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Mine is functional and appearance. I need to have a implant put in on my front tooth. I need braces to make room for the implant. Braces on there own would have given me a sunken in look on my face so I am also having jaw surgery to correct my overbite.

12 months then I will have my jaw surgery. Then hopefully just 6 months after that.

I am 45 and just got my braces on a few weeks ago.

Hi Spring1onu. Thank you for the welcome.

I have been braced for about 3 weeks.

The first week was awful I could only eat mushy food and my gums really hurt. But now I am used to them and they don't really bother me.

Hi I am going through something similar.

I have a crown on my left front tooth that has a bracket attached. Not sure of the terminology but I have a tooth bonded to the crown that is the shape of a tooth. I do not have a bracket on it though. The wire goes over the top.

Hi I have just had my braces in for a few weeks.

I am going to have my sugery in a about 1 years time.

Good luck. I'm glad I am not alone in this.

Hi. Just a bit of background. When I was a child I broke both my front teeth on two different occasions. They were both fixed. I was told I needed braces but I never got them. Years later my right fronth tooth crumbled and I got a fake tooth. Later I enquired about getting an implant done. I was tol...