Tadaa. It's been 9 days so here you go. As you can see there's no elastic bands holding in between my braces. I'm using a self-ligating braces, which also mean I wouldn't need to get my braces tightened. Cause it's already tight.. If in term of pain of each months during tightening, then yes of course it is painless - du-uh obviously there's nothing to be tightened!!

The pain - not really a pain actually, more like an ache. Lasted for a day, I must admit. It was quite hurt but not to the extent that you can't eat anything, though I had porridge and other soft foods like yogurt and oreo dipped in milk (yummy!). Cause I was scared and I feel like my teeth aren't strong enough yet..

I used a lot of wax during the first 3 days.. The ulcer wasn't obvious, just minor one. Not as painful as the normal ulcer.. Haha I expected that kind of pain, but alhamdulillah nothing much. Didn't really bother me.

My next appointment is on February.. Yeay! I hope they will stay painless, normal like this. I have got used to it, I eat almost everything now. The funny thing is I really enjoy brushing my teeth now! LOL mainly because if I don't brush my teeth after meal, I can feel a large size of food stuck somewhere.. And yes, I floss once a day. That's all for now..