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Hi all, just a quick question, I have a couple of teeth which are shorter than the rest, due to grinding my teeth and wearing them away! I wonder how much is my ortho able to pull these down? I'd say they need maybe 3mm to be inline with the rest, is this do able? Thank you .

Mine is 15-18 months and I am currently 10 months in, however I think my treatment will last longer than the estimated 18 months as I need two extractions next month and cannot imagine they will be closed in the space of 7 months! I

Thanks for your helpful reply! I am going to ring my orthodontist today and tell them the dates when I am going for the extractions and ask them to book me in as soon as I'm allowed to go back in for the wire changes, two weeks later sounds great as you said, that won't disrupt my progress much! Can...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could help me with some questions I have, I am currently around 10 months into my brace treatment, with an estimated 8 months left, I am scheduled to have my top second premolars (on either sides) removed in order to correct my over overbite, I have just had my most...

Hi guys I am currently 6 months into an 18 months sentance of wearing braces! I've seen lots of changes so far and I am generally happy with my progress, however I guess I am slightly unhappy with the service I recieve when visiting my orthodontist for tightenings. During my apointments my ortho see...

I have learnt the hard way that tomato based sauces stain the power chains a horrible almost neon green colour!

Hi all, so I had my 2nd adjustment almost a week ago, whilst my ortho didn't mention he would be adding anything new to my braces upon inspecting my new thicker archwires in the mirror the following morning I could see what appeared to be clear bands around my upper Damon ceramic brackets just under...

I am 3 months into a 15-18 month sentance! I was surprised that my treatment plan appears to be shorter than some I see on here as my teeth were far from perfect to begin with! Maybe my ortho is just optimistic! However they have moved so quickly I am hoping they will come off at 15 months which mea...

I've not had the problem you describe whilst sleeping with braces however having braces seems to have caused me to start grinding my teeth in my sleep, it actually wakes me up most nights which is worrying, I am going to mention it to my ortho at my next visit

Maybe the teeth that the brackets are attached lower down on are too long and so need pushing back up slightly in order to be correctly aligned with the rest?

I can also assure you that things do get better! I am 10 weeks into my journey and I felt the same as you straight after, I remember waking up the next morning after they had been 'installed' and praying that the whole thing had been a nightmare and I hadn't gone through with it! But very quickly yo...

Hi, I too got braced in February so we have begun our journey at the same time :) I know that everyone experiences different aches and pains as everyone's teeth and treatments is different! I also have bite turbos on my upper back teeth, my teeth were also numb right after being braced, however, for...

My lips are constantly dry now after being braced which is very annoying, also when I laugh my top lip gets caught on my bulky upper ceramic brackets which drives me mad, i am constantly having to pull my lip back down ha! I find it imsane that something that is designed to be more aesthetically ple...

Thanks for your reply Ziggy, I shall ask my ortho at my next tightening how long he reckons I will need mine and let you know, hopefully i get a slightly more indepth answer than u had! Yes I agree as annoying as they are I have quickly gotten used to them, mine have actually worn down quite a bit s...

Hi guys just a quick question, I got bite turbos on my upper premolars the day I was braced (10 weeks ago) and my ortho said these were to stop my upper teeth from hitting my bottom brackets. I have around 6 weeks still until my next tightening so until then when I can see my ortho (it is more me be...