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This might sound weird, but i cant WAIT until i get my retainer, i dont know why, i just.......want to have a retainer. I mean, whats so special about a retainer ( i'm thinking its the "i can take it out thing" )? I would much rather a retainer that made me lisp really really bad, then braces that i cant take out to have a break from them ( so wish i could take them out, just for 5 minutes) so that my poor mouth can have a little bit of a rest. I have also started looking at all the totally cute retainer cases, there is so many to pick from!!
ttygl (talk to you guys later)
the retainer weirdo.
Oh my goodness. You've only had braces 22 days and you're already excited about getting a retainer. That would make me crazy. I have to take one day at a time!
Chris
Top Ceramics: 10/11/04; Bottom Ceramics: 02/16/05 DEBANDED: 05/03/07
For now, I'm excited about which color ligatures to get at the next adjustment. Maybe a few months before the braces come off, I'll start getting excited about the retainer, or maybe when I find out which kind of retainer I'll have.
Metal braces from March 24, 2005 until July 30, 2007. Estimate was 18-24 months, but I had them for 28 months.
As for right now, I'm just pretty excited about getting the braces! I get them on next week and I am really happy! I think the retainer part will be really kool too!
I'd rather have braces than retainers. I hateeeeeeee retainers. But I was like you. I couldn't wait. I think I just wanted a toy to click up and down, but it doesn't work with mine lol. I think mine is made all funky though so who knows...other people don't seem to mind them as much as I do.
Paramedic student
Full Braces (all metal) 5/12/1999 - 4/20/2005
Class II (overjet) on the left only
Upper and Lower Hawleys
wow, i cant believe i've already had them for 22 days, seems more like 2. I don't know why i want a retainer so bad, just do lol. sry i just realized that i accidentally double posted this at a different time. Oh, and i've got a question for jenns91civic, is your hawleys ok? i mean would you rather an essix? I think i just like the fact that i could put pretty glitter and designs on it, and with the essix you can decorate it. Oh, and for everyone else i'm only supposed have braces for 9-13 months so its not really gonna be call that much longer that i'm gonna have em, so the retainer is in my pretty soon future.
has anybody seen the new ratainer coming out, it is all metal, no top or anything, and it just clips on, doesnt interfere with speech, or anything like that. looks pretty cool to me.
yup, thats the same site that i seen it from, it really has been out for 20 years, wow, i wonder why they dont have people use those more often, it looks really convienient, it doesnt have a plate on top so you can talk, and its not permanent so you can take it out, i mean you cant get any better then that right, i guess there must be a catch
You have no idea how excited I am to get a retainer...I don't even know why. It's probably the taking out aspect, I don't really know. All I know is that I can't wait.
Braced September 9, 2002
Debanding: JULY 5!!!!!!!!
plus a retainer (i dont think) doesnt give you canker sores!!! AND you can take it out!! The speech thing wont really bother me, cuz i talk A LOT and i believe that i will become accustomed to it in my mouth really fast.
I'd rather not have any retainers at all lol. I've never seen an Essix so I don't know if I'd prefer that or not. My hawleys might be ok if my upper one was made better. The plastic is thicker on one side than the other and some parts of it are so thin I'm afraid they will break. I think the lab my ortho uses rushed it a little too much.
As for the glitter and designs, not all labs do it. The glitter can be irritating to your mouth too, plus they have to use thicker plastic to do glitter. Mine are a really cool tropical blue (same color blue as one of the retainer cases Lynn sells, and I have it. Isn't that cute...matching retainers and retainer case lol). I could have got glow in the dark, and sometimes I wish I had because that's just weird! I'm almost hoping my upper one breaks so I have to go spend $109 to get it replaced and hopefully will be made better. I may get my wish though.......I think it's lost in the abyss aka my purse. I should probably find it and ya know, wear it.
Paramedic student
Full Braces (all metal) 5/12/1999 - 4/20/2005
Class II (overjet) on the left only
Upper and Lower Hawleys
I mean, whats so special about a retainer ( i'm thinking its the "i can take it out thing" )? I would much rather a retainer that made me lisp really really bad, then braces that i cant take out to have a break from them ( so wish i could take them out, just for 5 minutes) so that my poor mouth can have a little bit of a rest. 
I have also started looking at all the totally cute retainer cases, there is so many to pick from!! 
Which thankfully, is all I need to do now 
