Braces Follow-Up: June 21, 2010
I left a message for the dental office on Friday afternoon to schedule a special visit as soon as possible (darn- I must have just missed them and the after-hours service was activated). This is the second time that the end elastics both broke off causing my lower archwire to lose tension and even worse this time, the left side of the archwire was freed and occasionally poked me on the inside of my mouth (I had the horrible image of a fish on a hook in mind). Ouch! I temporarily secured it with a thick layer of ortho. wax but as you may guess, this can be of only limited help. The receptionist returned my call early Monday morning and I was finally able to convince them that my situation warranted a visit that day. At first they hesitated to oblige my request. Upon arriving at 10:30 am, I noticed they were a little short staffed and was very surprised that who I thought was only a receptionist was also the one to replace the elastic ligatures for me. She did a good job. I happily trotted out the door to meet my husband for breakfast… I love a happy ending =).
