Robbed the jewelry store...

 

 

…and told them to make me a grill!  If you thought my last grill was sweet – this grill is sah-weet! 

Actually, it’s essentially the same grill – just with some new hardware. 

I got the surgical hooks put on my wires today.  Look how excited I am…  The hooks really aren’t too bad.  They feel cumbersome in my mouth and the bottom row is rubbing the inside of my lip – but that is to be expected.  It took a little while to get them in because they had to place them individually, then put the wire in and look at it…take it out, and then wash, rinse, repeat.

I know the hooks aren’t so obvious to most people – but I feel like they are screaming “look at me!!” 

I was told that these come off as soon as the oral surgeon releases me back to the orthodontist to finish his work.  That’s about the 6 week mark when the surgeon (hopefully) gives me a clean bill of health.  That’s also the day that I get told that I can eat things like hamburgers and steaks and pork chops and anything that requires chewing again.  Yay!