Pelf says…

.. continued…

I knew I needed to get my teeth aligned one day, it was just a matter of when I was going to do it. When I was in Standard 3, I told myself I would get it done in Standard 6. When I was in Standard 6, I said I would get it fixed in Form 3. And when I was in Form 3, I pushed it to Form 5.

I made the first trip to the orthodontist when I was in Form 5, and like all other services offered by the Government, I was put in a queue for 2 years. I was called in for treatment when I was in Form 6.

After having my mouth X-rayed, the orthodontist said that I already had all my 4 wisdom teeth and that I needed to extract 2 of them to make way for the bigger brackets. For 8 consecutive weeks, I had one of my teeth removed at the General Hospital. And yes, that leaves me with only 24 teeth now. And I am NOT kidding you =)

My orthodontist also explained to me that during a certain phase of my treatment, I would need to wear a head-gear for a minimum of 16 hours per day, otherwise my teeth would not budge. So I religiously wore the head-gear and even my Mum and sister thought I looked like an alien with it attached to my teeth (from my head, like a head-band).

Throughout the duration of the treatment, I could not eat chewing gums, I could not eat hard food-stuff and everytime I returned from seeing the orthodontist to have the braces tightened, all I could eat was porridge. And KFC’s mashed potatoes. I remember I broke one of the brackets attached to one of my teeth when I was eating a packet of muruku I bought from the pasar malam earlier..

I had my braces for 4.5 years, compared to the common 2-year treatments. My sister had it for 1 year and 9 months. I had 8 teeth removed, compared to the normal 4. And I put up with all those “sufferrings” because I am vain. I admit it =)

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