Bottom Braces

On January 14th I got my bottom braces on. I realized that day that I have pretty bad anxiety when feeling "trapped" -- which is exactly what getting braces on felt like to me (for the most part). When the braces first go on, there is no pain at all, and the pain doesn't creep in  for the next few hours. But overall, it doesn't really start full force until the following day. This is when orthodontic wax will become your new best friend. But really, you get used to them pretty quickly. After 3 or 4 days, I didn't even need the wax any more. P.S. They wouldn't give me colored elastics this day. :( My ortho doesn't normally do colors with speed braces (which is what I have). They said they would give me some when I got my top brackets on, just to make me happy. :) hehe.