Tongue Thruster
April 21st, 2008
That sounds like the subject line of a spam email doesn’t it?
But no, I am a tongue thruster apparently and it’s doing no good to my braces. So after 33 years of swallowing my saliva, I am now charged with learning how to swallow without pushing my tongue against my teeth. It’s harder than it sounds, I assure you. But I must figure it out in the next five weeks before I go back to the orthodontist. Or else risk undoing the good that’s been done so far. And we are almost halfway there. So I have to protect the investment.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to swallow and not touch your tongue to your teeth? Fuck. My tongue is tired and I haven’t even been doing anything fun.
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I was told the same thing when I got braces in junior high…my trick was to put the tip of my tongue up on the fleshy part behind the teeth, almost like scrunching it back, before I swallowed. Sorry!
As I sit here and swallow repeatedly to test your theory, I realize that I don’t seem to naturally touch my teeth with my tongue. I must have a short tongue. Damn. We’ve found another way in which you are superior. You have a longer tongue. Of course this is entirely a presumption. I have no desire to actually measure our tongues and compare.
I clearly need more caffeine.
LOL you crack me up
And actually I can’t swallow without touching my teeth either 