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It's time! I was thinking last night about my dentist telling me for three years, 'if you just got braces that would be fixed' and I said to him, 'you can talk till you're blue in the face, I will never get them.' Now here I am, DONE today! So weird. Between getting them off, putting the wires on th...

These bad boys are coming off tomorrow after 18 months, I thought I'd be SO excited! I've had two nightmares that my teeth fell out after and that they didn't look good. There's a piece of me that's scared they're coming off too early and they'll shift back, but I have no real reason for feeling tha...

Hmmmm ok. I guess I just figured what can possibly happen in six days good or bad. The worst part is, my teeth hurt more after getting that on than they did the day I got my braces on!! Good grief. Almost there.....

I'm getting my braces off Wednesday. Had the appointment to do my impressions on Thursday and my ortho put a power chain on. First of all, I'm not really sure what it's for, secondly, what can it do in six days??? I could see if it was my last month maybe but kinda seems pointless now. Anyone know t...

My braces are scheduled to come off at the end of the month. There's this tiny little piece of me not sure about the bite on the left side. On the right I feel like they all just sit down nicely on top of one another. On the left I think it doesn't feel quite as perfect. When I touch both sides with...

Got my elastics today. I am NOT enjoying it so far. My teeth hurt, they're awkward, and I can't tell what exactly they are doing. My jaw feels like it's sitting exactly where it always has, I don't see how it's going to 'pull' it where it needs to go. I've been looking at my teeth with the elastics ...

So when I got my braces on, my ortho told me about 18 months, and if I wore my elastics constantly when I got them, it could knock months off of it. Haven't even got elastics yet... So I went for a cleaning at my dentist the other day, (not ortho), and he said, typically for adults it's 18-24 months...

I had my wires changed yesterday, woke up today with the worst headache I've ever had in my life. My teeth are still sore, and I can't chew anything. I just clued in that maybe the two are related?? Does anyone get bad headaches after getting their wires changed? If not, maybe I'm dying. Ok I'm hope...

Ho-ly! This is the second time I had my wire changed. The first time I was like, huh, I feel nothing. But today....oh my gawd the pain. It feels worse than the first day I got my braces on! Is this normal? Also, the wire didn't go all the way to the back of my mouth to start, and as of today it does...

Ok, so it sounds like it may have been an option to have clears on both though. Interesting....Maybe I'll ask again next time I go. Not that I want to change the lowers out at this point, but for curiosity sake as to why I couldn't do it. Thanks!

As far as having braces goes, I love the clear ones. I am 36, and was traumatized when I was about to get them, but all I keep hearing from people who see me is you can't even tell I have them. The silver ones are on the bottom and my lip doesn't tend to go below then much so I have made out okay. I...

The one in the front???? Like there will be one right smack in the front of my mouth? Oh dear. I am already self conscious enough about the braces, and just getting used to them, and now I'm going to be paranoid about looking stupid all over again. I thought they'd be further back. Oohh no.

Sorry this isn't going to answer your question but I have one for you. Where are you from? I am in Canada, and I got Damon clear on top but was told you can't get them on the bottom because of the size of them and the size of the teeth down there. So I had to get silver on the bottom. They knew I wa...

Ever since I got my braces I feel like I can SEE plaque on my teeth. Especially right in the front on the bottom. I have never had this issue, and brush two or three times a day. I feel like I need to go to the dentist JUST to get him to remove it. Is this common or am I doing something deadly wrong?

Well I'll just hope every visit he doesn't mention it then. ha! Sounds like it could be at any point. I'm only supposed to have them for 18 months total, so I assume it will be coming soon. I will do whatever it takes to speed this process along! I can barely get in my mouth to floss let alone chang...