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Okay, since I got my braces off on May 8th, I have been to my dentist for a cleaning and new xrays and everything was great. Then a few weeks later after some struggles with getting my positioner fitted just right, I suddenly wake up in the middle of the night with extreme pain in my back molar. I c...

I finally got this thing adjusted, but I'm not completely happy with how it fels. Hopefully it's just a little tightness form lack of wear now. I'm gonna give it a few days and see if it gets better.

My positioner is a pain in the rear too. There were a couple places where it was really tight and felt like it was cutting into my gums. My ortho made a few adjustments on it for me and it's a little better now, but there are still a couple places where my gums turn white when I bite into it. I'm ho...

The first time I had braces my ortho did Zoom whitening on me after I got them off, but he made me wait about a month to make sure that things were settled and healthy and I had no swelling or bleeding. It made my teeth a little sensitive for a few days but the results were amazing. You might want t...

Oh yeah, I'm definately calling him Monday. I can actually feel the rough spots with my finger. Ouch. Other than that I think if the rough spots were gone it would actually be bearable. I hate to wish my summer away, but hopefully these next 8 weeks will go smoothly so I can be done and just get my ...

OH my GAWD I hate, hate, HATE, this positioner! It hurts really bad and there are a couple spots where it really puts a lot of pressure on my gums. Like, they turn white when I bite into it. Should I be worried about this? I don't wanna cause any damage to my gums. There is also one tooth that bleed...

Ok, I've had my braces off since yesterday morning and I'm instructed to wear a tooth positioner for 5 hours a day plus while I'm sleeping. My problem is that when I wear the postioner, I have a couple teeth that bleed just a little bit. I floss well and have started doing salt water rinses. Do you ...

I am very happy. I will post pics as soon as I can get batteries for my camera. The only issue I have is that when I wear my tooth positioner, I have a couple teeth that bleed. I floss and use salt water rinses like I'm supposed to so I'm hoping that it's just a little irritation from the removal pr...

AND THEY"RE OFF!!!!! No pain , barely any discomfort and only very minimal gum swelling around just a couple teeth! Yay! That was 100x better than the last time I had braces. That dental hygenist was amazing! I'm sending her flowers. She rocks!

Man! That really sucks when you get held back by non-ortho related things. Like theyare ready to come off but other issues are preventing it. Bummer! I had a big setback when my ortho was sick one time. I know how crummy that feels. I'm supposed to get mine off tomorrow and I just KNOW something wil...

I am *hopefully* getting my braces off tomorrow. My appointment was supposed to be for 10:40 but when they called me today to remind me, they said to come in at 10:00 so I'm guessing that's to give them extra time to take them off! I am excited but nervous. I remember what it was like having them of...

I'm getting mine off on May 6th too! I didn't get to pick out my retainer yet as I will have a tooth positioner first but I'm super excited!!

Today at my appt. my ortho asked me to look my teeth over really good and tell him if there were any things I wasn't happy about so he could get in the finishing touches. He then said he would see me in 4 weeks. I asked what would happen in 4 weeks and he said that we would take impressions for my p...

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to have one too. My ortho said that mine wasn't for spacing issues between my teeth but rather for the slight open space I have between my upper and lower jaws. In the beginning I had a bad open bite. He said that this method works especially well in open bite cases becaus...

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