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I'm finally getting around to my introduction - found this site a few weeks ago when it was still pretty early SPAM SPAM SPAMMING and I could have backed out. I must say that the posts and information here had a lot to do with me NOT backing out so here goes... Long story short - never had braces as...

I'm in Morgantown - I have a cousin that lives in Charleston - very cool!

Mike - i noticed you said hello from West Virginia. Born in England and now a hillbilly eh? And I say that with the utmost respect and enthusiasm because I am from West (by God) Virginia myself. I found this site a few weeks back. It has been most informative - I'm posting my hello as soon as I get ...

I too am pretty high on the pain tolerance scale - spacers are a different kind of annoying pain. Getting all of mine on was a problem. My teeth are really tight and my orth ended up having to file in between them twice to get the spacers in. This was after two different assistants tried to place th...

Ahhhh.... spacers indeed. I get mine out tomorrow and have been counting down the hours since they went in! I will have had them for a week total and my teeth are extremely crowded so that could be why but i have not eaten anything harder than a saltine cracker all week (and that's just because thos...

I was given two options by my ortho - surgery and braces or just braces. I opted to not do the surgery because the ortho felt that we could get good results with just the braces but for everything to be "ideal" the surgery would be required. At some point I may change my mind but for now I...

Angelina Jolie! Coveting her as i do i came across an interview with her at the Oscars w/ her dad when she was like 12. She didn't say anything about the braces - her only comment was to answer "yes" when they asked her if she hoped her dad won an award. Ahhhhh....how far she's come!

WOW. Can't think of another word! Congratulations - gives all of us that just started this a little hope, eh?

38 - but as i tell it - 27 and HOLDING!

Give me two weeks and i'll be whining with you! :lol: I am in spacers right now, get bands next week and bracket and wires the next. Anyhow, i could swear that even with the spacers things feel different! Last night I cracked my one front tooth, which is slightly crooked anyway, on a wine glass and ...

i hope mine end up looking like angelina jolie's. ha ha ha ha!!!!

Congratulations! I'm in spacers right now so in two weeks I'll be where you are. Can't wait.

Who won? i fell asleep...

Mine did everything the same day - xrays, pics and molds. I liked it - made me feel like i was on the fast-track or something!

Thanks everyone! For the encouragement and advise! I have a pretty high pain tolerance but this is different than surgical or injury pain isn't it? :x Last night, after not biting down for several hours, a grilled cheese sandwich felt like stakes were being shoved into my jaw! But, i had read on som...