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oh! Rak, thats so cool that your getting them the same day as me. Stay in touch we can be each others support system though all the pain..oy

Good luck!

hey! Well, if it makes you feel any better i am not getting my braces on until March 3rd (13 days and counting) so i am jealous of you! your like 3 weeks ahead of me! Trust me when i say i totally feel your pain and could have wrote that post myself. i just wanna have beautiful teeth already! But i ...

The ortho didn't tell me exactly how much he wanted my jaw to expand. I am turning once a day for 30 days. As i said the gap is pretty big now so i am hoping thats good news.

Hey guys,


Thank you so much for the advice and words of encouragement! I know I just need to wait it out I just get impatient =/

In the end no matter how much this suck I know the end results will be awesome!

hey, it definitely takes some getting used to. I actually found in the beggining that soups are harder to eat because it gets stuck up top. I like to eat soft food thats goupy enough to not move around a lot...like apple sauce for instance and then i put it on the tip of my tounge and push it down. ...

Hey Everyone! So i got my expander put in on Jan 20th, today is feb 11 so its been 3 weeks. I have what seems like a gaint gap in my two front teeth...like big enough that i can feel my top lip through it. I have love hate relationship with the gap. For one I am happy its there and i know the expand...

hey, I had my spacers put in 4 days ago. the second and 3rd days were the worst and i was in horrible pain. Today the pain isnt so bad but i still cant eat anything hard. I'm trying to not think about it though because i'm assuming everything that comes after this is going to hurt way worse =/ I hop...

I feel like you should try to find another ortho. This guy sounds like a real jerk and his staff doesn't sound much nicer. Adult Braces is not an easy road and if your doctor doesn't make you feel comfortable its going to make it so much worse. I have been trying to fin the right ortho for years and...

hey thanks for the reply. its nice to know im not the only one with a difficult case. The thing that will get me through it is at least i know there is a beautful light at the end of the tunnel!

I have to say these spacers hurt soooo bad today. I didnt expect be this sore owchies

When i was little, around 10 i have an expander and braces. my teeth moved again and then in high school i got the expander again. That Dentist failed too and now i am 23 and on my way to my 3rd expander and braces. Today was my first day they started treatment. Right now i just got my rubber band s...