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I got braced on just the lowers on 8/28. I had spacers for 1 1/2 weeks before that and an extraction as well. Needless to say, I have only just now started to eat food that requires much chewing. Even then, only soft stuff -- oatmeal, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, ice cream. My husband told me l...

Hi Everyone! I just got braced on 8/28 so we will be suffering together. The lowers are braced, with some bar thing behind them - makes me slur my speech so I sound like I dipped into that vodka! I had to have an extraction. I found the pain from that to be worse than the braces pain, but then my or...

Hi Everyone! I just got braced on 8/28 so we will be suffering together. The lowers are braced, with some bar thing behind them - makes me slur my speech so I sound like I dipped into that vodka! I had to have an extraction. I found the pain from that to be worse than the braces pain, but then my or...

I don't have the experience with that particular appliance, but I do have a bar running behind my lower teeth and attached to some teeth in the center. Needless to say, this made me slur my speech pretty bad the first week or so. I, too, couldn't begin to eat. Now in my second week and while I still...

I got the usual, travel toothbrush with toothpast compartment, floss, floss threader, super floss, chew tablets to detect plaque, flouride rinse, wax, pack of trident bubblegum, little ortho brush, hourglass to time the brushing, bottled water with flouride, a tshirt and a beach ball.

Yikes! :shock: I am starting to get nervous. Everyone I have talked to (or read posts from here) says the spacers are the worst! I am assuming, since the first 6-8 months I will only be braced on the bottom, that I will only be getting spacers on the bottom next week. I am hoping that Tylenol will w...

Spartanfever- Congratulations on your brace day! I, too, am quite excited about this new venture. Unfortunately, I needed some work done ahead of time so I can't get the braces until August. I guess it will be here before I know it! Anyway, I am glad to find some fellow travelers just starting out o...

Well, I have been putting off the whole orthodontic adventure for about 20 years. When I was 19, I had my jaw broken to extract four wisdom teeth. It was stapled shut for six very long weeks. When the oral surgeon removed the staples (the worst part of the whole thing, I swear!), he told me that &qu...

I am trying to decide between all clear or all metal braces. I have noticed that a handful of people here have switched from some ceramic to all metal partway through treatment and wondered about your reasons. Was it a comfort issue? or were there things that arose during treatment that ceramics we...

Hi all! I just wanted to post a quick hello. I finally registered after lurking for a few days. I want to tell you all that you have helped me to go from sheer panic at being told I will need braces and possibly surgery to feeling pretty much okay with the whole idea! I turn 40 in a month and will m...