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Sorry about pics being so large - couldnt size them down... Had my 2nd adjustment today, now Week 11 in Braces and apart from the curry mishap no serious problems have happened...Had my upper wire changed to a much thicker one. The ortho says I will "feel it" for the next few days, haha! M...

Took this pic just before I went to my Ortho for my 2nd adjustment today, Monday, - thank goodness I looked like this for only the weekend. The yellow is actually much worse in real life than in the photo...a warning for curry addicts!

Kia Ora Kiwioverseas!! Ive seen some Aussies here and one other Kiwi, KK, but all the rest are lovely Americans so its nice to see you on the site. Congrats on starting your treatment - forget your age, I got 10 years on you and it will be so worth it at the end. I like to look at a lot of the succe...

Hi, I got elastics at my first adjustment and I wear them all day except for when I clean my teeth and change them for a new pair at night. My ortho showed me this quick way of putting them on using just one hand. Well I practiced and they went flicking around the room, I lost about 10 elastics befo...

Had my first adjustment this morning which was well timed because while I was flossing my sons crazy cat jumped up on my leg and I snapped the end wire off at my back molar. My ortho changed the wires and also placed a hook bracket at my right lower molar which was previously bare. And placed what I...

Thanks Ken. Am so glad that Im finally braced and really encourage those who have been sitting on the fence to just do it!!! I have another week before my first adjustment and there are changes! Lots of gaps are opening up between teeth as well as some gaps closing making flossing quite interesting....

Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Price: NZ$6500 (about US$4600) or NZ$7000 for full ICE.
Time:18-24 months
Type: ICE on top and standard metal lowers

Sorry about the odd placement of my first posting of pics - hope the next lot are better. Am in week 4 of braces and so far so good...I havent had to use any wax yet and just some twinges of pain occasionally if I knock two teeth together.. But those weird teeth dreams are bugging me. I have the one...

Yep definitely recommend getting a thorough professional clean. Mine took 2 hours over 2 appointments with a wonderful hygenist who numbed the sensitive areas with gel while she water blasted, scraped and polished and I got to watch an interesting documentary on Salmon fishing - haha! I'll be seeing...

Gosh I hope this will happen for me - I have some upper brackets that are so close to my gum line that Im sure I'll wake up one morning and my gum will have grown over it!

Im 36 and was braced in May 2010. Am relieved to have finally started the journey and have had only a few fleeting moments of "Why???" but all the members stories here have been inspiring and definitely helped. I've also convinced my Aunty and Uncle to get my 16 year old cousin to an ortho...

At the age of 36 Ive finally made the committment and forged ahead with braces! Like many others here Ive been so uncomfortable with my teeth since my teens. My family wasnt able to afford them when I was younger, here in NZ we dont get any subsidies for braces at any age though we do have free dent...