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Wow those pics are huge in a creepy way! Hope i'll figure out how to get them smaller next time so they don't cause nightmares! They look a lot smaller on the blog

After being braced for 3 days I started my blog today: http://marie-secretsmile.blogspot.com/ But figured i'd put the shortened form of my story on here too as i've found it so useful and reassuring to read other peoples - totally love seeing people's progress pics! So I got braced on Tuesday May 24...

Jenn, I feel bad for you: two weeks for a soft food diet that's awful! I've been on a soft food diet now for 9 days and it's driving me crazy! And since the elastics and molar bands go in on Tuesday I was told by my ortho that i'd likely be on a soft food diet until two weeks after braces so another...

I just got braced 3 days ago and just started my braces blog: http://marie-secretsmile.blogspot.com/
Good luck to everyone!

Hi everyone, I just got my braces yesterday. I have full braces on the bottom plus power chains (to start closing the extraction gaps). Then on the top I have braces on all but the molars which have spacers (my ortho just got back from vacation, so that's why I didn't get spacers earlier). My tops a...

I got my braces today! I'm glad they're in so progress can start being made, but wow they make my extractions both impacted wisdom teeth and pre molars seem like a walk in the park. The ortho put full braces on the bottom plus power chains to start closing the gaps. Then on the top I have braces on ...

Nikki - glad your extractions went well mine were ok, def. not as bad as wisdom teeth. Jenn: Thanks :) My mouth feels so strange too, talking normally was tough yesterday and eating is annoying. Though the talking is more normal today and my mouth is starting to feel a little less weird - hopefully ...

I'm getting ceramics on top & bottom on the 24th... My orthodontist did some extra examinations on my jaw & teeth to see if I was a candidate... I only cared about the top but he says they can do both. He didn't mention chipping...

Nikki - hope you're recovering well from your extractions today.

Mine are tomorrow! Then braces next week... really want to get started and see progress. Though will be glad when tomorrow is over...

Good luck Jen for Wednesday... fingers crossed we all have a fast recovery.

Hi Jenn I don't have an answer for you... But I do share your worry and am interested in hearing other's experiences... I'm getting 4 bicuspids pulled next Tuesday - youch... Soooo nervous! I then have a week of gaps until the braces go in. I'm 29 too...

Good luck :)

Thanks you guys! Really appreciate it... Clangjr - that's good to hear I have to work the next day too... Poppy I wish i'd had the opportunity to have this done as a child too. My orthodontist said the window of opportunity to fix my cross bite on my left side may have been when I was 12, but they'r...

Hi! I'm 29 and am getting braces on May 24th! I've never had any orthodontic work before, I live in the US but am from England and was never to the best of my knowledge offered braces - much to the shock of dentists here - who consider I have a complex case. I have an over bite and a cross bite and ...