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I LOVE it! lol

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extractions aren't the end of the world, I have two coming up and can't wait to get going!!!

[quote="shekhinak"] I think it's kind of the Kubler Ross stages of Adult Braces: 1. Swallowing your pride, so you can go to a practice where most of the patients are kids 2. The "What-did-I-do" stage 3. Crying 4. Learning to cope, partly by eating mushy food 5. Acceptance. :wink:...

Day 1 and already sick of eating like a 1 year old... I feel your molar build up pain! x

They look great!

I'm on day 1 of braces and absolutely envy you. When are your's coming off?

Wish I had one! In braces for one day. Leaving the ortho's office yesterday I noticed that my top teeth would hit on my bottom brackets and asked what we could do. Turns out the only thing they could do was fix a bit of cement to my back teeth to stop my bite closing at all. The worst thing though i...

In the exact same position - Although I have only had my braces on one day.

I want bonded retainers at the end of all this and my ortho doesn't use them? I know I will have compliance problems and/or lose them and have no issues with wearing the retainer for life. so frustrating.