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HI! thats a good question :) I do not know all reasons but i can tell you why mine were 6 weeks apart. first of all i have a very deep bite where when i smile my bottom teeth werent even visible. Now the reason i didnt get mine on the same day is because they wanted to get my top teeth started and w...

Lol your funny =) You'll get used to the wax and become a pro at taking it off (and you'll be able to reuse it just like your orthodontist said) I will put wax on in morning right after i brush... then eat and drink coffee.. take wax off and brush again... put wax back on... eat lunch.. take wax off...

Yeah it is very weird with eating and talking initially. Keeping food in my mouth while chewing was nearly impossible haha. I felt disgusting when i ate haha! I would frequently have a napkin or my hand over my mouth to hide the food rolling around. But it all when away after a few weeks (although i...

hey! welcome to the gang! unfortunately we all go thru the hungry stage (losing sometimes 5lbs in first few weeks lol). dont sweat the soup. after you get to the second week you'll be eating solids again I promise. once your comfortable eating solid foods you'll start to enjoy them again and soon ga...

the ceramic ligs will really be the best for you in the long run. I promise you the clear ones arent the way to go. THEY WILL STAIN. i know you think your ligs are on the yellow side but they are infinately better than clear. I have ceramic and i drink coffee regularaly and have many colored sauces ...

yeah i would venture to say that is a fairly normal thing in braces. I too will randomly have just one tooth that just aches soo bad but the others will be just fine. i even had dentist check it to see if maybe i had a cavity and he said its just the braces and thats normal. now say the intensity of...

ok so the answer to your question is the wires will change the angle of your teeth.. I myself have bottom teeth angled in like so \. I asked my ortho how he was gonna fix this issue for me. he said he will put in a particular wire that doesnt have a round or square shape but more of a triangle. and ...

oh and i too have a hubby that enjoys making fun of my appliance and braces lol. first thing he said when i got them is that i looked 12 again. unfortunately the husbands just never seem to be the support we need.. only the comic relief haha

Oh gosh i truely feel your pain jamsmak04!! I've now had my braces for going on 5 months now. Lets just say the first 2 weeks were bad. eating was no longer enjoyable and tasteless and everything had to be soft or soup. I PROMISE that it does get better! it truely will get to the point of barely eve...

MBriar I have had ceramic ligs on my uppers for nearly 5 months now and ive yet to see any stains on mine. I'm a big morning coffee drinker and i very much love my red pasta sauces =) Dont stop eating what you love, I promise you that your ceramics wont stain! Only caution is when you get any sort o...

yup I can barely stand to go to a movie theater because of the wonderful aroma of popcorn. It used to be my favorite snack. I discovered there are many ortho rules that i tend to bend with what i eat but unfortunately i cannot bend the "no popcorn" rule. It's such a horrid pain finding cur...

Thanks all! I do feel considerably better knowing its a process and the gaps will eventualy close. I think i'll still bring it up with my ortho and be sure that he soon changes my power chain to something stronger. Anxious to see changes lol =)

TinkB Believe it or not i actually have all of my teeth, including wisdom teeth. needed no extractions and i still grew up with nearly 2mm gaps between all of the front four teeth (if that makes sense, i dont know all my tech terms as of yet). Weird right? Lol nearly every tech that has done an adju...

Did you recently have a gap between those teeth and it closed up? that will cause irritation of the gum and its normal and should go away. Also when you brush your teeth do you brush really rough? if so id back off and brush more gently because the rough brushing can also cause that irrititation in ...

so i just learned from my dentist that if you use a mouth wash like listerine with alcohol in it, it will serioulsy dry your mouth out. So maybe stay away from listerine with alcohol. Use Listerine zero (no alcohol). lol I do listerine rinses on purpose because i seem to have plenty of saliva flow a...