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i've got a root canaled lat incisor which i refuse to let them pull out (they haven't suggested it either), even though it's gone completely grey. it's one of the teeth they're straightening, so I have to think you'll be okay. after my braces are off, it'll be veneered with the rest of my upper inci...

i'm 24 with 15 years of experience. does that count?

i'll be in all metal, upper and lower, 12 brackets on each arch. i'm pretty sure i'll be going with black or gray, at least at first. i think i don't want the bright colors attracting any more attention than the braces already will (not that i really care that much but...). i thought about clear, bu...

my wife is getting her braces on today, and for the first time, last night, she made it clear that she is very unhappy about it. not about the decision or the big picture, but about wearing braces (again). she's worried about how it will look and how comfortable she'll be. she wore braces in jr/sr h...

I'll go based on what my dentist said and ignore the non-supportive comments. my dentist summed it up about like this: "tommy, it's a great thing to be doing for yourself. you and i know what you're doing here, so don't worry about what people say. you won't regret it." and i can add that ...

the primary reason i'm getting my teeth straightened is in prep for veneers i intend to get down the road, so they will not enhance how crooked (not very but enough) my teeth are. I have a few other issues to correct along with that, and for no single reason of the list would I have chosen to wear b...

my wife and I will be using the same ortho for our treatment - she goes in tomorrow to have brackets on her top arch, I go in March. I would probably have not gone to the first consult if she had not been having her own work done. We're looking forward to going through it together although it does s...

i'm having a small correction done and it will have me in braces (12-top/12-bottom) for 10 months (estimated). i'm in the same situation with my wife's support, although she says she doesn't see it as something she would put herself through. but she does understand that it's important to me, she see...

based on the article i don't believe that conclusion can be based on anything that can be proven. I'd like to see the list of questions and the statistics they gathered. I know that many kids who are 'forced' to wear braces as a kid/teen almost view it almost as punishment, and I know some adults to...

i'm anticipating the same kind of thing with my sister who just doesn't undestand, and has no money to boot. when i told her about my wife getting braces and how the cost was going to sting, she said 'well that's just vanity - she doesn't need to spend that money.' (btw that's totally incorrect.) bu...

i made the decision just this week to go ahead and get orthodontic treatment. it was at the forefront of my mind for months now that i look back, but i really have been thinking about it for 20 years. when i think about it, i realize i've been looking in the mirror every day, thinking 'when are you ...

and it puts you at the same level as the person you don't like ... the thing is that i don't dislike this person. to me even that would be bad karma. but i do have a problem with how she treats others. it's a small office, and as a co-worker i worry (not too much) that it will come down on me (it h...

when i was a kid i wanted to wear braces. all my friends wore them, and i wanted to know what it was like. but braces were much harder to deal with back then - bands on every tooth and wires instead of plastic ligs, no colors. to be honest, most of my friends were miserable about it the whole time, ...

i'm going to be traveling back to my company's home office after i've had my braces put on. I know one woman at the office who opted to have her perfectly healthy, but 'snaggled,' adult canine extracted and an implant put in rather than to have her teeth straightened because she thinks braces make p...

here i am thinking to myself: how do i justify this cost? i'm pouring thousands of dollars into my mouth, and i know at least two family members will have big mouths about it. it's none of their business but i started to think... ...pouring this money into my mouth... i'll be 40 this year, which in ...