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After 6 weeks and already on bands, while here, do you throw away your band everytime you take it off for a meal? So far I have been throwing them out. Then again, it smells pretty bad anyway so better use new ones for hygienic reasons.
Tooth brush used 3
Dental Flossed used (approx) 200m
Cost of dental floss so far HKD105
Cost of mouth wash HKD210 (3nd bottle)
I just got mine today and I'm 7 months in now. Ohh..I will have to get used to this...it ain't funny..
02/01/2010 Braced Top and Bottom
03/09/2010 Extraction #12, #16
03/26/2010 Secondary Molar Bands and new wire
09/13/2010 Power Chain Top and Elastics (3) to fix cross-bite and open bite
10/25/2010 Power Chain removed and new Elastic constellation (2) to fix over-bite
