I’ve quickly come to believe that the best thing about not having arch bars on my teeth is that it’s much easier to keep my teeth clean. Food was always getting stuck in the arch bars and the wires that secured them to my teeth, and it would often take fifteen minutes or so to clean them with the toothbrush and the WaterPik and then dental floss. Without the wires, it’s much easier: I just brush and then floss.
Another great thing about having the arch bars out is that my gums don’t hurt all the time. I can’t remember whether I mentioned this in a previous post, but when I had the arch bars on my gums would always hurt a little bit where the wires touched them. Sometimes the arch bars and wires would move slightly, and then my gums would hurt a bit more. It wasn’t that bad, because I eventually got used to it and stop noticing it, but now that the pain is gone, I notice that my gums feel much better.
Shock and Jaw 
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