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Hi

Just got braced on Friday. Thankfully i don't seem to be having too many problems, it's taken the fun out of eating but I'm not in too much pain. I think though that I've pulled off one of my rubber bands with some cleaning. Has anyone else manahed to do this? Should I go back to my ortho?

Thanks, feel quite reassured.

I have to concentrete on speaking slowly for bulletins anyway so it might even be good for me!

Hi there I've booked in to have a brace put on my bottom teeth after much dithering about it. But there is one aspect that is really bothering me and that's how it is going to affect my speech. This is a massive thing for me becasue I'm a radio newsreader so I have to be able to speak clearly and an...