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Dr. Strassner, My ibraces have been on for three months now and I'm the first ibraces patient for my ortho. During this time I have already lost two brackets. One off of my upper left very back mollar and one off of the left very back lower mollar. At my last ortho visit I had only lost the one uppe...

Thanks for all the feedback! I'm fairly certain I'm going to stick to the linguals on the bottom. From what I'm reading most people seem to find the linguals more comfortable once you've adjusted to them. I'm not sure but I get the impression that my ortho is leary about the linguals on the bottom b...

I finally found an ortho who was just certified in ibraces, I will be his first patient. I met with him yesterday and he suggested ceramics on the bottom and linguals on the top. He said I would have better results with the ceramics on the bottom but that it's ultimately my decision. After reading a...

I've been constantly searching and trying to find a orthodontist in the tampa, FL area that does lingual braces. I've called the Ibraces florida rep to see if they could help. No luck. I've exhausted all of my google attempts. Does anyone know of any other search methods or of a orthodontist in this...