The entire bracing took less than an hour. For the most part it wasn't too bad. The hardest part was getting springs/coils put on. There are 3 on the lower teeth. It took two people to get them on and there were all kinds of wires hanging out of my mouth from the wire ties on the brackets with the springs. Good thing there wasn't anyone there taking my picture.
I have ceramics on the top six teeth right in the front and the rest are all metal. I can't tell that the ceramics are any bigger than the metal. I wanted black and blue ligs on the bottom but with all the springs most brackets have wire ties. She was able to give me one black and one blue so I'm happy with that.
As the day goes on my teeth are aching more and more and I'm getting a headache. I was warned that the springs/coils are going to really make me hurt. I have no idea how I'm going to floss with all those springs everywhere. It was almost impossible to get floss between those teeth before the braces.
I am going to start a web page to document my journey but since I haven't gotten that far yet I'll show you here what's going on so far. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger view.
My braced smile:
Here's another view:
And another (can you see all the springs on the bottom?):
