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I'm not really sure what to do here, but this matter keeps bugging me and I'm only just starting retention. I got my braces off 11 days ago and got my Essix retainer last Thursday. So far I've been wearing it full time apart from eating/cleaning. So the thing is, during the week I waited for the ret...

Congratulations Linda!
Your teeth look stunning. Good luck with the retainer.

Sim

Karen, Miss Smiley, rage31, cwatt1, Granola, alexa, joney, bracefacebridget and Linda: Thank you all for the messages! I survived the time without a retainer without any major movement thankfully. It's odd but my teeth looked even better after a day or two with some subtle movement, and the bite was...

Congratulations! That's fantastic news to be debanded so early. Hope all goes well between now and next Friday.

Sim

Here am I already, so eager to share it all! It's probably barely Friday for a lot of people here but I had my appointment at 8:40, got the procedure explained to me and it began... All the brackets came off easily and very quickly. The brace came off as a whole with the wire and powerchains still o...

Incredible Granola! Your teeth look even better than I would have imagined, so white... Hope everything continues to go well during the retention phase.

Sim

Good luck today, Granola!

I'll be thinking of you.

Sim

Thank you Rage ! All is going ahead on Friday!!! :D I went in and discussed my teeth and how Dr. L thinks they are overall. We both agree on the few minor imperfections, and she thought they were likely only noticeable on close inspection. I still wasn't happy with the uneven incisor positioning so ...

Congratulations Granola! Your teeth are going to look so amazing, I hope everything goes well for the final week.

Sim

Hey Miss Smiley, Karen and Linda. The new arrangements are quite interesting, not what I expected and it could be cutting things very fine! I will be keeping all appointments for now, and seeing Dr. L (who I saw on Monday) on Tuesday 10th July: 3 days before my "removal"! :shock: She will ...

Thanks Linda and Karen! It is fantastic news, but perhaps I haven't properly thought things through over the past 48 hours. I've come to the conclusion tonight that I will most likely cancel my removal. It depends really, but for aesthetic reasons I don't think I'll be happy with the way my teeth lo...

Let's start with some good news: 13th July is still on! :D I went in to get my repair today after quite a long wait. She seems very nice, and it's likely she will remove my braces as well when the time comes! A new bracket has been fixed onto the offending tooth, but due to the tilting, the wire cou...

I will be waiting 6 days until I can get my retainer, which makes me very paranoid that it won't fit. At least it's good to know some people wait up to 2 weeks though.

Linda, this is great to hear everything is going to plan!

I hope the wires are okay in the time being and here's to July 23rd!

Sim

Granola, Linda and Karen: Thanks a lot for this support, it's made things a lot better by just venting my anger out on here, perhaps uncharacteristic as you said Linda! :D I was actually pretty hysterical on Saturday when I discovered it, and looking back it was silly of me to act as I did! :) Now, ...