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- Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:39 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Lig colours (colors)
- Replies: 1314
- Views: 698120
I think the figure 8's are for pesky teeth that wouldn't stay attached to the wire with the usual circle pattern. I have 8's on all my corner teeth that are twisted around more than the others. I find that it sometimes hurts when they are putting on the ligs - depending on the tooth and it's situat...
- Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:43 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Lig colours (colors)
- Replies: 1314
- Views: 698120
I have pictures of all my lig colors on my braces blog (see WWW link below). I'm having my next adjustment this afternoon. I thought about getting dark green for Christmas, but after seeing the nice combination of two greens I may go for something like that, too. Swan, I visited your web page. Ques...
- Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:17 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: When you ortho says "I'm sorry!"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2677
When you change orthos
I have to admit that I've been wondering - especially after this oops - has anyone ever switched orthos? I'm paying for all this out of pocket, so I'd rather not double my "investment". Do you keep paying the old one and start paying the new one, too? Before I got the braces on, I asked m...
- Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:12 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: When you ortho says "I'm sorry!"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2677
- Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:04 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: So I took the old wire home...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1640
Re: So I took the old wire home...
Bwahahaha! What a fun idea.weird_wired wrote:Anyway I twisted it into a loop and I am currently wearing it as a ring. I might get beads for it and make the front of a necklace with it.
Jean
- Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:53 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Jaws' Story-Updated Dec 12/07--Follow-Up Pic (page 12)
- Replies: 171
- Views: 90713
Red pads
Jaws, what is the purpose of the red pads?
Jean
Jean
- Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:24 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Nov 16th adjustment
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1663
Nov 16th adjustment
(Hi Karen!) Power chains on each side. Teeth sore. Since I may be eating soft food for a while, I'm glad that the big Thanksgiving Day dinner is 8 days away and not tomorrow. I asked for yellow, orange and brown ligs. The lady said they didn't have brown - how about just yellow and orange. Okay. But...
- Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:42 am
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Jean's Story
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7816
Haven't posted for a while
First of all, sorry that I still have no photos to share. I do so enjoy the photos that other people post. Mine look quite lousy. I'm still going to ortho every 2 weeks. The anchored tooth on the left that was hurting is still hurting with mildly hot and cold food and drink. I had a root canal done ...
- Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:12 am
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Jean's Story
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7816
Good morning, Karen
Great news Jean ... hope your tooth is fine and excellent they've been able to make your bands more comfortable! :thumbsup: Love the sound of orange for October! Good luck :banana: I like to have fun with this experience. Anyhow, since the braces are on my lower arch only, they don't show a whole l...
- Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:01 am
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Jean's Story
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7816
Re Pics
I liked reading your story, it would be cool if you had pictures to share too :) Hi CelestialVoices! I like to see people's pics, too. I have been taking some along the way - though they haven't been turning out as nicely as most of the ones that people post. I had a go at putting some up on Monday...
- Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:41 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: What is the correct term?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1037
Thanks.
Oh, excellent, tictac. Thanks a lot.
Jean
Jean
- Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:22 pm
- Forum: Archive: Ask the Doc
- Topic: Speech concerns
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1639
Wax
I am 53 and have lower arch braces, too!
They make me lisp on "s". I put some wax on them the other day. I put the wax so as to fill up the gap between the wire and the teeth - inferior to the brackets and wire. It seemed to help somewhat.
Jean
They make me lisp on "s". I put some wax on them the other day. I put the wax so as to fill up the gap between the wire and the teeth - inferior to the brackets and wire. It seemed to help somewhat.
Jean
- Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:53 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: What is the correct term?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1037
What is the correct term?
In another thread I was trying to refer to this and I don't know what the right word is... On the bands on the molars on the side near the cheek, there is stuff; and on the side near the tongue, there is stuff. What are the words to reference these sides? If I use "'inside' or 'outside' of the ...
- Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:46 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Ligs on all but one...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2213
Your own ligs?
Could be the tech just forgot... I got home one time to find that a bracket just in front of the molar bands had no ligature. I called to ask and she said, "whoops... can you come back in?" Thankfully, I had some ligs I'd gotten from them just before a big trip so I didn't have to drive b...
- Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:42 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Jean's Story
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7816
Today's appointment
I asked the ortho if the [such a strong] toothache and pain when drinking even room-temp drinks are appropriate. He said that the hot-cold sounds like maybe a "root-canal" in the offing. Anyhow, he released the pressure on that banded tooth and so we are going to see if 2 weeks of no pushi...