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Is it possible to do this procedure while wearing braces or do the brackets intefere?

Has anyone had their teeth ruined from having a bad bite? My lowers are so over-erupted in the front that when I bite the dig up right behind my uppers. I looked in the mirror the other day and I can see little "ledges" that have been cut out because of this behind each canine. It's a litt...

My lower front teeth are so over-erupted the top teeth completely cover them when I bite. It's been 5 months so far on top and the ortho says next appointment there will be enough space for the lowers to go on. I think he's crazy because there is ZERO room but I'll wait until I actually don't see th...

I notice a lot of the posts in this thread are from women or people with spouses, so I'll chime in. I'm a 23 year old male and had my first post-braces date the other night. Everything went great. :lol: And I mentioned them to her and she said she barely noticed. So to the other young males out ther...

I've had my tops on for 4 months now and my teeth are improving greatly. Next adjustment there should be enough space for my bottoms to go on. I can handle one set of braces but I'm not really looking forward to two. I asked the ortho since my tops were looking pretty good and the crowding was less ...

Sounds a lot like me. I had trouble even telling my closest family because just talking about my teeth made me so uncomfortable. I know my teeth were bad but I could sort of ignore it, and dreaded braces bringing attention to them. The second I got braces that changed though. The people I expected t...

$6500 Canadian for a 2 year top & bottom treatment.

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Nice improvement! Your teeth look, well looked, very similar to mine. I have some crowding at the top and my 4 lower front teeth are raised up. I've only had braces on for 5 days though so no progress yet. How long is your total treatment time expected to be?

I'm a newbie to braces but so far I've had 2 big plates of mashed potatoes (with a few Canadian thanksgiving leftovers), it seemed to go down pretty easily. Yams sound great, I'll have to pick some up.

I was braced an hour ago! I'm 23 and have known I've needed braces forever but it wasn't too difficult to keep putting it off. I was worried sick this morning and the night before but all that stress disappeared once I saw them for the first time in the mirror. They don't look nearly as bad as I had...