My Braces Journey: Getting My Braces On.

Hey guys, long time no chat.......So, I have gotten my braces on for a week now and I'm ready to blog about my experience with it so far.

I got my braces on the 16th of June 2015 at 8.45 am. When I got To my orthodontist clinic (Ong Dental Surgery),  I had to wait a while before they called me in. This was the first time I actually had to wait because normally I get sent in immediately. In the waiting room,   I was pacing, my hands were sweaty, and I kept talking. Needless to say, I was nervous, BIG TIME. Also did I mention that I met my best friend Danielle there too. We go to the same orthodontist. Her appointment was before mine. After a hug and telling me good luck, she left (insert crying emoji here).

Anyways, back to the subject. I finally got called in. My darling little sister Lynette (or you may know her as The Fangirl Diaries) came  in with me. Dr. Eddy was just sitting there in his chair, wearing the white surgeon gloves (cue dramatic music and some lightning strikes). But he was very nice reassuring me telling me that the hard part was over and this procedure was going to be easy...... but did I listen? No!!!!! No I didn't. I went on telling him how scared I was to have my implants put in..... Thank God he reassured me by saying that they knew what they were doing....

After some prep talk, he began my procedure..

Step 6 (con't from last post): Polishing

First, they inserted a 'smile maker into my mouth to keep it open. Then, they polished my teeth with a electronic tooth brush looking thingy. This does not hurt or taste bad.

Smile Maker

Teeth Polishing

Step 7: Putting the Brackets on

They then swiped some glue on each tooth and started re-positioning the brackets. They then put a UV light over it for a few seconds. This process took quite a while as they had to do it tooth by tooth. The glue does taste bad and it stung my lip, but all in all, it wasn't terrible

Positioning of the brackets

Step 8: Inserting the archwires

At this point, your orthodontist should start putting on your archwires, but for me the orthodontist had to inject some anesthesia into my gums so that he could insert the ortho mini implants. He waited for a while to let the anesthetics to kick in before screwing, literally screwing the implants in, and let me tell you, it doesn't hurt one bit. Not even a pinch. Amazing right? Considering two little screws just got screwed into your gums. After that, he inserted the archwires. 

Basically what he did with the mini ortho implants

Arrows on the archwire

Step 9: Choosing a colour

This is probably my favourite part of all and the most fun in my opinion. The best part is that you get to pick a new colour each month!! This month I went with a light blue colour. Depending on your orthodontist, the colours may vary. Some even have a glow in the dark version. you just have to keep smiling in the sunlight for it to glow. after picking your colour, they simply put it on and you're done! After the whole process your lips will feel dry, very dry, so I recommend putting on a layer of lip balm before you go for your appointment. My best friend throughout this journey so far has been lip balm, I know a lot of people say its wax, but for me it's lip balm. My lips are always super dry. Carry lip balm or lip gloss wherever you go especially if you're the type that doesn't like make-up, (like me) I always forgot my lip balm, you'll suffer.

Braces colour wheel

So that was the process of getting my braces on, I hope you understood it. For me, it started hurting immediately and I had to take painkillers three times on the first day and once on the second day. I had to stick with a lot of liquids and mushy foods for the first two days, but I was back to eating solids on the third day!! It depends on the person. I actually have a friend that didn't even need liquid or mushy foods on the first day. For some reason, my teeth hurt the most at night, I got a tip from a friend telling me to sleep on my belly and it helped tremendously. I was extremely blessed because I got used to my braces very fast and I didn't get any ulcers on my lips at all. Every ones braces experience will be different so don't worry. Here are my first week with braces pictures.

From the front

From the side

From the bottom

I actually received comments on how much my teeth improved in only the course of one week so I'm optimistic for the future. Talk to you guys soon in my next post. My next post will probably about my mouth care routine and the things I got from the orthodontist. See y'all soon... Byesss

My Braces Journey: The Second Appointment- Removing Sutures and Inserting Molar Bands

Hi y'all, I've had my second appointment a while ago but only just recently have time to blog about it.
For those who don't know, I  had my second appointment on the 5th of May.

My appointment was at 8.45 in the morning( it was a tuesday), I got called in almost immediately after I arrived to the clinic. When I arrived the dentist checked that all 8 of my spacers were still in there( to make sure I didn't accidentally swallow any, thank God i didn't!!)After that, he removed my sutures(little black stitches in my gums). My appointment was supposed to end here, until I opened my big mouth and asked if my spacers are going to be in until I get my braces on. My orthodontist said that he could take them out now and put in my molar bands instead. I stupidly agreed......

