Braces phase II

We went back to the orthodontist for the next stage of our treatment. We had to have little rectangular pads bonded to certain teeth to give the aligners better leverage to move the teeth. It wasn’t much fun. They put this nasty tasting stuff on the teeth to make them take the bond better. Then they stick this device in your mouth that pulls your lips apart so you sort of look like the Joker. It is very uncomfortable. After they stick the pads on your teeth, they had to hit them with a drill to smooth them out. That sound of the drill and the smell of burning tooth goes through me. To make it worse, the doctor kept getting pulled away to deal with a young boy that would not cooperate a few chairs away. So while he is away my throat is filling with saliva, bonding crap and drilled off pad scraps. Nasty. After they were done we snapped the aligners on. Holy shit! They were tight and trying to remove them is now a monumental task. Another issue is one of the teeth that got a pad is on a tooth that leans way in, so when I eat, I bite down on the pad. As a result I have to be very careful when eating, else I risk breaking that pad off. Ali had a worse time of it than me. Not fun but I just keep telling myself how it will be all worth it in the end.