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I have been doing everything the dentist said and the orthodontist. I have flossed brushed everywhere and flossed. I have now noticed my inside teeth inside have gone brown! Why?? I have been using clinpro tooth creme that the dentist gave me and the dentist said there fluoride toothpaste would not ...

Have a look on YouTube at people's recoverys, looks pretty rough! Maybe change your subject tittle so the right people can respond

I've gotten what your describing sometimes but it goes away. Only had my braces 2 weeks and the dentist said I also do not have any cavities and I've been brushing and flossing all the time. I just put oit down to maybe the brace is warm and because the waters cold and the tooths sore there reacting...

I take magnesium each day and calcium tables and vitamin d to keep my jaw healthy while wearing the braces. When I say too old I'm 31 and would have been more game to do it in my teenage years or early 20s if my mother could have afforded.

Locking open. My overbites too large to grind at this point I think? They wanted me to have jaw surgery because I'm 11mm over however I'm too old to go through that pain. It's very strange and it's making it hard for me to want to go to sleep but I will ask my otho when I see him. I've guessed now i...

Thanks! I'll ask them at my next appointment, It's not far away and the pain isn't unbearable, just really annoying! :)

Is this normal and how can I stop it as it takes ages to unclick. I have braces and two teeth missing from the top to fix an overjet. Is lock jaw normal to get with braces??

I had two teeth removed from my upper jaw a few weeks ago. I was just as scared. It wasn't as bad in the end as all the fears I put in my head and I now have braces on. The dentist took a tooth on each side 3rd from the back. It bled for a couple of hours but wasn't a huge blood loss. So far I've ha...

Did he remove teeth because you have an overjet? I have same thing, (braces were put on today) however I had to remove 2 teeth first to bring the front back to compensate for my smaller lower jaw. Apparently it can take a year or more for the gap to close up. I wouldn't panic yet.