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Nice pics! I had 2 implants between my rear two molars at the top, attached to the canines to bring them back after the two first premolars were removed. Will try to get pictures as well. Just an FYI - had the screws removed last week and they don't use anaesthetic, they literally just unscrew it. I...

Every 5 weeks.

To begin with your tongue will feel massive, but you'll get used to knowing where to put it so it doesn't get in the way of anything.

It'll be fine.

Mine are every 4-5 weeks. The fake teeth actually slowed down movement because they blocked one of the teeth from moving back. One of them snapped off because it was contacting my lower canines so I just left it off. In about 9-10 weeks my teeth have moved about 3mm. 5mm left. My ortho said a realis...

My orthodontist made some covers for the gaps in my teeth, that are bonded to the next tooth along. He files them down a few mm each month to make room for the teeth to move back, so nobody sees the gaps. As for the pain from wires, it will be bad for a few days, then go away and you'll feel where y...

I have Lingualcare fixtures, but the brackets seem a lot smaller than those in photos people have sent in.... they look more like this than this . Strange since Lingualcare are in Germany and I am too, but my brackets are really tiny compared to the bling-fest on the Lingualcare homepage. Sidenote -...

Your speech will only be affected by the amount of pain your tongue is enduring. Speaking accurately will hurt more after a couple of days and you'll have blisters/sores on your tongue but it'll go away after a week or two. First day I had them I was eating steak, talking all night and drinking. The...

No pain.... the doctor shot me up with novocaine or lidocaine or whatever they use these days, then left me. Then he came back and started doing bits and bobs in my mouth which I couldn't feel. Hence no pain! The injections are over before they start pretty much. At one point I felt a pang of ver mi...

Good luck - you'll be fine. Had my first elastics changed on the microscrews yesterday actually. It was a little uncomfortable as the palette is prodded around (rather than a tooth where the other brackets are attached) to hook out and hook on the little bands, but the discomfort is no worse than bi...

That looks a lot more hardcore than what I have... Mine are literally screws that were drilled into my palette. No cutting, just drilling a smaller hole for the self-tapping screw to go into was all that the doc required.

Not counting the wisdom teeth, mine are between my two furthest back molars. They don't affect anything and I've not heard about stitches... perhaps that's for when they come out. In terms of what they feel like, if you put your finger and try to wiggle it around, it feels a bit uncomfortable, but d...

Didn't see your post earlier.... I was searching for microscrews rather than micro implants when I looked around before mine went in! I have two of these on the inside of my gum, i.e. in my palette, between the molars at the top left and right. They were put in under local anaesthesia and took no ti...

Wire in will be much better, agreed. As for movement not sure but I wouldn't expect much - I've been told about 1mm per month with the anchor is an optimistic rate of travel! Without it there should be negligible movement.

Okay, deep breath... aaaand, relax! I had both upper first premolar/bicuspids removed together last Weds, so exactly a week ago (i.e. 2 teeth out), and at the same time I had 2 holes drilled and a microscrew impanted between the molars at the top on each side to provide anchorage to pull the front t...

Key with the slurring etc is not to become an impatient recluse. Don't be paranoid, people you see every day will understand, and those you see less regularly probably won't notice. I'm in a very people-facing job and it was tough. After a few weeks I found that I was using my tongue further back in...