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Has anyone heard of these?? I thought my ortho was kidding when he told me to do these 3 times a day for 10 minutes each... I purse my lips together and bite on my back teeth, tounge on the roof of my mouth. Then I hold for 10 seconds and release for 10 seconds. I do this for 10 minutes at a time, 3...

Omg is there a " trick" so all the food doesn't get trapped everywhere??? I find that eating much smaller bites than normal allows me to keep the food away from my cheeks (i.e. I keep it from going between my lips/cheeks and teeth). I rarely have food in my brackets after meals anymore. A...

Wow!!! I'm in shock!! THOSE PEARLY WHITES ARE FANTASTIC!!!! They look great!! Congrats!!!!!!!

i no what u r talking about... its like dental floss but it holds up better.... they tied my two front teeth together really tight to close up a big gap... and let me just say, it definantly worked :) ... when i went back for the next adjustment they made a comment on how tight it was which i thoug...

Holay smile batman!! Great results!!! Congrats!!!!

What about Invisaline? Have you looked into that option?

I went in to have my 8 month adjustment and they added some "threading". It looks like powerchains but its thread, kind of like dental floss but way more durable. They have it on 3 different spots where I had small gaps to be closed... Is this normal? Ive never heard of using threading to ...

Good Luck and have fun!!! You'll be misssed!!!!!

Well i dont know if this is related to what your 2nd molers are doing but with mine the 1st and 2nd molers were tipped a bit so now that I have braces I can see more of the tooth and less of the gums.. Its like its coming up from the gum line-straightening out. I could hardly see my back teeth becau...

Oh yeah for sure!!

I noticed movement within the 1st week and it only got better with time! I'm on month 7 out of 24 and I swear I could take em off now !haha

How long is your treatment?----- 2 years
do u have to extract teeth?? ------- 4 teeth (wisdom)
how Old are you?? ------------------ 23 next month!
what kind of brace??---------------- Damon 3's

Same with me, My lowers moved so fast it was insane... I'm still waiting for my tops to follow!

Mine just get too bright and you cant really see detail..

Thanks for the encourgment!!! Tomorrows the Big day!

Yeah I just got a rectangle wire put in after 6 months and the difference was definitely noticable.. It was painful for 3 days but im all kosher now! Its a WAYYY stronger wire-I love it!