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I noticed that the one tooth that had bothered me for years just fell into place within a month. It is a slow and steady process, but after 14 months I am really starting to see a big change!

I just had 2 brackets removed to have some extractions and they had them off in no time. They did a bit of grinding to remove the glue, but there was no pain, just the smell of burning glue:)

Well, I finally had the 2 teeth extracted. It went really well, not a lot of pain or problems and I ge the full wire put back on next week. Hopefully I will see an improvement over the next few months as their is now a lot of space for the teeth to move back. I have not had any teeth pulled since I ...

I started out the first few months with a white wire, but lately they have been using a plain metal one. The colour was mostly gone by my next appointment anyway.

Thank you for the replies! I have an ortho appointment tomorrow so I am definitely going to ask when the teeth will be extracted.

I have noticed that I am constantly using lip balm and Chapstick. I think that the braces are "stretching" my lips out and they just feel dry all the time. I thinks it's weird that I can go weeks after an adjustment and then overnight I wake up with a new sore from a bracket.

I have found that tea and coffee discolours mine. Some months have been worse than others, but I havn't found it to be really bad so far.

Hello - I am new here, although I have been reading the posts on this site for a few months. My braces were put on last September and I am 46 now. At my initial consultation, I was told that I needed to have two top teeth extracted, but over the last couple of months my ortho has been filing my teet...