the journey of braces

Foods To Avoid  Nuts Chewing on ice cubes Hard taco shells Chips (You can eat them if you eat one at a time, not a mouth full at once.) Corn on the cob (Cut it off the cob before eating it.) Bagels Uncooked carrots (Unless cut into little pieces.) Whole apples (Cut them up before eating.) Pretty much anything chewy or hard Gum Licorice Toffee Tootsie rolls Starburst  Taffy  Caramels Jolly Ranchers Limit sugary foods Cake Ice cream Cookies Pie Candy Pop Things To Avoid Doing Chewing on finger nails Chewing on pencils/pens Pretty much chewing on anything

Today's post is about brushing and flossing with braces. Brushing with braces takes a little longer than brushing without braces. It takes me about 4 minutes generally to brush with braces, so about twice as long as it does without braces! Here is diagram showing how to brush. Flossing is definitely a lot harder with braces. In order to floss with braces you need a floss threaders  to loop the floss through. Here are some floss threaders. Here is a diagram explaining how to floss with braces.  

I've had my braces for 2 weeks now. They stopped hurting about a week ago but they still hurt on and off. Last week I was finally able to start eating real foods! Before that I had to eat really soft foods like mashed potatoes, pudding, ice cream, noodles, fruits that are mushy or soft, cooked vegetables, and any other foods that are creamy or soft enough to eat. So it feels nice to be able to eat other foods now.

Some time in September this year I went to the orthodontist to see if i needed braces. When I went there they took lots of pictures of my teeth and of me. They then went and looked at the pictures and came to the conclusion that I needed braces. So my parents and I made an appointment to get molds made of my teeth and get the braces on. A couple of weeks later I went in to get molds made of my teeth. When they put the stuff in my mouth to make the molds it tasted horrible and made me gag! They then told me that i needed a bite plate too so i don't bite done on my bottom braces. So they had to make another mold on the top. On October 30th, 2017 I went back to the orthodontist to get my braces put on! I was super nervous but excited at the same time. First they talked to my parents and I and we had to sign some papers. They talked to me about my braces and told me what I can't eat and stuff. After that they took me onto the room were they put the braces on. They put the braces