Day 1:
Some buttons got installed on the teeth, feels like things are in the mouth all the time. No pain at all. Overall feeling was good. Flossing is easy! By the evening, oops one button came off...
Day 2:
Major weirdness. Why did I get this thing again? It was hard to see others eat while not being able to eat myself. Front teeth are hard to use for eating, the bite is different than using. Stuff all food to the back teeth for chewing. Use knife extensively.
Day 3:
I feel trapped. Why did I get this thing again? Eat a LOT whenever the aligners are taken out. Teeth feel weird. Aligners sometimes get dirty with white stuff, clean clean clean.
Day 4: Bring tooth brush and toothpaste to work place. Find private bathroom to take braces out and do brushing after lunch. Had pizza... hard to bite but fortunately it was thin slices..
Day 5:
Things are getting normal. The aligner doesn't seem to be doing much. It snaps on easily and not much pressure. After lunch at Mulan, ingest a whole can of coke right after lunch before putting the braces back on. Speech is getting strange... I can hear my speech problem... concern about spitting while talking - too much saliva in the mouth.
Day 6: Bubbles... at least the feeling of bubble behind top lips. Not comfortable. Rinse with water, no help. Feels like my lips are falling apart.
Day 7: My top lip feels like plastic. Very weird. On the top teeth, clearly space has been created. If I push on a front teeth, I feel that it can be moved back (maybe the next aligner will do that?) Discover a hole in a button on top, and realize that another button at the bottom is getting smaller.
Day 8 (today): Feeling of lips gets back to normal.. phew~ Went in and fix the buttons at lunch. Put back the aligner on. Wow~ now I feel pressure at the bottom of my teeth. They are pushing my canine teeth outward. I suppose the lost button delayed that effect. Feels quite good that those teeth are being moved. Decide to skip lunch and let the aligner do its job.
