Negative Effects Of Having Braces

Everyone develops habits over their lifetime either it is good or bad. When I was baby I develop one of the worst habits that pretty much damaged my body if I did not make major changes. My bad habit was thrusting my tongue against my lips. It did not only affect my teeth and how my lips were suppose to form, it also effected my speech. My tongue made my words that came out my mouth slurred. The worse thing is that I did not even knew it.

A drastic change was going to be changed as soon as I entered sixth grade. I have gotten braces. I was not happy at all. When I heard I was getting braces, I mostly wanted Invisline. Orthodontist said, that will not fix my problem since, I have a huge gap between my teeth. Since, I was in middle school it would be the perfect time to get braces. It was not only popular at that time, people who did not even need braces would want braces because everyone else was getting braces. I was upset I was getting braces, people told me how bad the pain is, how they barely eat anything, their teeth got worse, had to get braces put back on, also how their lips got caught up in their braces. The other half of me was ready to get braces. I

was dreaming about I get to talk better and I can finally show my teeth in my school pictures. I was tired of having spaces between my teeth. I was thinking, about how some models and popular celebrities never got braces and embrace their imperfect teeth.

Day of getting braces was nerve racking. This is the day my whole life going to change including my teeth going to fall inline perfectly for the next two years straight. I was ready to take over this so called pain. I was saying to my self it all going to be worth it in the end. The orthodontist took impressions of my teeth and X-rays. The employees at the dentist also told me how a big responsibility it is for me to handle, what I need to do to take care of my teeth, what I can and cannot eat, when and how to put on my rubber bands, also how to floss with braces on. It was a lot for me to handle all that information in one day. Next, it was time for the braces to be installed in my mouth. I stayed calm the entire time. I felt no pain at all maybe a pinch but nothing major. They asked me the colors I want I picked hot pink and baby blue. Orthodontist only work with the top rack of teeth then the bottom a few months later. It's not safe for the teeth to move to quickly. Later on, the Orthodontist gave me tons of waxed and a toothbrush. I thought hey I do not need all this wax I will be fine. She said trust me I will thank her later a lot for making me take the brace wax.

I was over joyed that I finally got braces I could not stop smiling for a good two months.

It felt weird having metal in my mouth. My teeth were no longer smooth. As soon as I got home I ate like I never ate before I ate real good that night. In my mind I was thinking no one knew what they were talking about braces,do not hurt at all. Till I thought, as a soon as went to bed I felt like my teeth got knocked out with a baseball bat, then drilled back in and got knocked out with a bus. It was major pain, I ran to the car so fast to get the wax to relieve all that horrible pain I was feeling. The orthodontist was right I would thank her for that wax. For the next two weeks I ate nothing but smoothies, my teeth were so sore. I cried myself to sleep every

night.

Since the pain was gone, I rummage through the refrigerator to find any chicken, soda, caramel, or Reese’s. My most favorite food, I was not suppose to have while I had braces. Well, I could have chicken but anything sticky was a big no that the orthodontist stressed about. I was hungry so I just ate anything. In my mind nothing went wrong. So ever since then when I had braces I ate all the candy I wanted. When I would eat school lunch it was the worse, food would get caught in my teeth constantly I hated it. I had to go the bathroom everyday just to get the food out my teeth. One day I went to my favorite wing restaurant, to get just lemon pepper wings. When I got home and ate my wings my wire came out of my teeth and poke my lip. The pain was incredibly intense. My parents rushed me to the orthodontist to get my wire fixed. It was a lifesaver to get the wire fixed. Few weeks later, I rushing to catch the bus, it was dark in the house and I ran into a wall, getting my lip caught in my braces. The pain was more aggravated than me getting my wire coming out of my braces. My lip was rushing of blood. My mom had to get my lip out. I do not know what was worse getting hit with a wall or getting my lip out my braces. It was totally embarrassing going to school with a horrendous lip. My lips were already big, anyone can tell my lip was swollen. One side was swollen and the other side was not. The experience was horrendous. With a few days passing by the swollen went down incredibly. I made distressing move, I stayed lucid of walls and chicken wings with bones.

A year went by and my teeth made unremarkable change. I was impressed how my teeth look so straight already. What really shocked me was that I ate anything I wanted even chewed gum. It was time to make another appointment with my orthodontist. The orthodontist was also impressed how my teeth looked so good. The employees their, thought I was listen to all their rules they told me. I laughed the whole time because I did not listen.

It was the closure of my braces I was getting a whole new wire and rubber bands. It was called the Power-chain I thought the power chains looked so cool in people mouth. I was ready to get a Power-chain. A few hour later I figured out it was called the Power chain. The pain is nothing like regular braces. The pain was incredibly more aggravated. I stacked up the braces wax like it was going nonexistent. The Power-chain were tighten of the braces. They were the final move of the braces they made your teeth look straight and fall in the place were they were suppose to fall into.

The final day of braces. I have waited for this day for the longest two whole years. I was finally getting my braces off this day I was to excited to get this metal out my mouth. The lady talked to me how far I came, showed me my before and after pictures, I was in shocked. Also, told me do I want to take part in a whiting system since I'm getting my braces off and I may have the trace of braces left to surface stains. I was over joyed for the all. She laid me back and opened my mouth. I really wanted to cry when she was scraping the glue off my teeth. The pain was on a level 20 on a scale 1-10. The pain was like someone chipping your teeth, plus my ears heard the sound, which made it worse. She let me see my teeth. I cried looking at them. My teeth were perfectly straight like perfectly. Just one thing haunts me till this day since I have braces. I have a permanent retainer that is glued to my teeth. It just a strip of metal lining my two front teeth. I can not floss like a regular person. Food get stick in my teeth like crazy. One little pepper will look like the worse thing on my white teeth. Instead complaining about that matter I'm glad my teeth are perfectly straight and white. Just hope they will stay like that for a very long time.

This experience is important to me now because it my teeth are straight and no longer crooked. I can now bleach my teeth and talk with confidence instead talking in shame. I will always remember this experience because it I can remember when my teeth were the worst of all people now it one of the best.