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I finally got my braces off and i love it!!!!!!!!!

15 months was the total. Im so happy when he took them off that there wasnt a color difference on my teeth with the brackets being there and all.

yeea, just in time for mistletoe season lol...i havnt kissed any1 purposely for about 2 months now and i havnt decided who will be my first kiss hahah

December 4th will be my last day YAY...it got them last september so its been a little over a year and i just started accepting them hahahha ohh well i guess i can live

my ortho just asked for who my dentist was. before i got my braces i had them cleaned and i told her that i wanted to come every 3 months for a cleaning, but my ortho didnt ever ask me if i get them cleaned...whenever i go in he always says i have very healthy gums and teeth. they are trying to get ...

i just went to the ortho 2day and he said things look really good and possibly ill be debanded in december!!!!! i didnt think i looked ready and showed him that i thought some of my back teeth werent touching because i can put my tounge in between them but he said my teeth are more rounded and thats...

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this really wasnt that much of a shock to me because they all say around 2 years and my teeth werent that bad at all...my ortho said its mainly cosmetic for me. but its great hearing it out loud from him hahaha

2day hits my one year mark and after looking at my progress x-rays my ortho said i only have to wear my rubber bands at night and it wont take the complete 2 years to finish!!!

im a 21 year old female and i have ceramic tops with metal on bottom and i always get the clear ones

i was wondering if itll do anything to the archwire...like will the soda ingrediants make themstiffer or somthing so they wont be able to move...i dont no LOl

why do they say no soda???

ive read many threads here about peoples orthos and i was wondering...am i the only one who has a great ortho??? 1. he always answers my questions 2. always in a happy mood...even sings while he works 3. he does EVERYTHING in the treatment, the assistant just gets what he asks her to get but she nev...

i just recently had sinus surgery and i have a 6-week post op and when he looks up my nose to get some of the yukky dried up stuff that even the $100 sinus irrigation system wouldnt take out...instead he has to use his plyers or whatever they are called...ANYWAYS when he would do that my front teeth...

well i didnt tell him any of that stuff, but at that same appointment he said that next month will be my one year annoversary LOL and that there isnt much left to go

i just recently went for my appointment and my ortho asked me if i was wearing them 24/7 and i usually do...the only exception is when i go to clubs late at night for about 4 hours, but htats like only twice a week. and now he says it seems like i dont wear them. ive acctually changed them twice a d...

i have to wear my elastics 24/7 as well and i always do, but i always take them off if i go to clubs or bars at night...i mean itsbad enough i have braces but i dont feel comfy having those on as well LOL.
also im only supposed to changed it once a day, but i always put new ones in at night LOL