For years and years and years, Daniel has had perfectly healthy teeth. He never had a single cavity and he usually brushed his teeth. That was until a dentist checkup about five months ago, where the dentist told us that braces might be necessary. Now, we all know that dentists are told by orthodontists to prescribe braces if even one tooth is just a millimeter out of line, but we went anyway.
The orthopedic professional told us that Daniel needed braces. He told us when, how much it would cost, and how long Daniel would have them. Before we left, he put some spacers in between some of Daniel’s teeth. He said there would be soreness. For the first day or so there was no pain, but then on the second and third day, there was some soreness. For the rest of the two weeks he was fine.
On January 17th, a snow day at school, Daniel went and got his braces put in. Apparently he didn’t even know that the bracket were in until after he left the room and saw them in the mirror. He got a swig of water and returned to get the wires put in on the top and bottom teeth.
For the first day, there was no soreness, just moderate discomfort. However, Daniel could not eat anything except soup. The second day, which was touted by the orthodontist as being the worst day, was dulled by some ibuprofen. On that day, Daniel was allowed to eat ice cream for dinner, and he did it with great pleasure.
His teeth were sensitive and unable to bite down onto any food until this morning, when he successful bit into a banana at breakfast. No more ice cream for dinner, I told him. By the way, the before-and-after picture is not of Daniel, because he doesn’t wear lip gloss…
Hey Rolly..where are you these days? Long time no see..