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BACK IN BRACES AGAIN!!! they have changed sooo much and I only have to do a year now. I will post before pics when I get home! So excited

I hope someone can advise a little. If you ready my blog I got laid off after 5 years on the job and 1.5 years in braces, so I had to pay it all out of pocket, no pay, no elastics (when you run out) or visits

Sigh...I got my braces off about 2 weeks ago because they had been on almost 4 years and I had not been wearing my elastics to completely correct my bite on the left side. Right side is correct. My ortho told me the braces had to come off so that they dont start to do more harm than good to my teet...

Thanks Jethro! I have a Hawleys retainer . It still hurts a little but I can deal, I just dont like the remove, brush, eat, put in routine...and I thought braces were hard! lol
But it all paid off, I am glad I got braces

I broke free today!!! Whoo! After 4, yes 4 long years! This retainer really hurts though...wasn't expecting that

Finally!! I am done!! Here are the new choppers!




Couldn't get the pix resized, sorry!

OOOOOOKAAAAAYY!!! It has been forever, moved to a new city and still make the drive to Raleigh to see my ortho. I see a lot of my friends and favorites have their braces off now ( miss you all!) Especially Miss Smiley! Well I get my braces off in 3 weeks!!!! Yippie!!!! I am so excited!!! Here is a p...

sorry about the flash, but I got straight teeth now! yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



this is showing the painful elastics that I wear faithfully

I have had elastics for about 5 months now. They drive me insane! But I see SO MUCH PROGRESS so I can’t complain. It is like the wires don’t do much anymore and the elastics are fixing the bite, and are pulling my canine all the way down. Keep wearing them! (Sitting here now in pain) They seem ...

I am there Lynn! and I meant to say.23 year old rainbow! lol thanks for bringing back the forum! I really NEEDED it!!!

almost two years and I am making great progress, here are my teeth now:

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Welcome back Miss Smiley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cant wait for the new pix! hope you feel better soon