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Welcome! The first couple of days after an adjustment can be a little painful but pain reliever helps. You should be fine for Christmas dinner.

Good luck and I hope all goes well with your journey!

For close to two years I have been wearing braces (lingual top and clear on the bottom) to bring down an impacted canine. The canine is finally down and ready to be pulled into place. I took a few photos to show my progress. The tooth on the left is a pontic (fake tooth) that is directly in front of...

A couple of additonal photos...

I've been in braces for close to two years (March). In January, I was told it would only take a couple of alignments to get my impacted canine down. I understand that it was in a difficult position and I believe I have allowed for that. My exposure surgery was June 2010. My teeth have been moved bac...

The pontic is attached via glue to the tooth next to the impacted canine. You would never know that's it's not real by looking at it. As I mentioned before, that was the work of my dentist. I don't have any problems with my linguals. From the moment the were attached my speech was fine. I love them....

My advice is to do it. Depending on what type of braces you get they may not be noticeable. I have lingual on the uppers and clear on the bottom. I've had the bottom braces on since Jan and two people recently told me they didn't know that I had them, one being my hairstylist. You won't need to go w...

I understand.. I think they will look great!

I would wait until you return from your vacation to get your braces.

KMG ~ I've never heard of a TPA being used. My ortho left the impacted canine completely exposed for a few months. He felt there was better success in that method. He placed a bracket on the tooth a few months later if I recall correctly, and I noticed movement right away. It ended up coming off and...

I would also look at reviews for each Dr and get opinions from other people that you know that have great results with their orthodontists. I've tried Invisalign without success and ended up needing braces. I didn't have a disclaimer but at that time I was tired of trying to make the Invisalign work...

I'm not sure that I follow. I think they look good. What do you mean "you could actually see the tooth"? How are they slanted? I know it's difficult to see everything in photos. The only tooth that I notice is the canine tooth on the right (your left) that seems to come out a little furthe...

I asked this question on another board but I haven't received a reply so I will repost it here... My impacted canine is finally at the gum line now. However, it is still tilted.. almost sideways but not completely. I have lingual uppers and a flipper/fake tooth attached to my opposite teeth to conce...

So apparently my cost estimation I got from my ortho was only for braces and does not include cost of getting my impacted canine expose. Can anyone tell me what the cost you had for exposure? I don't remember the cost of exposure surgery as it was a year ago and I had wisdom tooth extractions at th...