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Hey, Phil!

I'm having my surgery next summer too. ..thanks for your encouragment .. I will try my best !

oh and also where the bracket is placed on on my back left molar, it feels like its been placed too high. The top tooth hits the bracket and doesn't bite down properly because there's not enough room. To bite closed now, i have to move my jaw slightly off centre (before braces it was quite centered...

Thanks guys, I'm trying to take it easy, KK Thanks about warm water n salt tip. I'm using it now.


joney & bracedagain I do hope that the worse part is over, looking forward for my surgry

Hi guys, This community has been very helpful to me in last few days. So, I decided to start writing my progress, concerns and everything! I first day was on 18/Sep/2006, My Orth placed bracers on my lower jaw. I’ve been in pain after that spent two days in bed sleeping and taking pain killers. Th...

Meryaten.. Thanks

I'm going to see him on Monday.. I will see what he would say about it. it's annoying to have underbite and braces since my teeth arent orginal touching each other perfectly.

Amazing alot of movment!.. keep it up

Hi Renden,

I got underbite same as you, As my OS told me that after surgry mostly depend on how your body act towards it.



mostly after 6 month post surgry you can eat what ever you want

Muna - is it that your braces hit one another, or your teeth hit braces? (rather than just teeth hitting teeth?) If so, it might be worth giving your ortho a call to see if there is anything he can do. Good luck with that. I got an underbite, so it' never actually happened before I got braced were ...

Luke.. I'm going through same thing actully yet it's my second day .. hang on there mate!

I really feel bad headache but still taking all positive energy from this fourm

Thanks Karen

Thanks guys, It's really encourging ..I'v been in break point today, I just wanted to get my braces of but when I read your stories and saw some surgry picture. I'm not giving up I'm welling to take it as far as it gose.


Thanks again

Hi guys!

got my braces today.. I'm happy that I found such big lovely fourm

Hi, I'm 21 years old and I got my lower teeth braced today, I've been dignosted with Underbite(III). I'm taking the first step towards correcting my underbite. I really didnt complete my first 24hr but I really didnt feel any pain when my orthodontist placed it. but yet if I talked a lot my upper te...