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I have been having problems with waking up in the morning with cracks in the corners of my mouth. I am thinking it is because my braces cause me to sleep with my mouth open a bit. Anyone experience this and have any tips?

I have an ortho appointment tomorrow morning and I might be getting elastics. I am only 4 months into treatment, but I will have them for the rest of my treatment time of 18-24 months. I might have to get TADs this fall if my ortho doesn't like what the elastics are doing. This was my 'compromise' t...

I was also shocked to look in the mirror and find that my "clear" top brackets were not very clear at all. Do you have Damon braces? I'm on month 4 and it truly does get better every day. Now the only thing that bugs me is all the food that gets stuck in them, but buy some of those tiny br...

Over the last few weeks, the wire on my bottom back brackets bows out and I have to push it back into place. Is it normal for this to happen often? I have an appointment in 4 weeks, so I figured it was probably ok as long as I can always pop it back into place. Has anyone experienced this?

I would be very upset if I had to wait that long. I have had a broken bracket and some issues with my wires and my ortho squeezed me in either that day or the next.

Hi! I've been a lurker to this forum since I got my braces on March 3rd. I'm 25 and finally decided to get braces after being told many MANY times that I would be sorry when I was much older because my TMJ would get worse. Anyway...I ended up getting Damon braces, and I recently went in for my first...