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Thank you for this word of encouragement. My top braces are on since yesterday. My orthodontist chose to put a very thick wire to prevent the fake tooth from rotating. He told me that because of this thick wire from the beginning, the length of the traitement will be shorter but I will need lots of ...

Hello! I am missing two teeth in the front of my mouth and it has been no problem at all. He glued a bracket onto each fake tooth and then used a wire ligature to attach it to my arch wire. Thank you so much for sharing these informations, I really needed this Today ! I am getting my braces on tues...

Can already see movement and gaps in top after two weeks - wishful thinking maybe... I think you can definitely get quite a bit of movement at the start of having the brace! In my experience I got the fastest/most dramatic movement in the first few months of having linguals, before it slowed down a...

Congrats. I think you will get used and you will soon be able chew hard food.
How do you find the silver ligature ?

You can also try floss

This is great, I will try to do the same.

I'm 32 and this is will be my second time in braces. I first had them from 12. I Will get braces in a few days

I dont know how to edit my post. I Just want to add that I will get my braces on november 8.

This thread is hilarious !

I have a 3milimeters gap between my top front teeth and most of my front teeth are spaced too (top and bottom). I have an overjet and my estimated time is 24 months.

I googled bridge and no picture looked like what i am wearing. After research I think it is called a a flipper.
I hope you are rigth and that this tooth will stay glued if I dont put pressure on it and I will not!
I get my braces on in a few days, I will keep on updating this thread

France, 800 € for a semester (for clear braces on top, and Metallic on bottom), I will need 4 semesters so : 4 x 800 € = 3200€ My social cover will give me back 300 € by semesters. So the final cost for me is 2000 €. I already had braces as a teenager and my parents did not paid anything because it ...

I am about to get braces in 15 days mainly because of spaced teeth and overjet. I am 30 and really scared because I am missing a front teeth. Actually I have a fake teeth with a fake palate ( sorry i dont know the english name for it) my orthodontiSt told me that he will use the fake teeth only ie w...