Step 4 ( cont. from last post): Scaling

Before anything else could proceed further, he scaled my teeth. (To those who have never had their teeth scaled, don't worry , it doesn't hurt)This took about 3 minutes. After that he tried on the molar bands on my teeth (as molar bands come in different sizes, this could take a while) Finally!! He found sizes for all of my four molars!

A before and after pic of teeth scaling ( these are NOT my teeth)

Step 5 : Insertion of  Molar Bands
To find the size of your molar bands, the orthodontist has to painstakingly try on each size that he thinks might fit. It's not a really super long process, he may ask you to bite down and may push down on your teeth. You will feel pressure only, no pain. Once he has found the perfect fit for all the molars, he will remove all of it and apply glue on the bands so they don't come off. He will then insert them onto your molars and core it for a few seconds with an Ultraviolet (UV) light.

Molar Bands

Before Pictures

 

From the front

From the side

From the bottom

I'll be getting my braces on at my next appointment which is on the 16th of June at 8.45 am. Wish me luck.....I'll blog about it after a day so I can tell you about all the pain and stuff. I hope you are doing well on your own braces journey. See you guys soon. MUAKKS!

Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year 2015!!!

Hello peeps, I'm BACK.......with a new blog post, way overdue. A thousand apologies....I was busy, honest I was. Anyway, enough with the jibber-jabber. Firstly, I would like to wish all of my readers Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!! Everyone has started with their New Year's Resolution already.....I hope.

My Christmas this year has been a busy one, well Christmas every year is busy. For my family and I, Christmas starts as soon as December starts to roll in, baking gingerbread man,icing gingerbread man organizing parties, shopping for presents, you know ordinary Christmasy stuff  (is Christmasy even a real word). It was a hectic schedule, by the time Christmas eve came around, I was actually sick of the smell the of gingerbread men baking in the oven.( insert sad face)

Gingerbread man

We also organized many parties.

Parties!!

Not to forget, we also attended a camp at GTPJ (Glad Tidings Petaling Jaya). It was organized by Youth Alive Malaysia (YAM).It was called Heal the Nation, people from all over Malaysia(There's where I live) attended it. It was held at Petaling Jaya(you already knew that) which is near Kuala Lumpur(Capital of Malaysia) It was a smash, our main speaker was Mr. Mike Pilavachi of Soul Survivor UK. He was an anointed speaker, it wasn't like anything I have ever experienced before. That camp was from the 8th to the 10th of December, so it was 3 days and 3 nights of fun, spiritual receiving and learning to live in a house with boys and a rat!!(It's no fun sharing a house with a rat, and 8 girls in a bedroom? That's a sleepover every night)

Group Picture!!! 

Oh yeah, before Heal the Nation, my children pastor and a team off helpers( that includes me) facilitated a camp at Kinta RiverFront. That was actually my third time facilitating a camp this year :)!!(yay!!) The visiting church was MetroTabernacle from Kuala Lumpur. We had a lot of fun and the kids were adorablessss......

Just a simple collage for the feels

Not to mention my cousins wedding,,,, also in Kuala Lumpur.

Group pic taken at the wedding

Finally New Years Eve arrived, we had a countdown at church but before that we had dinner at McDonalds(don't judge, it's tradition). The next day, we went karaoke with the family.

What did you guys get for Christmas? I know what I got as a present. You wanna know?? I bet most of you would be saying in your head "I don't care what you got for Christmas woman!" Well I'm gonna tell you anyway, I got........(drumroll..........) FAT. Yes you read right, I GOT FAT!!!!!

Well Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2015!!!!!

Signing off, Lotte

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You're Worth It........

Hey everyone, I know I have been missing for a while. But I'm back!!!!Anyway, here are my top two favourite songs this month

1. Steal My Girl- One Direction

2. You're Worth It-Cimorelli

Now down to serious business..... this may be totally random to some of you, but sometimes, everyone needs a little booster, a confidence booster. Sometimes, you just feel like breaking down and crying. Sometimes, you just need a hug.Maybe its the stress of exams, maybe its the endless bullying you face at school, or even cyber bullying, Maybe you feel like you are too fat or you're too ugly or you don't look nice in anything. Maybe sometimes you think: "She's right, I'm a nobody"

But I'm here to tell you that no matter what the circumstances, YOU'RE WORTH IT!!!! Regardless of what anybody tells you, you'll always be worth it. It's not about what I think of you, or what your friends think about you or what your siblings think about you, it's what you think about yourself.

Sure there'll always be couple of bumps on the road, but that doesn't matter, it doesn't matter how you fall or where you fall, but what really matters is how you pick yourself up and continue. Also, just remember that you're loved. REMEMBER, there is a God who loves you unconditionally..............

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