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Well I called the ortho yesterday and she said as long as only one spacer fell out it's not a biggy.... said that could mean there was already enough room between those two teeth cuz they should never just FALL out. The others are in there so snug I don't think I could pluck them out if I tried........

Wow, what a feeling when I got up this morning. Pain meds definately wore off while I was sleeping. :roll: Pain and stale blood. My mouth is disgusting today. And I must admit.... yesterday I was okay with them but today I'm about to rip each spacer out myself. I can feel them pushin my teeth around...

One of my spacers fell out already. Does this mean my teeth were apparently roomy enough there or should I call my ortho tomorrow and get one crammed back in that spot????

I'm learning that if I take two Tylenol every hour and a half to 2 hours the pain is minimal. Can still feel the spacers pushing my teeth, though. I think when I get up in the morning I'm gonna be one sore cookie. Wow, what a big gap that missing tooth made.... sure hope my ortho knows what he's doi...

Well, I just had one heluva afternoon. At 1:00 I went in to have my tooth pulled. Turns out I have "unusually wide roots" so it took her almost 40 minutes to get it out after much much jimmying and pulling and more jimmying. I felt no pain, just a lot of gross feelings and a lot of pressur...

WOW your smile is looking GREAT! I'm excited to get braces so someday I can have teeth like that!

SOON!

I find all this ortho stuff so fascinating...... what does the blue stuff do?

:wink: I catch myself resenting my parents for not fixing my teeth when I was a teenager and insurance would cover it! But... when my mom heard I was getting braces she asked "why? Your teeth aren't that bad!" I guess if they're not your teeth, they're not a big problem for you. ha ha And ...

I suppose nothing can be worse than hiding your smile for 13 years..... not sure what I'm so scared of. Wow, I can't believe how much time I've spent reading on this site already! I found out a few things when I went in to see about fixing my gross smile: --the reason I grind my teeth could be becau...

:shock: I've been reading peoples stories and just READING about everything is making my teeth hurt. I did have a flashback to when I was 11 and got a retainer to straighten a front tooth that was completely sideways...... the first day I was severely annoyed at my new lisp but was surprised that it...

:roll: Boy, I'm one of those people that wants immediate results.... it took me 26 years to decide to give in and get braces and now that I've made the decision I want them on NOW! But after 2 months of spaced out appointments I finally had my consult last week: I need braces for 22 months I need to...