End of Week 1

Well it’s been slightly longer than a week really but of course there’s no movement in my teeth anyway so there’s no great before and after photos to compare! I admit that my cheeks are getting used to things more and I only use the wax on the front parts where my lips rub on the brackets all day when i’m talking. I’m back at work again so I’m talking to clients all day and I do get sore.

Basically no-one cares. I don’t mention it to my clients even though i’m still lisping because I figure that they can just assume that’s my normal voice and if they already know me from multiple appointments then most of them don’t care anyway. I learnt ages ago that people are not really looking at you- they are far to busy worrying about themselves. People spend HOURS choosing glasses and worrying about if people are going to like the gold sides or the silver ones but I know for a fact that people don’t notice anyway!! When people have been wearing glasses for 20 yrs and they finally go home in contact lenses they are disheartened to discover that their friends and family haven’t noticed that they don’t have their glasses on! Of course if you have something really obvious going on like teeth missing, a wildly roving lazy eye, or a badly see-through underwear moment then people will make note, but glasses and braces don’t feature on the radar of most. My set up at the moment is not obvious anyway as I have yet to have the ‘train-track’ sections put on but I have not been remotely self conscious  about smiling or laughing and having my metal mouth noticed- because 90% of the time it won’t be! The only people who do notice are those who have been there before and those people are always happy as larry to sympathise with you and share some stories.

So Smile On my braced friends 🙂