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i haven't had any rude comments about my braces yet (and i hope i never do!), but last thanksgiving, my 8 year old nephew said to me, "people know my other aunt as the girl with the purple hair, and they know you as the girl with crooked teeth!"

i know how you feel! i'm 24, i got my top braces 4 weeks ago, and i'm STILL trying to see a difference! i'm also in them until 2010, and you're absolutely right. it seems like ages from now! my boyfriend and his mother swear they can tell a difference already. so, other people might notice before yo...

i got my teeth cleaned yesterday and everything was fine ... just have to have a filling repaired next month. the reason i have to write about a boring routine teeth cleaning, though, is because of what my hygienist told me when she was finished: "your gums look good for someone with so much cr...

i told my boyfriend that i wanted to wait until after my braces came off before we got married, too, so that will put our wedding date around fall 2010 (if they even come off by then!). i think he was a little surprised by my decision, though, because it doesn't seem like something i would normally ...

the day before: http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/pocketgames_2008/1-8-08.jpg the day of: http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/pocketgames_2008/1-9-08.jpg yesterday: http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/pocketgames_2008/1-23-08.jpg the best picture i could get of my w-arch: http://i25...

the only part that hurt while they were putting it on was when they told me to bite down for the placement, which i had to do twice - once to make sure it fit, and again when they glued it into place. my teeth were still sore, and i haven't bitten down that hard on anything since before i got my spa...

as best as i can tell, the TPA and the w-arch (there might be another name for it ... that's the name my ortho uses, though) are very similar, but the shapes are a little different. meryaten posted a picture of one in this thread: http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=23652 . mine is so mu...

i had my w-arch put on today ... right now, my teeth feel just like they did after a day in my spacers (ugh). so i guess i'm back to soup/yogurt/applesauce/mashed potatoes/etc. for a while. just when both sides of my teeth were finally touching top-to-bottom again (that actually happened yesterday! ...

i'm glad your appointment went mostly well! you're right about us being our own worst critics. everyone who's seen my braces swears up and down that they "hardly even notice them," but it's so hard to believe that when i'm the one who has to feel them every day and they're always the first...

oh man that sounds yummy!

the night after i got my spacers in, i ate a huge salad w/tons of veggies for dinner with no problem. the next day, though, there was no way i could have done that! so i went the soup/yogurt/applesauce route. the only thing my orthodontist told me was to not eat sticky foods. it took about a week fo...

well, it's been a week (and a day) ... a couple of my brackets have really been bothering me, but i've been using the wax on them and that makes it okay. also, i could chew for a couple of days, but i think i might have overdone it because my teeth have been hurting again, so i'm back to "mushi...

i got my braces yesterday! well, i got the top done yesterday - they're the inovation clear brackets, and everyone says they can hardly notice them, which is exactly what i wanted. in two weeks i go back to get my w-arch put in, and then after that does it's job for about 3-4 months, i'll go back to...

thanks for the replies ... meryaten, thanks for posting that picture. i was having trouble finding information about it.

(i'm leaving in an hour to go to my appointment! ack!)

i just found this site a few days ago and i've been reading posts like crazy, so i figured i'd join up! i'm 24 and now that i can finally afford them, i'm getting braces. my orthodontist says i'll be in them for 26-30 months. he says my bite is fine and he doesn't think i'll need to have any teeth p...