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I got this. It should be arriving by tomorrow. I'll post my experiences with it until then. Got it for free since I have pts on my amazon.com credit card. It also got pretty good reviews on amazon so I figured it was worth a shot.

Thanks for the reply. I have a bit more confidence getting my elastics on. I can't wait really! haha..I just want it to be done with!

Here is what I got:

1) regular toothbrush with ridges
2) wax
3) floss threaders
4) some mouth guard thing
5) some laminated sheet showing what I cannot eat and what my teeth would look like if I did not brush
6) a mini bristle toothbrush

So envious of some of you guys....

Thanks for the replies. I tried it as suggested and I minimized the water spraying around. Can't wait for my flosser thing to come this Wed (ordered online) to try that. 10,000 vibrations a minute?!

Wow, that looks painful! So that is how they are going to fix my 7mm overbite!

Four times so far since getting my braces on about 4.5 weeks ago now. 1) Bracket came off one of my teeth the day after getting my braces on. Ortho said because that tooth was too far back and had too much pressure on it. 2) Same day as #1 where the wire came off the same tooth. Orth put a tie wire ...

Oh, thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression that they were kind of the same things. Guess I will have them on some time later on then. Not looking too forward to that!

So I found an Interplax dental waterjet at Target today for $19.99. It only has one mode so I used that and by the time, I finished with it, it looked like WWIII in my bathroom. There was water everywhere, on the mirrors, floors, and counter. Is there a technique that I should do to minimize this di...

On a kind of off-topic note, are you supposed to rinse after using mouthwash?

Thanks for the reply. Elastics? I thought Damons were self-ligating so that negates the need for elastics?

I hate that Colgate Pro Health thing because it leaves the stuff on your teeth, braces or not. I just use Listerine exclusively now.

Hello everyone! I found this site by Googling damon braces so I'm very happy that I have found this site. So very insightful and a nice crowd around here. I do have a question about my Damon braces which I got on just about a month ago. I know that Damon braces are self-ligating, but does anyone kno...