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I had them placed just before my 29th birthday. I will get them off right around my 30th birthday. There is a 51 year old woman in my office (who visits the same Ortho I found out!) who has had braces for a year.

Day 5 was my turning point. That is the last day that I hurt too bad to eat.

You're right on the cusp... I promise it will be better from here on out! P.s. Mashed potatoes were my best friend during "the first 5"

I guess you can say that I am a rebel as well. I only brush twice a day now (oops!) After the first 2(or 3, or 4) cups of coffee in the morning, and before bed. I floss every other day...ish. I don't like to use mouthwash as I get the colored stringy stuff stuck on my wires, which requires brushing ...

hmm let's see ... have I sinned? .... definitely! been in braces for a little over 3 months now and so far I'm guilty of the following : I eat candy or chocolate whenever I want. I never drink water that stuff is poison. I live on soda, that's my life blood. I eat whatever I can manage to eat witho...

Hey all! It has been quite a while since I have checked in! I am 6 months in now. Wearing 19 on 25 (? whatever that means) wires. Power chains in 6 weeks at my next adjustment. Still looking at another 6 months or so. I was looking back at pics and I can't believe the change! This was 5 1/2 months a...

pigonthego wrote:Eugene, Oregon
$6800.00
Metal
18-20 months

I am also in Eugene. Who did you go to? I am working with Thornton Ortho currently.

Mine will end up costing $4500 (before retainers)
Ceramic upper and lowers
and 12-18 months

Hi Katie, In my experience, pain has never been an indication of progress and throughout my treatment I had very little pain and at best, a little soreness now and again particularly after moving up to a stiffer wire. Some people report a lot of pain during their treatment and everyone is different...

Here are my initial visit photos, compared to Monday's photos. Again please disregard my previous lack of care for my teeth resulting in fillings as a child. I am much more diligent now as an Adult :) I do believe I see change! 6 weeks down, 46 to go! http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/katreena0...

Update; 1 day post 1st adjustment! I can honestly say that there isn't any pain or discomfort, just a little more pressure, if that makes sense. Makes me a little nervous though... you know the saying "No Pain, No Gain"???! Hopefully this isn't the case!

Starting out. Don't mind all my fillings. I took horrible care of my teeth as a child :roll: http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/katreena05/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-05/A6D18F4F-E8D2-4831-B996-3C100C410703.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/katreena05/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-05/DC157AF5-D9BF-40...

Hey there! :-1 I am Katie, and 29 with new braces! I had them as a child when I was 7 for 2 years. Long story short; not wearing my retainer, and my wisdom teeth coming in, made them crooked again :-+ Here is before, May 1st, 2016 http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/katreena05/02d92dff-6ce5-4d1f-...

I can definitely see movement already! Your bite is considerably less open! It's amazing how quickly these "torture devices" can move things along! Congrats!

I was thinking it's an odd location for a coil as well, because I can't see why I would need more space right there either. To me it looks like the tooth just needs some rotation? The flat piece of metal is attached to the coil. I still can't find any info on it. It isn't bothering me at all, I am j...

I posted this on another thread, but figured I would make a topic as well. I have this extra little flat metal, coil area... does anyone have an idea of what it is? I don't have an ortho appointment (my first adjustment... eek!) for 2 1/2 more weeks. I feel a little dumb, like I should know what it ...

So I left the clear ligs on the bottom as they were not stained. I do have a question though. What is this extra piece of metal attached to my wire? I keep forgetting to ask the ortho. May be a dumb question, but I can't find it on the trusty Google http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f259/katreena05/...