A fitting of sorts

This week I was back to Dr. F. He he fitted me for my palate expander. He took out the spacer and fitted my two (one in from the back) molars with rings and took a mold of my upper teeth. It would seem those rings will be attached to the palate expander. Then in an evil twist of fate he put new spacers in. My teeth have been a little tender, though not too bad, but now one of the spacers digs into my gums whenever I bite into it. I suppose that wont seem so bad when I get the palate expander in... That's just a week and a half away.

Wide Open Spaces...

Ok, Dr. F added some spacers in on the top. It wasn't an easy process, it seems I have some very stubborn teeth, they take after me. The little plastic ones wouldn't go in on the right side of my mouth and I got jabbed a couple times on the roof of my mouth with the several attempts. Dr. F ended up putting in a different type of spacer in the right side.

Up next?

First week of February I am getting fitted for bands, I think. I overheard Dr. F talking to the secretary he didn't actually say it to me. Then the Wednesday before my surgery I go for the palate expander, I can't wait! They really do need to make a sarcasm font.

Did I mention that my surgery was approved by my health insurance? It was and I now know I made the right decision regarding that, I'm thankful that something is working out and not stressing me out.

Spacers are annoying

Well, I think the subject says it all. I've had the spacers just over a week and I don't like them. First, they hurt making it hard to eat and just making me uncomfortable. The pain has subsided but the spacers are still annoying. It seems that now that the teeth are spaced out the spacers have just enough room to wiggle around when I eat, leaving me paranoid that they're going to get dislodged and screw up my teeth. Friday I get my braces so hopefully that will resolve the spacer problem while bringing new problems.