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Oh, and regarding whether linguals work or not, they definitely are working for me. My teeth were horribly crowded. They were expanded, and then brought together with linguals.

Surely you'll receive the difference between the cost of the linguals and the cost of the ceramics, right? That's only fair.

I've just gotten upper and lower linguals yesterday, my orthodonstist has recommended keeping them packed with wax along entire length of them for first 5 days. I have to admit that that advice sounds bizarre to me. My own dentist did not give me any such advice. And I went without wax for days unt...

That's great progress. I'm glad it's working out so well for you.

And thanks for your own words of encouragement. It's very encouraging to know that others have and are going through the same experience, and that it's not nearly as bad as I had once envisioned.

Thanks for that. I'm thoroughly encouraged by your own eating experience. I feared that I might have to live like this for a very long duration, but perhaps that might not be the case at all. And if I get over this particular hump, I'll probably reach that plateau where I won't even notice that I'm ...

Just wanted to give my account of what's happened. Pain: A slight to moderate amount for the first two days. Now, three days later, I don't feel any of that tenderness whatsoever. But then again, I had some experience with this kind of discomfort beforehand since I wore expanders. Maybe I've just go...

Ahoy, A couple of months ago, I decided to take the plunge. However, as my palate evidently is a bit too narrow, my orthodontist advised me that I need to wear expanders (I'm assuming that they're expanders) for both jaws for approximately 3 months. I was rather startled and disappointed that I woul...