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Well my ds went in for his braces today so we are officially twinzies! LOL....
So far he is doing well, but he did say that his teeth are starting to hurt a bit. I gave him 2 advil right afterwards so I'm sure we will be alternating tylenol and advil for a couple of days like I did when I got mine last week.
Here is a pic that was taken of us right before we left the Ortho's office.
They are self ligating brackets called TIME2. They are by American orthodontics. Here is a link if you wish to see them closer. I really like them, they are pretty comfortable!
Brandyleigh35 wrote:Well my ds went in for his braces today so we are officially twinzies! LOL....
So far he is doing well, but he did say that his teeth are starting to hurt a bit. I gave him 2 advil right afterwards so I'm sure we will be alternating tylenol and advil for a couple of days like I did when I got mine last week.
Here is a pic that was taken of us right before we left the Ortho's office.
Brandy
hi an congrats ya'll look great all aboard +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ your on the right track good luck , headgearjoe
braces off 1/31/08 wearing bonded retainers with a nightsplint, will get removable hawleys 2/21/08
You two are just TOO cute!!!!!.....looks like you have next years Christmas card picture ready to go!......keep us up to date on how you guys are doing....I get braced next Tues.........
I would love to hear if there is any difference in speed of teeth movement with you and your son. My daughter and I are both in braces, but she has a different style braces, doesn't have her lower brackets on yet and has totally different issues than me. But I am interested in hearing if the age thing really is true , all things being equal. I can't really tell from the photo how similar your teeth issues are. Anyway, I know, I know I shouldn't be thinking about it but....
Jcdamon3,
I will let you know. We are both in the same exact braces (Time2 self ligating.) Teeth issues are similar, but he has been in appliances for a year now so this is really the final part of his journey and just the beginning of mine. I know he was pretty sure braces were going to be a piece of cake for him, saying that he knows what the pain feels like etc from the appliances pushing against his teeth yada yada yada. ANYWAY...guess who was a little uncomfortable this morning (I'll give you a clue, it wasn't me....LOL)
I will be curious to see if his pain subsides quicker, as we are both the same also, in that we have pretty high pain tolerance. His main issue is that his canines have not come completely down yet, they are however, as of late really moving and I don't think it is going to take much time (probably 6 months max) to get his teeth in place. Aside from the canines his teeth already look amazing! I'm sorta glad now though that I got mine put on a week earlier, as I can give him some good advice on how to take care of his sore mouth, etc. since I have pretty much come through it all relatively unscathed.
