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I just had my adjustment today and they took off the coil on the left side! Woo-hoo! But sadly I still need to wear it on the right side, my ortho said hopefully at the next adjustment we can take it off. I can't wait til it comes off!! The most annoying thing for me about having coils is that it st...

Right now my both my upper lateral incisors are not tied into the archwire. I guess they are both so far behind the tooth/rotated that it couldn't be tied in right away? Since having the coils though I have this noticeable gap now on the left side, so I am hoping at my next adjustment my ortho will ...

Thanks for your replies! Darn, I guess that means I'll probably have to wear them for quite some time as my right lateral incisor is pretty rotated. I have my first adjustment on Aug 24 so I will ask my ortho about the coils then. I am hoping though that I could have at least one of the coils taken ...

Hi everyone, I have had my braces on for almost 2 weeks now. I have these two open coils on my upper central incisors connecting to my canines to make space for my lateral incisors to come through. Now that I have gotten used to the coils they don't really bother me too bad but I have noticed when I...