First Day- 2 premolar teeth extracted

This morning I woke up checking the clock- 7am in the morning. It was raining outside as if trying to influence me into changing my mind. My appointment was 10am in the morning. I still had some time and so I cuddled in bed, unwilling to make any move. To be honest, I still thought of not doing it last night. I am afraid that the following process will be unbearable that I give up in the middle of the treatment. It was early this month that I finally had the gut to go for orthodontic treatment. And today is the first day of the whole treatment process. I need to kick off with extraction of 2 teeth first.


Actually 1 year ago I did consider orthodontic treatment when I realised that crowding of my teeth is getting worst (I have small jaws). After the X-ray and moulding of my teeth, I 'chicken' out because I would have to extract 6 teeth to proceed (4 premolars + 2 wisdom teeth). Instead I tried removing my wisdom teeth, telling myself then the crowding would not get any worse if the pressure from the back of the jaws is released. A year later, I found myself exactly in the same situation again, thinking of whether or not to do it. Although my wisdom teeth has been removed earlier, the crowding of my teeth seemed to not stop. In fact, my upper jaw gum (especially in the midline of my front teeth) bleeds quite easily. And every time after meals, bits of food would be trapped in between my teeth.
Crowding of my teeth.


Anyway, I got 2 of my premolars on the right side extracted this morning. Although anaesthetic shots have been given, I could still feel that great force was needed to extract the teeth out. Not being able to bite, I could only sip porridge to fill up my stomach. This is only the beginning of my braces journey but I know there is no turning back because of this:

For more info on orthodontics, click this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodontics