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Well, Here I am again after my second adjustment. I can't believe the difference in my teeth and in such a short amount of time (only 4 months). The good news from my ortho is that I won't be needing that extraction. He's started to notch it up a gear by putting on thicker wires and I sure noticed t...

Hiya everyone! Well I'm three months in now and it all seems to be moving in the right direction. I went for my first adjustment which was interesting to say the least. When I went for my initial fitting, my ortho said that it was possible that he would have to remove one of my lower teeth to allow ...

Hiya Just to contradict Denise - I reckon there's a change to the left upper as you look at your picture, but hey! as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day and I bet those suckers (excuse the pun! :lol: ) are really on the move now! How's it been going now you're coming up to the 2 week mark? Are you...

Sorry I've been a while posting back - been busy!

Thanks Guys! You know how it is, you want them to move soooo much, that when they do, it's a bit of a surprise.

I really didn't expect things to get moving so fast! And it's still going too.

Jo

Hiya everyone! I really need some help! Do you think I've had some movement? I'm not wishful thinking am I? :? http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/jobeardsley/Day1.jpg This is the photo I took on day 1. http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/jobeardsley/Day8.jpg And this is todays. What do yo...

Hi again! LongInTheT - No I didn't go to the ortho's. I carried on with the wax and salt water rinses and it's a lot better now. Ken - The soreness is only minimal now and I don't really need painkillers. So if that's the worse, then I'm a happy chappy! :D Jill - OOoooh I like your Mars bar solution...

Hiya all! Well I'm passed my first week in braces and I must say it's not as bad as I had envisaged! I'm beginning to get used to eating (most things) and the fact that I will have to clean the gunk off my teeth after every meal! Dont know what I was worried about!! The only thing is that I don't re...

Sorry, double posted!

Just thought I'd let u all know how I'm getting on - I'm at the end of my first week!! :P I was fine until day 4 and then I got really bad pain (also got a bug which didn't help), but it's eased off since. Don't know if the bug made me feel worse or if that was my body's way of adjusting to the brac...

Hey up! I'm an official brace-face! http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/jobeardsley/Day1.jpg It all went well at the ortho's. He first took my 'before' photos, then put me in the lip retractors and polished my teeth with pumice(!) so that the brackets would stick better. I then spent about half...

I'm sooo glad you've posted this. I had my braces yesterday and expected to awake in major pain, but other than rubbing sores I'm fine! I managed a curry for tea last night and although I wasn't prepared for the mess, it was ok. I too was worried that the ortho hadn't tightened me up enough, but I'm...

I use Adcortyl in orabase as I get what I call hormonal ulcers and it's fab!! It makes it stop hurting overnight. The reason it's best to use overnight is because it dries the ulcer out but as a result, also the rest of your inner lip!! Sabrina - if you could order it over the internet, it's not ver...

I'm afraid I've been guilty of questioning strangers with braces, but as you say XXNECRAXX, it's only because I was interested in having some myself. Since I've made the decision to go ahead with the treatment, I have started to subconscientiously (dictionary!?) notice the state of un-braced people'...

Well, I'm just beginning to get nervous - brace day tomorrow! I had my first toothy dream last night where my wisdom teeth were falling out and tonight, for my last supper, I made us roast beef with all the trimmings and I couldn't eat it all because of my nervous tummy!!! :lol: Only 14 hours to go ...

Not long to go now!! Had a birthday party on Sunday for my 4 year old and you should've seen my mum-in-law's face when I mentioned I was getting braces fitted on Friday!! LongInTheT - I've got myself some extra strength painkillers just in case. Best to be prepared!!! :wink: bracedagain - I've plann...