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Tomorrow will be day 3 for me, hopefully I'll feel better like you have.

They look awesome! Your team at the start are very similar to mine, so this gives me hope that mine will turn out well too. Good luck with the next year!

[quote="kiele88"]I know it is hard to believe now, but you will get used to the palatal expander. I have had mine in since the end of March (upper and lower) and even though I know they are in there, I am used to them and barely notice them except when eating. A waterpik is strongly recomm...

[quote="bashiera"]Congrats on taking the plunge! My cousin got a palate expander about a month ago and had a hard time with it, though it must be easier fro him since he's only 8. His ortho strongly recommended a water pik to clean up under the expander since brushes are near impossible to...

I had my spacers taken out and a palate expander put in, as well as a full set of braces. So far it's been awful. Sleep was a long time in coming to say the least. My tongue is raw from the palate expander, and I can't talk without sounding ridiculous. It has to be turned once a day for two weeks, a...