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haaaa that happened to me when i told my sister if she could just take me because it would be really quick anyway... well i got called back quickly but when i got back there it took 10 or 15 min for the ortho to see me then he was with me for 5 min. after that i had a new assistant putting my ligs a...

well i got mine off in feb. while i was in 9th grade.. braces were normal. everyone has them so your not looked upon as being different. i would say the discomfort is the same as everyone elses or less since we are younger and our bones havent completely fused. but yeah braces..... no one notices th...

i have a hole in my regular hawley retainer on top to help remind me but i cant focus and when im not paying attention ill keep on doing it wrong so i think i do need an appliance to help me which sucks.

so ive searched on this forum high and low and can't seem to find anything to answer my question. so if you dont remember, i got my braces off back in february but soon after my bite sort of opened and shifted a little and when i went back for my 3 month check up my ortho said it was because i had a...

ha congrats!!! i have been out of them for almost 6 months and i still look in the mirror everytime i pass by... its a great feeling lol.

Michelle

black and blue... it looks sharp

they always say... " things get worse before they get better"... which was completely true for my case.

i was reading around on the web one day and it said that that orthodontists typically make you pay a little more for phase 1 than phase 2 for some reason. (it was off a orthodontist journal on some website). so $3000 sounds about right =]. good luck though!

michelle

wow a ton of people we given two weeks notice. that wasnt really my case. i think it was like october 9th or 10th that i was told that i would be getting my braces off. i guess they have this system set in place though so even if you are gonna be ready to get them off in two weeks you wont be becaus...

where in fl. do you live?

michelle

thanks oceanblue!

no i didnt have any problems with speech. but my tongue would get a little irritated in the beginning because i couldnt control myself from running my tongue over it again and again lol .

michelle

one year i only had like 5 adj. because between adjustments once i had a 3 months wait but usually i had a 2 month interval so im supposed to have 6.

michelle

my upper hawley would cost $155 to replace

michelle

hey swede. i think you did the right thing with calling them back and getting it sorted out :D . i also think that here in florida it might be against the law (but im not sure) for techs to bond brackets.... that could have been the reason they said wait. by the way, i live in florida too. michelle

i went 13 weeks... and that was with a broken bracket and a REALLY bent up wire. woops i accidentally bit the top of a water bottle cap to open it up and didnt think before i did it. all the techs were amazed at how bent the wire was. but yeah i was alright. nothing was hurt by it.

michelle