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PS. In all fairness, my teeth have been shaved since then (the animation link above). I need (and will) post some recent pics... once I got to the "shaving" process, I was truly amazed at "what will be."

Fair enough

I posted this about... I dunno... maybe 4 months ago?

http://archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

But now, I *really* see how awesome the progress is

If you have a phone that takes photos, try and do a quick shot of your teeth every month (or use a camera... I'm just suggesting that a phone is super-easy). You'll think that after 4 months your teeth look "amazing." (and they will) And then again after 6 months, you'll take a picture, an...

Your teeth are going to look amazing! Congrats on such quick movement.

You are improving your smile for *you.* If, heaven forbid, someone didn't want to go out with you because you have braces... Well... Let's just say having braces might be a great way for you to weed out the "throw-aways" vs. "the keepers." I should've gotten rebraced at 24. I dum...

44. Male. This thread prompted me to finally share (see other post).

I'm guilty of reading the posts, then moving on

PS. I get my teeth "shaped" in 2 weeks. So stoked to fix the chip on my front tooth and even out the lines on top and bottom.

I love this board. I don't particularly participate much, but I always read all of the posts. I also enjoy when others post pix. That said, I thought I'd finally buck-up and share. Here is an animation of my teeth over 21 months. I tried to take a photo each month (give it a sec, it loops): http://i...

44 y.o. Couldn't be happier. This is my second (and LAST) date with braces

Got braced at 42. It's been almost 20 months with 6 more to go. There hasn't been a day that's gone by where I haven't cursed these dang things in my mouth. I'm SO ready to be finished with this process... January '11 seems like so far away. That said: I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat. I hate...

I have brackets on my wisdom teeth. I was told that it was unusual, but there doesn't seem to be anything "usual" about my mouth!

I got mine installed on Monday.

Blech. I'm not going to like this.

Although eating and speaking are a challenge, I'm amazed at how hard it is to spit! (like when rinsing and brushing). I had no idea the tongue/roof-of-mouth association was so important in a good, old-fashioned spit.

I can now echo what I've seen repeatedly in this forum: everyone's journey is different. For me, I had zero pain when I got my braces on. I was wondering if my teeth would move at all... Now, (tomorrow is the end of my 6th week) -- my teeth are killing me! Especially the 4 teeth on top, in front. So...

DOH!

I *just* asked the same question in a new thread about 5 minutes ago!

I hadn't scrolled down the topics list far enough to read this one. I'm going to go try and delete my other post, now that I have an answer to "what are buildups!'

I see that some of you are referring to your "buildups" (mostly molar, but I've seen other teeth can have 'buildups' too). What is that? I tried to answer the question myself, but whenever I google "braces and buildup" etc, the "build up" part comes back with "tart...