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Okay - on Tuesday June 21st I got my upper braces on!! It wasn't bad - I was so exhausted I fell asleep while they were working on them... the thing that was the worst (and took about a week to become acustomed to) are the brackets on the insides of my upper teeth... I am assuming there will be an a...

Well, it's been a few days and the pain hasn't gotten better. It's not constant, but when I try to eat something it gets bad. Chewing is a, well - pain. :soremouth: I have the plastic/rubber spacers on top - both sides and the metal ones on the bottom left. I'm missing 2 teeth on the bottom right so...

I got spacers in today... get the braces on top next week, I don't remember when the bottom ones go on... My neice (10 years old) got her braces about a month ago - she says the spacers are the worst part - I hope she is right... This pain is worse than the headaches from the off kilter bite that th...