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Oh, I'm just resisting the temptation to tell everyone what happens next...haha. I'm from Argentina, and over here we saw the original version of this story..."Betty la fea", several years ago. For what I have seen on the internet, the story is pretty much the same, only the characters and...

Hi florencegal ! Oh, you reminded me exactly how I felt during those days...it seems like ages ago now but all this happened to me at the beggining of this year! I know it is a hard time. My 2 firsts upper premolars were extracted a week before my braces went on. I was feeling exactly as you do: I w...

Wow! You made me laugh out loud! I will definetely try to do that on one of those days I feel like "Oh...I wish I had ceramics...Tired of all this metal..."

It sounds like a very fun thing to try for us metalmouths...What a creative mind you have!!!

Hi and thank you very much for your replies! Sweet L That is so great! I feel the same...it is really nice to see somebody from Argentina too!!! This forum is an amazing source of information, I was exactly like you a year ago, when I was considering getting into this journey, and this forum provide...

Hi KK ! Thank you for posting! Yes, my ortho is happy with my progress, on the adjustment on Friday he took pictures of my teeth :) Now I'm in pain because of the new adjustment (my front teeth feel so funny...they are moving really fast) so I'm on soft foods for a week or so... Thanks again! You ar...

September 21, 2006 My first birthday in braces! I turned 30 on September the 12th. Wow, I never pictured this birthday with braces on!! They didn't stop me from eating a lot of cake, anyway :D . The funny thing about this is that I still have to spend another birthday fully braced. This is quite an...

Thank you all for the replies! I have been very busy lately, so I'm posting my progress now after the july and august adjustments and only a day ahead of my next one. Oh my god, time really does fly!! On august I had a really painful adjustment where my ortho finally put on me the infamous looped ar...

wow, thanks lildave ! I know I'm not the perfect patient either, I just eat what I want and I don't brush in a perfect-record-style , so I was wondering if very stained teeth were meant to be my reward for that behavior in the future :lol: Anyway my family and some friends that haven't seen me in a ...

Hi there! Of course, these are all great suggestions and is a good idea to follow them!!!...I've tried almost everything Meryaten and KK recommended with amazing results (particularly salt water) Just my two cents: I'm one of those lucky fast healers, my mouth sores don't last very much when they ap...

Great progress Gennel! I love your gold brackets, I wish I could see how they would look on my teeth, hehe...they really look great on yours. I also had my two front incisors a little overlapped and that was the first thing to be corrected, at about the same time as you. It is amazing, isn't it? :D ...

Your powerchain is an interesting setup ... don't remember seeing one done like that before. Will be interesting to see it working! As KK said...I never saw anything like it too. I get curious of these things...I always get surprises from my ortho as well! I know the pain is awful, but it will last...

Yeah, KK ! Come here and take your well earned crown of Queen of ArchWired ! You are the first person to respond every post, I'll always remember that you answered mine with lots of your favourite purple bananas :banana: :banana: :banana: I can't say much new, I feel like everybody else here on this...

Wow! Great progress Marzipan. Keep posting pics, they look great!

Hi Kriz! Yeah, I also had trouble with the wire while sleeping sideways, almost the same exact thing. I used wax (a pretty thick chunk) over the two adjacent brackets. (In my case, my canines and my second premolars). That raised my cheek skin a little from the wire, and that way I didn't woke up wi...

But one sister did say, "You look just fine the way you are. I don't even notice the gap." Sooooooooooooo, I photoshopped a GAP into HER teeth and showed her the photo! Lemme tell you, her immediate reaction was, "Okay, you were right to get the braces." Heh. I love it when I'm ...