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Thanks for advice. Got wires clipped and elastics changed as i had Bombay mix the night before thinking the bands looked ok in the evening. Holey moley...they looked terrible the next day!!!! WARNING...do not have Bombay mix!

Hi all, i had top ceramics fitted almost a month ago and all is fine apart from the loose tooth feeling which has now almost gone but over the last week, the wires held on to the brackets at the back have been really hurting and rubbing my cheeks so it hurts every time i smile! The wire actually stu...

Hi there! I am from Wiltshire and had top braces fitted last Monday. I also had them as a teenager but probably wasn't very conscientious with the retainer after wards so my teeth are a little "fangy" and arrow like. So far, i have had the top ceramic on for a week. the braces are very dis...

Me too! I had my braces fitted last Monday and although my teeth haven't really been in any pain, i have felt like they were loose and they were quite tender if anything banged them. My son who is three gave me a big kiss and went in a little too enthususiastically and i thought my teeth would fall ...

Thatnks for the reply. I am going to have my braces put on on the 7th September and the new term starts the very next day....so i am going to have a classroom of 4-5 year olds wondering why their teacher cannot speak properly or eat anything!!! Oh well...its now or never!

I am a perfectly sane mother of two boys, happily married and a school teacher who had braces for the first time as a teenager. Over the years, my teeth seem to have moved back to the way they were pre-braces and i started to get a little conscious of my "fangy" appearance and arrow shaped...