, in the front middle of the bottom row of teeth, one tooth is "short", especially compared to its elongated neighbor (to its left in real life, to its right in the photos).
I also have / had an overbite, which is no longer a problem, since the brackets are too big for me to put my top jaw over the lower. If I try, the bottom of my upper teeth collide with the brackets on the bottom. The only contact between teeth with the braces installed is between the upper left front tooth and the lower left front tooth.
The middle picture shows what my mouth now looks like when "closed". See the problem?
My molars don't touch.
I can't chew food. I can't grind it into small pieces to swallow.
Unless I take forever to do it all with the two teeth that touch.
Or maybe I just eat nothing but pudding, apple sauce, and ice cream for the next year and a half.
When I left the orthodontist's office, I was just trying to adjust to the way the braces felt in my mouth. I'd eaten some food prior to the appointment, so I wasn't hungry, so the issue of eating never crossed my mind when I was in the office. It apparently never crossed the orthodontist's either, because he didn't say anything when he double checked his work.
So I don't know what I'm going to have to do at this point. I'm going to try to give this a shot for the next couple of days, and I'll call (or just show up in the office) if it's a continuing problem to see if they have any advice. I asked Nicole about her teeth, and did she have any similar problems - nope. Her molars touch, so she can eat like a normal person.
On the plus side, maybe I'll finally drop those extra pounds. I didn't think starvation was an option before, but maybe it will be after all ...
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