A little about myself:
I'm 28, and just got braces last month. In fact, I got them the same day as my consultation! I almost cried when he said he could do it the same day. He is a highly respected ortho in the community, and I've been to 2 other consults years ago and had pretty much the same treatment plan (mainly the 4 extractions), so I was expecting to have to do that. I was fully braced with SmartClips on 12.01.2008, and had my extractions ten days later (on my birthday, but heh, I had nothing better to do than have 4 teeth ripped out of my skull
). I have my first adjustment on Feb. 4th, and I'm pretty excited. Maybe I'll get a powerchain so I can have some color 
Oh, and my husband is out of the country for the year (he's in the Air Force) so he hasn't actually seen me yet....He'll be home for a month on leave in March so he'll get to see me then. Guess I'll have more things to get used to with the braces then
I look forward to being a part of this nice community over the next 34 months (well, 32 now, since it's already been almost 2 months).
Here is a picture I took right outside of the ortho's office:
This is after my extractions:
These were last week:
And yesterday:
I can't manage to get a good picture of the top row and I can only get my phone so far into my mouth! And I know they are really hard to see, maybe you should stand across the room and squint your eyes to see them better
My phone doesn't have a macro setting! My husband has the nice camera with him. Any tips on getting a good picture up top?Thanks
Do you have wire ties or regular ligatures? if they're regular ones, you should be able to use colours, even with clear brackets 
