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I agree, the past 5 months have flown by!

You've had some great progress so far!

Happy Anniversary!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your new smile is beautiful! Enjoy being naked

For all you newbies out there...don't believe em when they tell you how long you'll be in braces!! You tend to go with the ortho who has the shorter deadline...big mistake..."sucker" written all over my face. I was never worried about the amount of time. I went with the ortho that worked ...

Wow, you've only been in braces a little over 5 months and he wants to deband the tops already??? :shock: Have you been wearing elastics on the sides to bring your bite together? Yeah, the original estimate he gave me for the top teeth was only 6 months so it's in line with that. After being here o...

I'm having major bite problems now. It got even worse after my adjustment this week. My front teeth hit first so no molars touch at all. I am definitely bringing it up at my next adjustment in 3 weeks because my ortho is talking about debanding my top teeth in August. My bite was just fine before br...

Your teeth look great! Congratulations!

Thanks for the opinions. Sounds like it might be okay but I should ask.

My top braces should be off in a few months so retainers have been on my mind. The original estimate was that I would only have to wear my top braces for 6 months. That would be next month and I don't see that happening but it should be sometime this year. Here's my question: I know that I will have...

I can't answer your question but I wanted to let you know that I am having the same problem. I'm trying not to worry because I read here daily that your bite will keep changing. I think I will ask the Ortho next time I go in just to make me feel better. My bite was perfect before braces and now it's...

Have you ever seen that experiment where you put a tooth in a glass of cola and come back a day or so later and there's not much left. Try it with one of your children's teteh - obviously, ones that have fallen out and been taken away and paid for by the tooth fairy......... :) I'm glad I'm not the...

How exciting. Congratulations!

Mine hurt for a several days. I have all of my springs out now. I got the final two out at my last adjustment. Those teeth hurt after the springs were taken off too.

I think I am having similiar problems as you. At my 4th adjustment a couple of days ago I got a power chain on my top 4 front teeth. I also got some springs taken out and some teeth now have wire ties on them. My problem is now my bite is really off. I can't bite down easily, my molars don't touch w...