Tornados and Smooth hands

I just love my dentist. I went for my second cleaning yesterday to make my teeth super clean and pretty. They look so much better and my gums are looking pretty snazzy too... although they are feeling the effects of the scraping today. The best part about the cleaning is the parrafin dip that you get while they attack that pesky plaque. So when I leave, my teeth feel nice and clean and my hands are nice and soft. So nice...

Yesterday, they also took the impressions for my teeth so they can order my Invisalign trays. It went pretty well, and after the X-Rays last week, the impressions were a breeze! My trays will be in a a few weeks, and I have an appointment in March to pick them up and get started. I am so excited to get started. I will finally have straight teeth!

My whitening is in April, and originally I was supposed to have come contouring then, but now with the Invisalign, I am not sure how that is going to work.

I am just so excited to get started. I can not wait to get my first set of trays! Of course, now that my tooth neurosis is being dealt with, my body has substituted a new anxiety dream. And it looks like the tornados have it! The other night I had a dream that I was in a meeting in a tall building when a tornado came through. Everyone got under the table... not sure how much that was going to do considering it was coming right in. I woke up before it finished, but it was no fun. Only a dream though and I certainly don't miss the tooth one. Now if I could just do something about the horror movie ones...

Bye Bye Bad Dreams!

Yes, yes, I should be reading, but I am taking this opportunity to procrastinate some more and blog about my latest exciting news.

So I have this crazy tooth thing. I have recurring dreams about my teeth cracking up and falling out. It's gotten so common, that when it starts to happen, I imediately know that I am dreaming and try to turn the subject matter to more cheerful things. Of course I usually just end up waking myself up.

Anyway, aside from being an anxiety dream, I think it also stems from my neurosis. I am super self conscious about my teeth. I always smile the exact same way so you can't see my crooked bottom teeth.

Well, flash forward to this week. I made an appointment with Bob and Sheri sponsors "The Charlotte Center for Cosmetic Dentistry." I went to my consulataion hoping to spruce up my smile before the wedding. Maybe some whitening and maybe even a little bonding. They kept talking about Invisalign, but I knew I couldn't afford it, but I let them do their thing. Well, since my teeth only need to be fixed in the front, and everything else is otherwise fine, they gave me an awesome price! So this week I go for my first session. By the wedding, I will have a brand new beautiful smile! I am beyond excited. I've been going to bed every night dreaming about my new smile. Hopefully my old anxiety dreams are a thing of the past!