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Hi all!! I've had my lingual braces (top and bottom) on for 11 months now and I LOVE the results. However, in the past few months I have had quite a lot of people notice them when I talk, they see the bottom ones. I am really self conscious about having them on, as the reason I went lingual was to h...

Hi all, I'm just over three months into my lingual braces journey. After about 6 weeks i got my speech under control, but recently about 4 days after a recent adjustment I've back fracked and struggling again with talking and also tongue soreness. Is this common? I really want to get back to where I...

I had mine on a Thursday and took the Thursday and Friday off work. It was also a long weekend so I had 5 days. I'm not going to lie...it was tough! My speech took longer than I thought to sound normal. People told me I sounded mine but to me I didn't and talking was exhausting! I think at the 2 mon...

Just really minor! I have been taking photos every day, so that helps! Food wise I can share what I've been doing! I have either a smoothie or scrambled eggs for breakfast, then lunches I made a huge load of soup, but I'm a bit over soup now so I'm now taking leftovers! So for dinners I've been doin...

Good to hear your experience

I'm 5 weeks in and can see small changes, which is exciting! How are you going with eating?

Thanks Beckett! I've definitely been better with eating but don't eat as often! I've dropped a fair bit of weight in 5 weeks but I think that should stop now - hopefully! Mrcf, even though I'm still frustrated with my speech....I don't regret going with linguals. There is no way I would have had bra...

Thanks iob! A week later and I'm still struggling with speech problems! Driving me nuts! I'm trying to remain positive that I will get to that point you say, where I won't care! I do a lot of face to face talking with people at work and feel like everyone is staring at my mouth! it's so frustrating!...

Hi, You are not alone! I know exactly the feeling you are talking about. I'm 4 weeks tomorrow into my lingual braces (top and bottom) journey. My claustrophobia has definitely gone now, but it took me a couple weeks. My lisp has actually come back a bit this week, which is frustrating. It's hard to ...

Thanks latebracefaceINCOG. Great to hear your thoughts, especially about the tooth aches! I've been going pretty well,my eating is ok...I have been able to chew a bit, but mostly just on one side. I did go a whole day and night without wax last week, but ended up very sore. I have my first adjustmen...

[quote="tm6018"]hi flaav... I was just wondering if you are in Australia and (if you don't mind me asking) how much your braces are going to cost? Im a 27 year old female and have been considering getting lingual braces for such a long time now but have had so many anxieties about it that ...

Thanks Kalia. I am going a lot better, what a relief! I did have some trouble and had the bracket that is on my tooth with a crown break off..so I was back at the orthodontist yesterday so feeling a bit tender today, a new tooth has decided to ache! My eating is still a bit challenging but I have be...

Thanks for the reply. Feeling better about my speech thanks to your comments! Eating is my challenge I need to combat I think, I've lost a bit of weight already and I don't really have much to lose! In addition to it being hard to bite they are still so tender, but I think it will just take time. I'...

Hi Everyone Long time reader. First time poster. I'm one week (tomorrow morning) into my lingual braces journey...and it's been tough. I'm remaining positive but I do have a few questions for everyone and would love as many insights as possible. Reading forums is what convinced me to finally bite th...