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:idea: I just had one of those lighbulb moments :idea: I was wondering why my pesky bottom teeth weren't moving at all (it's the two front center ones that are very crooked) when my top ones were. I was reading about the "blue stuff" on here and how it allows your molars to touch without b...

:shock: WOW you saw improvement soooooo fast!!! How old are you? I had my first adjustment today and all they did was tell me I was doing a great job keeping my teeth clean and gave me new ligs. That was depressing. As weird as it sounds, I want more gear in my mouth. :lol: I'm trying to be patient ...

I did the opposite... since I did all my talking/smiling/eating during the day I only wore wax during the day. Took it off at night and although my mouth was pretty sore in the morning (you'd be amazed how much you move your tongue around while you sleep) I'd just put wax on and be good to go for th...

My first adjustment was today! Yesterday my front right teeth were killing me and I was hoping they'd be better today. Unfortunately, they were much much worse. Just air touching my teeth was bad. I can feel that they moved noticeably last night. The backs of the teeth are starting to line up when t...

P.S. *GENNEL* you are my new hero! I went to the pharmacy at Target and they didn't have anything so I assumed it wasn't widely used enough that it was sold anywhere!

I'm going to Walgreens tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well the spots where my lips were ripped kept re-opening when I'd open my mouth for pretty much anything. :shock: All I could do was lather on the chapstick 500 times a day until they healed! For the tongue I've just been using salt rinses and Anbesol before I eat or drink so it's not so painful. Am...

:shock: My tongue is chewed up AGAIN! The hook on the lower right side kept sticking me when I first got braces. It healed.... when it'd get irritated for a week after I'd use wax. Then all was well. 2 weeks later my tongue was chewed up again from that hook. Now AGAIN it's chewed to shreds. Serious...

Well, from day 1 of having braces I haven't been able to bite ANYTHING with my front teeth. Any pressure on them sends me to the moon. They've been moving very noticeably and are always ~tender~... to put it nicely. (my son headbutted me in the mouth by accident yesterday and I didn't see through te...

Okay, AGAIN I got used to the braces and felt no pain. Then yesterday the inside of my top lip keeps getting caught on the hook on my fang. It's poking little holes in my gums. OWY! That never bothered me before. That's tolerable, though. Then I went to a BBQ with friends and couldn't eat. My teeth,...

Patience was the only thing that made my pain go away. Sorry! Day #4 was a big turning point and it just got better after that. I have days where I don't give my braces a second thought and then I'll have a day where my teeth are tender. Pain is movement. Movement is AWESOME! Now that I'm used to th...

I had constant headaches and tooth tenderness, too. I assumed it was because of my wisdom teeth that were impacted (but I ignored them)and one day I had a migraine so bad I couldn't open my eyes (literally). I got my wisdom teeth pulled and that made the migraines a lot less frequent but my teeth we...

I had the same thing happen to me.... changes w/out my prior knowledge. I was told I was going in for my top spacers and that they'd wait a month or two to do anything with my bottom teeth because my top teeth would smack into the bottom brackets. I went in for my spacers and surprise! I got 8... to...

Congrats on deciding to do this for yourself! I'm also a single mom of a little guy... if it weren't for my tax returns I never would have been able to get these nasty buggers put on... the monthly payments will be rough but I'll pinch by.... I think my smile/self esteem is worth it!!! Your progress...

hmmm I never really thought to ask for my pics from my appointments.... they will just give those to you? I see a LOT of movement. WOW! You must be tickled pink! I noticed movement mainly with my tongue... I can tell my teeth have moved and thought it wasn't very noticeable and then a couple days ag...

Well, I finally ended the horror that is "spacers" and began the new fun journey of braces. the last week of July I got them put on. Boy did it feel good to get those spacers out!!! Here are a couple pics I took with a REALLY bad camera right before I went in and got the braces put on.. th...