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wow, you're teeth look great! it's hard to believe so much movement can go on in only 3 months! p.s. i love those pink ligatures!

hey guys thanks for keeping up with my story! and i really do hope that wedge works i've heard it does wonders! well here are the pictures as promised: the first one is pre-braces, the second one is week one, and the third one is today (week 5) with the rotation wedge (it kind of looks like i have f...

hello again, well i havent written in a while because i've been a little dissapointed with my progress that plus my first adjustment was pushed back another week (this happens a lot!). Does this happen to any of you? Well anyway, I kind of feel like I've lost a couple of months of progress due to ha...

thanks for the compliment rhonda :) i welcome the pain and/or discomfort! wow! KK i hadn't noticed that about the wire till you pointed it out! i can definitely see the difference now and even now as i look in the mirror i can see that the wire is straighter so this obviously means my teeth are movi...

thanks mommyducky as always for your words of advice! i dont really think there's anything wrong with my bite at least my ortho never mentioned it to me i hope she is just overshooting! platinum, i hope you did get the ceramic ones and no mistake was made :) well i've been in braces 1 whole week and...

thanks everyone for all the encouragement, i really hope it doesnt take 3 years but if it does oh well i guess i'll get used to them! I actually feel pretty used to the braces already and I'm happy to say that I'm already virtually pain free! I really followed mommyducky's advice about not babying ...

ok here's the before and after pictures. the first one is a rarely seen frontal view of my teeth. notice how crooked my bottom teeth are. and also i have a baby tooth (my right upper bicuspid) which i plan on getting bonded after the braces to match my other one. one thing i dont like with the brace...

good job Emmy it's a good idea to keep a journal that way you yourself will be able to better keep track of your progress! Cheers!

ps. i love degrassi!

mommaducky you look like you've made a lot of progress in just one month! it makes me very hopeful! thanks for the advice! :thumbsup: well i went to my appointment yesterday and they put the braces on just on the top row. the procedure was completely painless. i'd say the thing that hurt the most wa...

thanks markybwoy i hope you're right cause i am so ready! and i will definitely take motrin before and i'm also going to take the day off tomorrow

ps what a cute dog!! i also had an underbite well really only my 2 bottom teeth.

thanks ken that's very sweet :D i'm really excited can't wait for thursday but i hope she doesn't make me wait another week! it's 2 days before b-day and i thought that my spacers would be loose or something by now because she told me they might fall out. I just hope there's enough space to put the ...

:( ok, so the having the spacers on doesn't hurt, at all! What does hurt is biting down, chewing anything harder than applesauce, and brushing teeth! Another thing is that i grind my teeth in my sleep so needless to say i woke up very sore this morning but nothing a motrin (600) couldn't cure! I got...

thanks for that, I get the spacers today YEY! not that i'm happy about the pain i'm just happy to start already and i'm happy not to wear the inman aligner anymore! i'm hoping that at least i'll loose some weight from not being able to eat everything i want! let's see how it goes today...

you're right KK, thanks for all the tips! I will keep them in mind for sure!

hey guys thanks for the support, here are a couple of clearer pictures of me. the first one was taken before the aligner and the second one is after. you can kind of see movement and my teeth don't look as white in the second pic. :( maybe it was just the lighting :wink: http://i122.photobucket.com...