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25 yr old girl from UK. I have white ceramics on the front teeth and damons on the back. I also wearing two elastics (and a third at night). I managed to snap the front one when I yawned the other day, lol ouch. Open bite is closing now, when I smile you see top teeth instead of bottom teeth, woohoo.

OK so the unbearable pain / can't eat / can't sleep has only happened to me twice before (when I first got braces and after one particularly tight new archwire). But now I have elastics, one each side and one that goes on front teeth at night in a box shape. It's to correct open bite and something l...

Does your ortho not provide you with wax if you need it at each appointment? or don't they have it for sale in reception?

Mine is £2330 that's £750 up front and £99 a month for the rest, estimated 18month treatment time. That's for clear/tooth coloured braces on bottom and top front and damon3 on the back top ones. I went for a few free consultations with ortho's in London and they wouldn't tell me a price without c...

Hi, Thanks so much Meryaten for taking the time to reply. I did indeed get some wax from my orthodontist, I completely forgot about it because I didn't attribute the pain to the brackets rubbing my mouth, until I saw the ulcers. There's so many different feelings going on, I thought the pain was all...

Well the first few people who know have seen me now. Some of them are calling me Angelina (Jolie) because they make my lips stick out, my bros gf is convinced I had lip implants lol. No one notices the braces really... except me... I notice them cos Im in terrible pain, even eating soft food on my b...

"clear" on bottom and top 6, damon3 on others..

feeling a bit down, think it will affect my confidence a lot

No pain tho and I ate my first meal, took forever to brush my teeth after it ...

oo I found it mentioned on this...

http://www.producingsmiles.com/clientup ... 0enamel%22

I'll be getting partly ceramic braces soon and I suddenly remembered something one of the orthadontists I had a consultation with said to me.. He said in a small percentage of cases ceramic braces can damage tooth enamel and this is visible (and not known) until removal of the brackets at the end of...

well my question was really about whether ceramic and damon can be mixed in one arch sucessfully..

I've never heard of In-Ovations, are they metal or tooth coloured? I am really confused now. The main reason I want this orthadontist is because he seems confident I'll get results, the others just implied my bite cannot be corrected without surgery. He's not willing to use full ceramics on me. GRR ...

wow your results look really good

by normal I mean non self-ligating, metal or ceramic. Damon braces can expand the palette unlike "normal" braces I believe, having read the literature etc. I have had consultations with 4 orthadontists. I am getting braces primarily to correct my bite (cross bite, over bite and open bite)....

Hi, I have a madonna piercing (like beauty spot) on my face. Will this affect having braces? I've been for several consultations with orthadontists and they haven't said I'll have to take it out, but I keep forgetting to ask. Im hoping to begin my treatment in around 3 weeks. Has anyone had this pro...

Hi, My orthadontist wants me to use damon to get the palette widening that you can't achieve with normal braces. Obviously I want the best results but I also wanted my braces as unoticable as possible, i.e ceramics. As a comprimise he wants to use ceramic on the front 6, top and bottom, and damon on...