The wonders of our teeth

[Guest guest]

Well, I went to see my ortho yesterday to get my o-rings changed and

also to get him to check out one of my front teeth that I have been

agonizing over. Like I've said repeatedly on this board, before

putting braces on this time around my teeth were pretty straight but

now I feel they are all over the place. i know this is normal pre-

surgery but when one of my two front teeth started to literally move

forward leaving the other one behind I flipped out. As if wearing

braces isn't bad enough now I have to walk around with two very

crooked front teeth?! So I showed it to my ortho who hadn't seen me

in the last 5 weeks and he said, " oh yes, that needs to be fixed, i

can do that. " So there I am thinking " Oh goodie! " Then I see him whip

out a pair of pliers and I look at him and say " uhmmm, what are you

going to do with that? " There were no wires that needed tightening as

far as I knew. " This, " he says, " is what I'm going to use to push

that tooth back into its proper position. " YIKES! " Now, you're going

to feel a lot of pressure but hang in there. " AND TALK ABOUT

PRESSURE! He literally pulled my tooth back into its position and boy

did i feel it. I have no idea how he did but I thought I was going to

jump out of the chair. While it did hurt like hell it was worth it

because my two front teeth are now back to where they should be and

to be extra safe he has now wrapped some wire around my two front

teeth to make sure they stay in their place, rather than using o-

rings. He was especially concerned about my teeth staying put for my

pre-op surgical work-up which is one week's time. He said that this

was very important for the molds they will be taking so I guess this

goes to show, if there is anything that is bothering you even about

how straight your teeth don't look, TELL UR DOCTOR because chances

are he can fix it immediately and it might be important. I also

thought that this experience reminded me once again about how

wonderous our teeth and mouth are. The amount of pressure, pain and

juggling around they can take is amazing.

Well that's my little novel for the day. Hope all are well.

Sara