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You're paying him thousands of dollars. Ask whatever questions you want.

Had my first adjustment a week ago. Before he did it, he said "No problems so far?"

"Nope."

When I had the first adjustment, he skipped the second wire and went on to the third. No pain, no discomfort. I'm hoping that will take some time off my treatment.

It took about 6 hours before I felt any soreness. There is just a little tenderness now and it's been 9 days. My first adjustment is Oct. 28. My ortho like to start you out easy :) My ortho said "No pain from the braces?" and skipped the second wire and moved on to the third at my first t...

My tightenings are sceduled for every 5 weeks. Had my first one this morning. No soreness at all, except a little (not much) when I chew. The first week I was pretty sore, but not really from the braces pulling on my teeth, but from my snagging my cheeks and lips on them all the time when I ate. Dro...

WOW! I feel lucky! I got my braces on 5 weeks ago (8/6), and had them tightened the first time today. The initial week was awful, but that was due mostly to constantly biting my cheeks and lips, and having sores there from the hardware. Wax and Orabase took care of that, and it tapered off quickly a...

They did comment on it being 'early in my treatment'. Since I had popped off a bracket too, they removed the entire wire to re-cement the bracket, and replaced the wire with a new one of the same size. They said it is still the thin one, and they will replace it with a heavier one in a couple of wee...

I didn't have loose teeth, but I did have a lot of problems chewing for at least a week. That tapered off quickly for about a week after that, and I was okay after about 2 weeks - which was good, because my ortho said it may take 1-2 months before my back teeth would meet again. It was acutally less...

I had only had my braces for 15 days (lowers only), and the wire pulled out where it connected to the band on my molar (Thursday). No big deal. I made an appointment to have it fixed on Monday morning. Today (Satruday), I've pulled the other side loose also, AND pulled one of the front brackets off ...

Didn't think about the difference in technology. I know how different dental technology is since I was a kid, and how much better off I am now than I was then (had some repair work replaced).

Probably better off doing it now than I would have been 30 years ago...

If I hadn't read this thread, I wouldn't have believed myself. I had the braces put on my lower teeth 5 days ago, and I'm seeing a difference. I have an overbite, and I was looking in the mirror today, and I could swear my soul patch was protruding. Gonna shave it off tonite for a better look at my ...

I had 4 spacers and I lost 2 of them and bit through the other 2 within 6 hours of having them put in. They put in some industrial strength ones that lasted the week. They drove me nuts. They didn't hurt, they were just irritating. Congrats on quitting smoking - I did that years ago. I quit drinking...

Any other middle-agers here? I always associated braces with teen or pre-teenagers, but I'm 48 and just got a set of braces on my lower teeth 5 days ago. They are supposed to be on for about 14 months. I'm wondering if age has anything to do with how fast treatment takes, or how soon you start seein...