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I actually have brackets on every tooth on top.. and on every tooth on the bottom but the arch wire is not through the back molars on the bottom. The molars in front of them are now turning sideways and they were not one of the ones I had a problem with. I see my orth on Tuesday and I have a list of...

I'll have to remember to ask my ortho why they do that on Tuesday when I go in..

Ha HA sounds like a good plan to me.. wonder what no no food I can figure out how to chew at dinner

I had no clue.. Just moved here and was referred by the dentist I chose at random. Wasn't until the day before I got them put on I was researching the different types and saw his name and spokane washington lol. So complete coicendence. Wonder if being treated by the man will make it any faster... h...

a lot of people in here talk about extraction to make more room for teeth saying if you don't have extractions your teeth are fuller and move forward. Do they ever move to the back of your mouth? I have had all 4 wisdom teeth removed and have a ton of room in the back of my mouth and I guess I was u...

My ortho gave me 12 things of wax upon leaving from getting my brackets on. I don't know what stores are over in the UK but in deperation if you cant' get it from your ortho soon most drug stores have it. Walmart has 2 kids sylicone and standard wax. I like the sylicone feel on my gums better but se...

Well I tried to do the whistle you are talking about and sad to say it didn't work. I can't whistle the real way anymore either (which wasn't fun yesterday when my dog got out and is trained to return to a whistle lol)

Just a note to tell you not to get confused with elastics and ligatures... Damons don't have ligatures (bands surrounding brackets) but they do use elastics with them (rubber bands connecting top and bottom teeth to correct bite problems) You just probably won't have experience with elastics till cl...

I have a looong time before I get elastics but when I got my brackets on the person next to me was getting elastics for first time. Ortho basically told them the more you wear them the sooner you won't have to anymore.

I also have Damon 3 brackets.. I had them put on June 5, 2006. I too am seeing slooow progress. They didn't put the bottom archwire through the last tooth (not sure why) so my bottoms have had movement in the wrong direction a few more crooked teeth than I started with. I've read in other posts thou...

I am planning to have aother child so I addressed this with my ortho being having braces put on (4 weeks ago) He said that it's not a problem and for some people it CAN speed it up but it also CAN slow it down. It depends on how your body usually reacts to pregnancy hormones. My teeth shifted a lot ...

How important is it really that I not eat nuts, or enjoy a stick of chewing gum on occassion? I'm sure you've all experienced those overwhelming cravings for a No No food. Funny thing is I'm craving foods that I didn't really eat much of before probably just because they told me not to eat them, but...

Silly be... I thought a McDonalds burger would be easy enough to eat so I bought one on the way home from having my braces put on!! Boy did I learn a lesson, bacon is NOT soft lol. For me the issue hasn't really been the ability or inability to bite into something it's whether or not I want goop stu...

I have only had my braces a few weeks but my ortho did tell me that if a poking archwire becomes bothersome I can clip it with a pair of nail clippers. It hasn't been an issue for me yet so I don't know how difficult that will be. Seems getting a pair of nail clippers to my molars will be more effor...

I just had braces (Damon 3) put on June 5, 2006. I am a clencher, was before I had braces put on but it's gotten much worse. I have one tooth in particular on the upper that I catch on the lowers which can be painful. My real concern is that I seem to be getting a lopsided bite. When I close my mout...