Just call me BRACE_FREE!!!!

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#1 Post by **mtbrncofn** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:02 pm

Well everything went as planned and I got those darned braces taken off today. I'm very pleased with the results. I never thought I'd see my teeth look like this. I can't wait to whiten them though!

I can't say it was the most pleasant process in the world. The lady was brutal on my gums. They're still bleeding as a matter of fact, but it feels so neat to have them off!

The bonded retainer is nothing like I thought. It's just a little piece of metal that looks like a butterfly band-aid and it's just behind the two top front teeth. It feels weird back there, but I'll get used to it.

So here's before and after:

And after!

#2 Post by **mtbrncofn** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:21 pm

Thanks, Karen!

Well gentleness was definitely not her strong point. My best friend went with me and she said she could tell she was being very rough. I guess all the sanding and scraping off of the glue? When she first popped the brackets off, something got stuck and my wire was stuck up in my gums. My eyes were starting to water, it hurt so bad. Finally, I said...."the wire is in my upper gums". She hastily apologized, but man from then on, I was cringing.

I brushed my teeth afterward at the office and it was all blood. I just brushed them again, and still all bloody!

Some people just don't have that gentle touch, I guess.

#3 Post by **mtbrncofn** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:21 pm

Thanks, Karen!

Well gentleness was definitely not her strong point. My best friend went with me and she said she could tell she was being very rough. I guess all the sanding and scraping off of the glue? When she first popped the brackets off, something got stuck and my wire was stuck up in my gums. My eyes were starting to water, it hurt so bad. Finally, I said...."the wire is in my upper gums". She hastily apologized, but man from then on, I was cringing.

I brushed my teeth afterward at the office and it was all blood. I just brushed them again, and still all bloody!

Some people just don't have that gentle touch, I guess.

#4 Post by **Evelyn** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:22 pm

Now that is why we go through what we go through! Holy cow, your teeth look gorgeous!

Congratulations and enjoy your new naked smile

Eve

#5 Post by **mtbrncofn** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:28 pm

Aww, thanks so much, Evelyn! I just wish they were whiter! I'm impatient with this stuff.

#6 Post by **Leslie022** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:47 pm

Awesome! Your teeth look great!! I hope mine look as great as yours when I'm done!

#7 Post by **nvcarissa** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:02 pm

Great News!! Your teeth look fabulous!!

#8 Post by **sydsmom** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:26 pm

Lovely!!!! You must be so pleased

And, might I add, you had very nicely-shaped teeth to begin with. But now that they're perfectly straight, they look just that much nicer

#9 Post by **mtbrncofn** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:30 pm

Thank you very much, Leslie, nvcarissa, and sydsmom!

Of course I have been checking them over and over and I think they might have shifted a little bit already. Can't wait to get those retainers and get them right back where they're supposed to be!

Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:01 pm

Wow that is amazing. Beautiful!
Congratulations.

#11 Post by **Flora2006** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:26 pm

Your teeth are looking amazing. Congrats on getting them off

#12 Post by **Shawnie** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:07 pm

Your teeth look great! I also think they look pretty white too. But I'm sure you want to have them just perfectly white to go with your new perfect smile.

Shawnie

#13 Post by **brandee987** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:33 am

very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::::::::::green with envy:::::::::::::

Website · #14 Post by **Kell** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:36 am

Congratulations! Your teeth look awesome.

#15 Post by **belmikry** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:17 am

congrats! [throw confetti]

they look fabulous- how weird must they feel? I've only had one bracket fall off and I couldn't keep rubbing my tooth- it felt so smooth! lucky!