Wow! Six months since my surgery! I'm not lying when I say each month goes by faster than the one before!
In all honesty, nothing has changed. I am having more sensations in the numb parts of my chin and lip, but no additional feeling has returned. It still tickles when I touch it, which by my understanding is a good sign. From what I gathered from research, once the tickling feeling has stopped, that's when you know your nerves are done healing. Don't quote me on that, though! Just a common thread I noticed! Last month my jaw popped a lot! This month I can recall one maybe two times my jaw popped. Now it's like popping my knuckles; no pain or soreness afterword. My teeth are still sore. My guess is that this is because my teeth are trying to shift back to where they were, but my retainer is not letting that happen. Therefore, the force is making my teeth sore. I do expect this to subside after a couple months post-braces. I bought some denture cleaning tabs to soak my retainers in once a week. It's just the off-brand at Wal-Mart and this seems to help a lot with buildup. I rinse my retainers overtime before and after removing them from my mouth and once a day I clean them with the hand soap at my bathroom sink. You are not supposed to use toothpaste because it can scratch the plastic and bacteria can grow in those crevices. My whitening treatment is still going... I got tired of doing it after 15 treatments and have 5 left. I am determined to get it all done this week though!
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