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Yeah. It was the expander that affected it. The braces helped make the unevenness less obvious but the lopsidedness of my eyes are still really obvious. My right eye is about an inch higher than my left (yeah, like Shannen Doherty).

Well, actually, I did get a palatal expander when I was 14. It worked very well until I noticed one side of my face was getting lopsided. Turns out that half of the sutures already closed up prematurely causing one side of my palate to be expanded more than the other. They weren't able to fix this, ...

I was just wondering whether anyone else has had any drastic facial change after braces? Mine would definitely be my eyes... my right eye is now about an inch higher than my left, and it's made me as self conscious as I was before my braces..... I honestly had no clue this would happen! :( I know I'...

okay.. that tooth has definitely moved. even my mom has noticed...

i think the retainer isn't tight enough.. i feel a little bit of a small space in between that tooth and the plastic bit of my retainer. should i wait for my appointment later in may or should i schedule an earlier one?

i got my braces off 4 days ago, and have been wearing my retainers 24/7 (they're both hawley) but i've been noticing that my lateral incisors have been moving back (they are no longer in line with the central incisors but a bit behind it)

am i just paranoid...? or is my retainer not tight enough?

Well I tried to prevent extractions because of the 'sunken face look' and went on with expansion, but who knew the results would be so.....

Thank you so much everyone :) You're been really kind :D My mom will ask the ortho about a maxillofacial specialist next appointment. starzz - I am a musical theatre performer. I love not only dance but singing and acting as well, although I would say singing is my forte. I have been in plays and mu...

I'm getting my braces off next month, but I'm not entirely happy.. Sure I have straight teeth, but now my whole face is messed up.. I started off with an expander when I was 15, it was going well until I noticed one side was expanding more than the other. The dentist just said it was normal and it w...

yep thats me.
I chose to go with my dentist's recommendation in the One Grand Tower building next to Langham Place.

Anyway, I saw your pictures.. no longer with braces!! Congrats!

jess214, SilentReader: I'm from HK too.. weird how your ortho's don't accept credit card. $320,000?! I hope you mean $32,000! Cause if its really that much, that's just crazy. Mine was about $48,000 haha. My mom's paying for me though (still a teen)

Sorry for the delay. Finally I got PICS! :D (sorry for the big pics) Month 1 ----> Month 2 (1st adjustment) *SMILE* http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/xxx_braceface/Picture1-1.png http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/xxx_braceface/Picture1-2.png *BOTTOMS* http://i206.photobucket.com/albums...

hey guys! i got my 1st adjustment today.. it wasn't really as bad as i thought it would be. first they had to reglue a bracket cause it came off whilst i was brushing my teeth in the brushing stations (:0 and they just did the whole wire thing, the clipping thing.. all the usual. But now that i'm ho...

Hey. I had 2 expanders on too.. it was such a pain the first day! I couldn't even talk! But yea I've gotten used to them already so look on the bright side.. at the end of all of this you will have pretty pretty nice teeth :D I've gotten my RPE off already but I still have my bottom expander.. cause...

ONE MONTH In the past first month of braces, I have had 2 brackets fall off (one fell off twice :D) and I managed to stain my ligs loads of times. My mouth still feels big though... here are some comparison picks.. I can't really tell much of a difference though.. Day 1 -----> Month 1 http://i206.p...

Thanks everyone. I was hoping that popping in and out so often to get them changed wasn't gonna interfere with my treatment so yay :lol: I would ask for colours but then my wire is still basically a rollercoaster and I don't want too much attention with colours, so I'm sticking to clear until my tee...