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I would like to see some people with Hot Pink Ligs on the braces to see what they look like. So if anyone has pics please show me!!!

Thanks for all of your inputs....I think I will go with Hot Pink!!!

CelestialVoices do you have your uppers on already? Well I don't have to get any teeth pulled yet. I may have to before it is all over my ortho doesn't know yet. Well Good Luck with your extraction and bottom braces!!!

Thanks to both of you. I thought that it was called a powerchain but wasn't sure. Well I don't have any gaps yet I have crowding so it will probably be awhile before I get them.

I'm going to be in a beauty pageant Feb. 11th and was wondering what color of ligs I should get?!?!?! Yes I'm married and have kids and I'm going to be in a beauty pageant but it's for a good thing. It is called the Pink Lady Pageant and all profit go's to American Cancer Society for Breast Cancer. ...

What is the difference in the round ligs and the things that go around your brackets and across your wires? I know that sounds stupid but I would like to know. I like the way that the things look that go's across your wires but do you get to choose with ones you want or do they serve a purpose for s...

Just wondering if anyone is getting braced on Jan. 23? I am. I had one spacer put in Jan. 9 on the upper right side(didn't need one on the upper left side). I go on Jan. 23 for my Upper brackets to be put on and I don't know when he is going to put my lower on. He told me that he has to move my uppe...

I got 1 spacer today. I haven't had any trouble so far. I got it put in at 12:00 NOON. 1 is all I needed on top. I had a tooth extracted on the left and right side when I was a teen. The space on the left side was big enough but on the right side my teeth have shifted some so I needed one on the rig...

Well my appointment went well today! I did have to get 1 spacer on the right top, so I go back Jan. 23 to get top brces on and I don't know when I will get the bottom on sometime in my treatment. My spacer hasn't hurt so far....Thank God!!! I already had a space because I had a tooth extracted when ...

Thanks everyone. I'm really nervous...I don't really know why. I work with teeth everyday. I know it will be ok. Thanks again.

I have an appointment tomorrow with my ortho. He is going to go over my x-ray's and they told me that he was going to put spacers in but he told me that I didn't need spacers. So will he put my braces on? Anyone else not had to have spacers and your ortho put your braces on instead? Just wondering. ...

I'm a dental assistant and I've seen this twice. You need to have a Gingivectomy. It is really gross the gums grow over the braces and we had to take a scapel and cut the gum tissue that was over the braces on top and bottom. It was kind of bloody. It is caused from not brushing well or flossing wel...

Thanks alexa! Yes I know that I need to quit but that was not the question I asked. No I don't smoke around people that don't smoke or smoke while people are eating. I didn't want to make a big scene I just asked a simple question "Do ligs stain?" Yes I know that you have the right to spea...

I was just wondering if anyone smoked and had the clear ligs? And do they stain? I go Jan. 9 to get my braces and I smoke so I was just wondering. My ortho said it is not the brackets that stain it is the ligs or bands around them. I will probably get some color but I was still wondering.

I have been working at a dentist office since April and I notice peoples teeth all the time. I feel judgemental too but after looking in peoples mouths all day long it just becomes normal to look at everyones teeth. I won't get braces until Jan. 9th and I will probably notice more then. Yes I agree ...