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OK, so I didn't update for 2 years. BUT they're coming off tomorrow, so I thought I should finish my braces story. They day I got them on vs. tonight: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/altoclaritone/photo-4.jpg Tomorrow they're filing my teeth a bit, taking off the braces, and putting on perman...

I want rainbow ligs. Like, a different color for every bracket, or at least nearly so. Will they do that, or will the nurse want to punch me?

I got 6 more brackets on yesterday! I have real braces, now. They're still not connected back. I have no idea why. I don't ask a lot of questions. Maybe I'm being paranoid about this "sunken face syndrome" that seems to be popular here on this board (yet I can never find a lot of conclusiv...

Crap. That was supposed to go under my story. Whyyy can't I just delete? I'll just x-post, I guess.

I got 6 more brackets on yesterday! I have real braces, now. They're still not connected back. I have no idea why. I don't ask a lot of questions. Maybe I'm being paranoid about this "sunken face syndrome" that seems to be popular here on this board (yet I can never find a lot of conclusiv...

I already posted these in another thread, but for posterity's sake, here are my extraction pictures. Look away if this stuff creeps you out! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/altoclaritone/Picture16.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/altoclaritone/Picture17.png http://img.photobucket.co...

I took pics because I am obsessed with the holes. So weird! Sorry if this is gross! I think it's cool. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/altoclaritone/Picture16.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/altoclaritone/Picture17.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/altoclaritone/Picture18....

I got my braces on a couple of months ago, and I just got 6 extractions done last Thursday. I'm getting the rest of my teeth braced on the 16th. I'm excited to see some movement, but I have a feeling it'll hurt a lot. Blimey! Do you have any teeth left?! He he Well done you! :) I don't feel like I ...

These spaces look so huge! My teeth were so tight that it was difficult to floss, and now I'm thinking "how can I possibly need all this space?"

I got my braces on a couple of months ago, and I just got 6 extractions done last Thursday. I'm getting the rest of my teeth braced on the 16th. I'm excited to see some movement, but I have a feeling it'll hurt a lot.

I poofed up like a chipmunk when I had my wisdom teeth removed, but no swelling from the premolar extraction several years later. Maybe it's because they have to dig around soft tissue to get those wisdom teeth out sometimes. And yeah, I couldn't tolerate half a vicodin, so I took advil. Oddly, I h...

I quit the vicodin today after I woke up from an 8 hour "nap" craving them HARD, even though the pain is pretty negligible at this point. No wonder people get hooked on these things! After 5 days of constant use, I was developing an addiction. I don't know how people function when they are...

How long did your swelling last? It's been 48 hours, and on the right side, the swelling has reduced significantly. The left side is still pretty chipmunk-y, and hurts a bit more. Normal?

2 wisdom (uppers) and 4 bicuspids. Aside from the pain, which is much more manageable today, I'm feeling pretty terrible about removing 4 healthy teeth. The procedure was fine, I trust my ortho (who almost never orders an extraction), but ICK. The feeling of those teeth missing is so icky. Could som...

The surgery was not the ordeal I had imagined - the last thing I remember is greeting the nurse when she came in. I am minus 6 teeth, and it's pretty weird. I'm a little worried - I am still bleeding from my wisdom extraction sites, and it's been 13 hours. One more hour until I can have another Lort...