Chapter 4: The Second day
Elly woke up at 7 the next morning. She quickly got dressed and hopped on her bike to the train station. After she found a seat in the train, she wondered what Emily wanted to talk about. Elly was so lost in thoughts that she almost missed her stop.
After she got off the train, she walked the last bit to the college. It was only a 5-minute walk after all.
She walked up the stairs to the classroom and knocked on the door.
Emily signalled for her to come in.
"Please come with me to my office." Emily's office was attached to the classroom, the only thing dividing it was a glass door.
"Have a seat, Elly," Emily said.
"I wanted to talk to you yesterday, but you were already gone. Elly, I've looked at the model of your teeth and I worked out a treatment plan already."
"Treatment?" Elly asked.
"Yes. At this college, the students wear braces during the whole education. We introduced that a few years ago, most students that attend the orthodontic college need braces anyway."
Elly looked a bit shocked at first but felt a little excited as well.
"My dentist said I never needed braces."
"Well, you do. Your teeth aren't really crooked, but your jaws are rather small and you have an overbite."
"So, what does that mean?" Elly asked.
"Well, we need to expand your jaws with expanders. To fix your overbite, I want to use a Herbst appliance and you will need braces to go along with all that."
Elly looked a bit shocked. She never thought she needed so much done.
"I want to start right now. Take a seat in the dental chair over there."
Elly did what she was asked.
Emily went to get herself an assistant. When she returned, Elly saw a young woman. She introduced herself as Eva.
"Eva here is in her second year of orthodontic college," Emily said.
While talking, Elly saw nothing but metal in Eva's mouth.
Elly asked if her mouth was going to have that much metal as well.
"Yes, we need as much control possible in your mouth."
Elly shivered a bit but let it all happen.
Emily put spacers between all her teeth.
"Now, Elly, you won't be able to eat anything sticky. I want to see you again tomorrow after you're done with classes."
"Okay," Elly said.
"You can go now. Can you send Alex in next, please?"
"Yeah, will do." Elly stepped out of Emily's office and saw Alex sitting in the classroom.
"Alex, Emily wants to speak to you next."
Alex saw a whole lot of blue between Elly’s teeth.
But Emily was waiting for him, so there was no time to ask.
Elly left to get some food in the canteen because she had skipped breakfast that morning.
She got herself a cheese sandwich and took a seat, but as soon she took a bite from it, the pain shot through her mouth. She threw out the sandwich and went to the bathroom to look in the mirror. She saw a bunch of blue spacers between her teeth.
After she examined her mouth, she exited the bathroom only to see Alex heading to the canteen. She ran towards him to ask how the conversation with Emily went. She had an idea of what shock he went through as well.
"Hey, Alex."
"Oh, hi Elly," he replied, covering his mouth.
"Alex, it's alright, let me see."
Alex dropped his hand to reveal a bunch of spacers as well.
"Emily said that I have to get full banded braces with 2 fixed face-bows to move my molars back."
"I also have to get full banded braces, but with expanders and a Herbst appliance."
"I guess we both will have a mouth full," Alex said.
"Want to get some yoghurt? Because you won't be able to eat a sandwich."
"Yep, sounds good." After they ate their yoghurt, they hung out in the canteen for a while before heading to class.
Emily welcomed everyone and started her class for that day.
