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24 months with corrective jaw surgery after 12 months.

Getting the spacers put in on my top molars. The assistant had to really work to get them in and it felt like she was pulling my teeth out. The pain from the spacers was way worse than getting the braces themselves on. Also, the feeling of having food stuck between your teeth 24/7 along with the pai...

I don't remember it hurting when I pulled them off. I was very matter of fact about it. I didn't have bands thank goodness. No idea how I would have gotten those off! A week and a half ago they put spacers between my top molars. The teeth were very tight together so it felt like she was pulling my t...

I haven't spit on anybody yet but I do kind of sound like Daffy Duck. Thankfully I work from home and not on the phone. It still makes me feel awkward. I don't care what I look like in braces but the wierd way I sound now is offputting. I can deal with the pain and discomfort but not being able to t...

Got braces the first time when I was 12ish but didn't have them on long. Just got them again last week at 43 and I very much wish I hadn't put it off for so long. Ah well. I'm here now and in a couple of years I will hopefully have the smile of my dreams!

I've had moments after getting braces in the dark of night where I worried that my hygenist will get upset with me when I go in for my next cleaning and tells me I've made a horrible mistake getting braces because at my age (43) my teeth are gonna fall out anyway in a few years. I do have some gum i...

I've had my top braces on for a little over a week. It felt SO strange to be 43 with braces on. I was self conscious about it the first day. I didn't know how to smile right anymore and my speech felt slurred and it felt like when I did talk and smile people were staring. It has gotten a little bett...

I had braces when I was about 11 or 12 years old and was told that I would need surgery to correct my bite. My parents ended up getting a divorce so the surgery did not happen and I eventually ended up pulling the brackets off with a pair of pliers in the drama storm that ensued. That sounds horrify...