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August 25th! 14 months in braces instead of 20

The bad part is that it could have been August 4th but my ortho is out of town that week and I leave for 2 weeks vacation right after that :S well I guess those 3 weeks don't matter anymore

I see what you mean, although I do think your smile looks great! When I looked at your pictures I think it is your mouth/lips rather than your teeth. (I have the same thing, didn't have that before braces). I think we don't see that our mouth is not completely symmetrical because all we focus on are...

Diesel, I am sorry to hear your story, you must feel awfull! I was curious to read this tread because I also had 1 upper premolar removed (only one because they pulled the other one when I was a kid instead of giving me braces, I guess that was the easy way, and I ended up with crooked teeth and a m...

Hey Gracy,
That is great news, you must be so excited!! Your efforts to go against extractions finally paid off, good for you. I wish I had done the same. Very happy for you!
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I would like to know too!

1. Where are you located? Salt Lake City, Utah
2. How much are you paying for your braces? 4700
3. What kind of braces do you have? ceramic top, metal bottom
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 20 months

Don't let them pull out your teeth! Your teeth don't look that bad to me. I would go for number 2.
Good luck!

My sentence was 20 months and last app my ortho said they move fast and it will probably be closer to 16 months!

Clean teeth move faster he told me at the beginning of treatment, so I am brushing, flossing and waterpikking all day long lol

I don't understand, no offense, but why would you want to have extra molarbands?

Just wanted to share the good news that my ortho just told me we are ahead of schedule and it will be 16 months instead of 20. YEAH! Then: http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz90/nadia0628/DSC00146.jpg http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz90/nadia0628/DSC00163.jpg Now: http://i816.photobucket.com/al...

I wish I would have done it sooner and not worry so much about what people would think. Its really not that bad!

Congrats! And remember that the inconvenience is all worth it in the end. Just read as many on this site as you can, it helped me a lot.
Good luck and let us know how it went!

Don't tell me I didn't need braces and that you don't remember my teeth being crooked

Could you read my mind?

The same happens to me every time I go to the dentist, there is always something else that needs to happen. It makes me suspicious! Because I didn't trust it, I asked my ortho if he saw the cavity (luckily the dentist told me he could see it with his naked eye) and my ortho said it was nothing. OD's...

Hi Rachael I was searching for info about TAD's and came across your story. My midline is also way off and although my ortho has never mentioned anything about tad's I am scared he will soon because I don't know how else my huge gap is ever gonna close! It was good to read your story and see your pr...