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Jambo keep us posted on what your ortho say

I'm starting not to notice the braces in my mouth. It's mostly when I eat that they become apparent. Still a bit nervous about what i can or can't eat. I was eating a pizza when one of my spacers came out. Luckily I was able to put it back in. Other then that its been pretty smooth sailing. Had to u...

Amazing the progress in such a short period of time!!

On some days I wake with my bite off on other days it is way off I think it's normal yet a bit annoying. Good luck!!

Before I had my braces my orthodontist asked me what position I slept at night. Initially I thought it was an odd and irrelevant question. I told her mostly on my stomach. That's when she told me how sleeping positions can effect teeth alignment and that be sleeping on my stomach I was putting press...

My pallet is narrow so my ortho informed me that some facial structural changes might occur and even noticed once I'm done with braces. I embrace the changes. Also she measured my face to determine the optimal positioning of different features. By using measurements she can better determine which ad...

I trust my ortho. She studied orthodontics in her native country and in the US as well. Basically went to school for it twice and on top of that she worked for the local university as the director of orthodontics. She informed me that slow and gradual movements are prefered which help prevent loseni...

Thank you for the support Plumcore!!!
Looking back I wish I would have done this earlier. Congrats on graduating!! Welcome to the real world and remember to keep on smiling! It's one of the best gifts anyone can give to someone ands free.

Hi everyone, my name is Juan Diego. I just found about this page, what an awesome site. As of 2 weeks ago I had braces put on and I'm really excited. The need came due to a TMJ issue derived from my teeth not aligning properly. So figured it was just going to get worse with time. Initially I had my ...