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Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure too if the cant is corrected with the same wires that are used for alignment.. my lower arch is also canted but is still in a round wire. Hope someone would further explain this.

So I got a rectangular wire last adjustment and as far as i understood from you guys is that rectangular wires are used after teeth alignment is done but i still have a tooth (lateral insicor ) that is tilted to the side..in a shape close to this / when i smile. Can a rectangualr wire correct that? ...

Hello fellow bracefaces :D I had an adjustment a week ago, and the ortho put this rectangular stainless steel wire on my upper brackets, it's my first time to have one like this. i used to get coated wires for my ceramic brackets. i think am starting to feel a bit self-conscious. the wire is kind of...

Thanks for replying guys. no, i don't have sinus issues.. i think if had i would have been breathing from my mouth?! the problem has disappeared now .. maybe i got used to the thickness?!! or i had some positive movement since my last adjustment ? :wink: my next adjustment is in a week so will see w...

Cool! i nominate Chichi as the most communicative friendly personality, here and it seems as a patient too.

One thing I have been doing on and off since getting braces is biting into sandwiches, are we allowed to bite into sandwiches? i know people who have braces and do that comfortably in publlic and i'm wondering if it's fine to do that. i only bite into sandwiches when i am not out since food would ju...

Hi again everyone. I want to mention this to my ortho if it persists. Just want to be educated. So it's been about 10 days since i had an adjustment in which i got heavier wires top and bottom (16??) And 3 mlar tubes. a couple days ago i noticed that i wake up with my mouth open !! I never had that ...

I don't know about your question. but don't be terrified. are your wisdom teeth impacted? mine were not. the worst thing for me was the blood everywhere in my mouth for the first hours after the removal. i discovered that if i kept the gauze? a little longer, it won't be much of a problem. i was jus...

Thank you Sirwired, Chichi, and Roxie. I appreciate it I thought it might be silently hurting my gums or something but it's not bothering me at all. Happy it's not urgent.. will tell my ortho about it at my next adjustment.

:shock: just discovered that i have excess glue under my molar tubes reaching my gums. I had them put on my last adjustment a gew days ago. Will it be harmful to my gums? Can i scrape it myself? I am scared to losen the tubes if i try to do it myself. I am so ... disappointed i heard the ortho telli...

Hi. i am sorry your consultation was tough. My only advice would be, if you are totally against surgery, see another ortho. maybe someone else would have a better treatment plan that you feel more comfortable with

I have one tooth that didn't get a ligature till the 2nd or maybe 3rd adjustment, can't exactly remember. that tooth had a tooth that went behind it.. when the other tooth moved in line, the tooth that didn't have a ligature got one probably not a mistake.

Thank you everyone for the different perspectives. I think I will start using them again just to check if my regular brush misses stuff under the wires! i still don't have any power chains or interesting additions like some of you, so will wait and see

Hi. i was very committed to using the proxy brush at the beginning of treatment. but after a while it just felt it is not doing anything besides it's harsh to the gums and mine are a bit receded so.. maybe that's just an excuse not to use it :roll: but really it doesn't feel like it actually removes...

Hi :) Well, you are not alone... i was kind of sad i will be saying goodbye to my crossbite which, i thought, would mean saying goodbye to the different way my jaw looks. although the shift of my bottom jaw used to kind of bother me as a teenager, (i didn't really hate it but it was just unnatural l...