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Martin, this is the photo of what i may have to get!!
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Wow, Things in your mouth are shaping up nicely. my treatment is estimated to be about 18 months this time around. My last period in braces was from January of 2006-August of 2006 the reason the time was cut short was due to my military commitment and that during basic training you cannot have any o...

Well Done, looks like they are coming along well!!! so keep up the good work

Hey All, I know you all like to be in the loop but between my leaving for the military and coming home from the military there was no free time.

So quick update teeth are on the move again, two days in and had to go get my wires trimmed already!!!

Braces went on at 10 AM today, so far not bad well it is only about 2 hours later.!!

Hey ya'll it has been a little over two year since i have been in this site. I thought I would let you know that braces are going back on in a few weeks.

So i havent been keeping up with my story, Been busy working and suchso i will be posting more in the next week

Ok y'all had my first adjustment today and my was it fun!!! (NOT) Arrived about 7 min early and let them know my parents were going to help me with my bill for them, they let me know that it would be a few min. until a chair opened up. A chair opened up and the receptionist handed me my chart and i ...

Stick with the salt water rinses to aid the healing process of cuts and abrasions caused by the brackets/wire, but in addition be liberal with the wax to the offending brackets/wire so that you give the abrased area time to form a protective layer to heal. I didn't have a ulcer from my brackets I g...

i know the feeling about getting fired so close to the holidays i got canned on the 15 th of dec for being sick as well

Ok pretty uneventful week i am finding that mouth ulcers are a pain in the rear, i have found that every day my bite changes more and more. my midline is now very off center and baginning to cause me some difficulty in biting down completely (my top teeth are hitting my lower brackets) maybe i think...

here's a idea... wet cotton balls work wonders for poking arch wires weather lingual or normal... hope it helps

Ok today has been a rather uncomfortable day. One of my canines decided that under the force of the tie wire that it wanted to move... Not that i dont mind. But the day I have a rather big dinner that i wanted to enjoy...NOT FAIR... But Salt water rinsing has helped I have an adjustment in a week so...

what kind of brackets do you have??? I like them
I wish to God I could get colored ligs but my ortho is a
big fan of wire ties ickk

Kristine

So far my braces have been on for three weeks. It has proven to be an adventure. Lets see... Brushing- Brushing used to take me an average of thirty seconds, now i am averaging two-three min. for the morning when i get up, and 8-10 min before i go to bed at night Flossing- Hmmm I have always been lu...