Ortho's Bestfriend

Today was the day when my orthodontist placed a "palate expander" on my upper teeth and a retainer/spacer on my lower teeth. I tell you guys, this is not a JOKE! Its like I am wearing for only 7hours and when I got it off to brush my teeth, it hurts, A LOT! Oh my gosh, I can imagine my teeth is moving as well as my jaw bones.

Wait, I'll explain what does a palate expander does to your teeth:

Most people have never seen or heard of a palate expander, or appliance, as it commonly called by many orthodontists and dentists. A palate expander is an orthodontic device used by orthodontists to permanently expand a young patient's jaw to correct an under bite usually before the patient is fitted for braces.

Palate expanders can be painful as the patient is manually expanding his own jaw.

I need this expander so that I can get the brackets that I actually wanted! (cant wait for it). Its really painful right now but I can stand it though.

I'll be posting pictures on my next post (my cam's not working now). See ya:)