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Glad to hear you got braced I love my Triumph too! Dunno what I'd do without it.

Well I had adjustment 2 this afternoon. The orthodontist was very satisified with how well my teeth moved. At my first adjustment he put on a 2 link powerchain to tilt one of my molars the right way, and he was happy to see that it moved into the arch. He took off the bracket today and re-positioned...

I am currently sick with something nasty...which involves drainage from my nose and a really bad sore throat. I also have dry cracked bleeding lips and mouth corners which like to be snagged and cut more by my braces. I don't have any pokey wires and the wax doesn't seem to be doing any good at this...

Yup that was braced day to adjustment 1...which was 7ish weeks later. Amazing how fast they move, but they have a lot more to do since most of my issues are with my bite. Good luck tomorrow, it will get better pretty soon after you get braced. I still have some small issues like a wire snagging my l...

gearing up for Halloween I was brave and went for orange and black at my adjustment today.

Had my first adjustment today....things are progressing along very nicely. I was able to look at my molds from my records appointment and compare them to now and it was a remarkable differnce. I still have a long way to go, but I'm at least hopeful now that they will look amazing when I am finally d...

I got a plastic bag filled with the following: Travel toothbrush (x2) Orthodontic toothbrush Regular toothbrush 4 packs of regular clear wax Chapstick with orthos information on it Interdental 'christmas tree' brush (x4) Pokey thing with interdental brush on the other end Dental mirror Stiff end flo...

whoops I thought I'd resized them. Sorry about that, I am not a newbie to images but I am a newbie to forums and image shack Thanks for letting me know!

Purple and yellow, my college's colors!

Sorry for the low quality of the images, I can't find my camera cord to get the good pictures transferred. More to come later I'm sure.

It's about a week since I had the braces put on, and I have to say I am feeling much better. I have been able to eat real foods (still learning how it all works so I haven't been 'biting' into any food) and the pain is almost gone from my teeth. My only complaint now is the sores/ulcers that I have ...

That you guys are awesome and make me more brave about colors! I got braces on Wednesday and went straight for colors :D School colors, purple and yellow alternating. Thanks for posting so many awesome pictures of your colors and not being afraid to show off the braces! I'll be back to post some of ...

It is now Sunday....I got the braces put on 4 days ago. It has been nothing but painful since then. Wednesday I was fine until about 3 hours after the appointment, when the pain and pressure hit me. By Thursday, I had cuts and sores in multiple places- wax became my new best friend as well as orajel...

At this visit I got to go back to the main part of the office where they have 5 chairs/stations where the orthodontist worked (he was the only one and he just went in a line down the row basically) An assistant started me, by sizing metal collar things on my molars. She didn't tell me what she was d...

At this visit I got to go back to the main part of the office where they have 5 chairs/stations where the orthodontist worked (he was the only one and he just went in a line down the row basically) An assistant started me, by sizing metal collar things on my molars. She didn't tell me what she was d...