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Amazing progress indeed!!

Thank you all :) I'm now wearing a fixed retention on my lower teeth (small wire glued behind), and a removable clear plastic appliance on my upper teeth (night only). A small price to pay... the worst part is definitely over. My ortho is still not completely satisfied... he wants to "trim"...

Just google "waterpik" and you'll see

And it's done!!!
After almost 14months, I'm free!!! It wasn't that hard, though.



I'm very glad with the results. Maybe not 100% perfect teeth, but pretty good enough for me!!!

It's been a while, and I'm still wearing braces of course. BUT... not for long! As it seems, my ortho believes I'm ready to move on with my life without them :) so I'll be removing them next saturday! He initially said it should take about 1 year, give or take... and pretty much got it right! It's b...

I don't avoid any foods at all... some are harder to chew or just leave a mess, but that doesn't stop me

I agree.....great progress!! I am always impressed when I see updates like this!! I cannot wait until I see improvement with my own teeth. I do have a question.... in the last picture...it looks like there is something in the back of your mouth? May I ask.....what is it ? and painful ??? There's no...

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At first, it looks like there's not enough room for all teeth, but... they manage to find a way through. Amazing.

Am I the only one who doesn't take painkillers? I only took them the first day after braces, but even then it wasn't too bad. I've had a lot of adjustments, even though I'm only at 4.5months. My brackets used to snap quite often for the first 2 months or so, and for every visit my ortho would take ...

You're right, it seems to be open in the photo... anyway, it's closed now, don't know what happened there :) About my arch, it's getting harder to overlap my top lip over the brackets now, at-rest... the only time I felt that was when I had a coil spring at front... I'm still amazed on how fast thes...

Honestly, I though "What the heck, my teeth are crooked, do I really want to live the rest of my life like this (already did for 35y)? Let's just get over with it." Now, 4 months in, I don't regret it for a second. My teeth are getting better everyday, and looking at my mouth filled with b...

Forgot to add a photo. Here goes - 16 weeks and counting! It really feels like my arch has expanded a bit, maybe it's just me. http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5749/capturareh.jpg Lower teeth are not perfect yet, the ortho said it's time to reposition some brackets... they're not too bad anyway.

I know, I shouldn't be using this thread as diary, but here goes... Had another appointment yesterday (week 16, almost 4 months), and my upper wire was changed... again - it's now .018x0.025 NiTi (previous was 0.014). Not a big difference, but some of my back teeth are a bit more sensible today. It'...

bmueller wrote:I don't quite understand how missing an incisor will give you an overjet.

I'm not sure, but with one less tooth the arch must "retract" to close the gap. Could that be it?

I'm also surprised, never thought it would be so fast to get those teeth straight - they were my main reason to get braces in the first place, really. But at week 13, progress is a lot slower, no more "easy" teeth to fix. Just widening the arch (bottom mostly), closing my bite (1mm now) an...