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thanks joney , bracedagain and MadeIn1984 :) I'm feeling a lot better now and yeah you're right joney I have started to get used to having braces in my mouth - I only looked in the mirror like 8 times today :P which is a huge improvement from the last few days :lol: bracedagain - yep this is a grea...

i was going to post some pictures of my teeth on here today, but they just looked so hideous! i don't know why but my teeth look worse in the photos than when i look in the mirror :( i was so excited before but now i feel sad. i've been looking at pictures of how other peoples teeth were at the sta...

thanks everyone! :D i think i am imagining things?!?!? :crazy: i woke up and looked in the mirror today and it looked like one of my front teeth had moved downwards, a tiny bit...but it has only been one day, is that possible? or am i just over excited and imagining things??? im going to take some ...

hi! ive got them WOOHOOO! :banana: i was really nervous this morning but it wasn't that bad. it started getting painful after i got home though, hurt so much i didnt eat anything all day. just had some yogurt now :P how long does it take for the pain to subside? and mor importantly how soon do the ...

hi Iccle_Peanut i had quite a few of the dots left on my brackets for about a week but they all came off eventually. i think your one will probably come off soon so just give a bit of time like your ortho said and don't worry about it :) you've had your braces for 10 days now? how long does it take ...

hi! thanks for your advice everyone! you're all so nice and supportive :) it's really great to have found people in the same situation because all my friends have beautiful teeth so they don't really undertsnd how i feel...im starting to look forward to friday now :D i can't wait to have lovely tee...

hello! I'm new here, my name's Hazy and im 20, from London (UK). :D I was so happy to find this website, I never knew there were so many adults with braces! I even thought I was old for braces but I've read about 50yr olds on here with them. I got brackets put on my teeth last friday (the clear one...

hey! Oh you are so lucky, not having to take any teeth out! I've already had three teeth extracted and have one more left to take out this friday!!! I am really not looking forward to it! This is the reason I didn't get braces sooner. I was going to start the treatment when I was fourteen but I was...