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I think my ortho placed the bracket at my left central lower incisor in a crooked way causing my tooth to be lower and slanted.... My ortho won't be happy about it if he finds out I'm seeking opinions online. but oh wells, it's my teeth! I've talked to my ortho about it during the last adjustment bu...

Opinions anyone? Help please.

No problem. I understand that pretty well because my ortho don't talk to me much and he always in a rush for some unknown reasons. I don't know what is the practice over at your country, but for me, I talk to the receptionist when I have tons of questions as I started getting really worried. Find so...

Stay healthy. Happy that your ortho is understanding. Not all orthos are like that. You have a good ortho

Hi there! I hope I can help you out. I had the same problem too. now my arch curve out nicely. The uneven curve is caused by your archwire is attached up till the 1st molars. The archwire applied force till the 1st molars causing the teeth to curve in, up till the 1st molars where your archwire ends...

Hey guys... Would appreciate any encouragement and advices. Thanks :) Here is my situation. Currently I have 3m clarity self-ligating braces. From the previous appointment at my dental clinic, a craze line develop on my lateral incisor while the wired tried to push my lateral incisor to the front. I...

Thanks for sharing with us your experience

Thanks jem for sharing your photo

I am just wondering how common is that? Anyone here has one tooth that is OBVIOUSLY bigger or smaller than its "twin" (I know that no two teeth can be exactly of the same size and this is part of nature). Example... Maxillary right incisor looks bigger than the maxillary left incisor... My...

Sorry I forget to add...

what were your experience and why you/ your ortho changed your bracket type?

Just wondering... anyone changed bracket types before?

From metal to ceramic or ceramic to metal... from metal to damons or damons to metal.... from smartclip to metal or metal to smartclip... and the list goes on....

Thanks Kimmie for the kind words!!!

I have very crowded teeth. When my ortho tried a thick wire, it was when my ortho decided to move my loner top tooth on at the back of my central incisor to the front. It was hell. My bottoms are still quite crooked. maybe the level of pain in changing archwire is dependable on the crowd of the teet...

Most of my friends said that my teeth looked fine. They were either trying to be nice or they are quite blind. Even when I just got my braces put on, they asked me why I have braces. But when I was a kid, my dentist asked me to go to an orthodontist but I was too afraid. My top teeth were protruding...

Kentucky Fried Chicken.

It was very late at night when I got hungry and decided to have my dinner. There was nothing available except KFC.
Worst. They don't have mashed potato.
I used my unbracketed second molars to chew on the meat. Pity me.