Metal Mouth Message Board

I have braces for the second time since my teeth have moves after a few years and was supposed to only have these braces on for about 3-4 months. I am going on 9 months now and still not done. I am not complaining because I want great results not speed and I don't mind having braces. I have had clear brackets and wire ties the whole time untill yesterday. I had a few gaps open up so the assistant was told to use a Powerchain upper and lower. I didn not realize this also takes the place of the wire ties (cool). My ortho has awsome assistants so she asked if I wanted a clear powerchain? Then she handed me a box with tons of different colors. I was very nervous to try colors but she thought it would look great so I went for it and tried the blue.
I wish I had done colors the whole time, it's so much more fun than trying to hide that you have braces. Here is a picture of my first set of colors. [/img]

Looks great Rebraced!

they look great , thats me to at 48 , when ever i can get colored anything i still do, Headgearjoe

I figure everyones going to see my braces anyhow (full metal), might as well spice it up with some color. The only thing I can't decide right now is what color I'll go with first, glo in the dark green(if available), dark red(match my car!) or my fav color, yellow.

i've done the glow in the dark, there great when you first get them , find a strong light an charge them puppy's up an have fun , but it don't last long , an after a week or so they dont glow at all , but when you first get them you can have fun , get ready for bed charge them up an show them off to your spouse, KOOL , have fun , i do (HEADGEARJOE)

I figured why not since by birthday is on the 6th lets have some fun with this. Now I am looking around to see what my next set of wild colors are going to be. I am however paranoid that I might stain or discolor my blue powerchains so I brush right after every meal.

I had an appointment yesterday and my gaps still haven't closed all the way so my ortho took off my old light blue powerchain and made some adjustments. I decided on a darker blue this time both top and bottom. I was going to try lime green on the bottom but decided against it. This is supposed to be my last adjustment before getting fitted for my retainers so I guess this is my last chance with colors.

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Thanks KK, I am really excited about the end. I am scheduled for my retainers in early September and debanding two weeks later. I am a little nervous about the whole retainer thing. I don't want my teeth to move again.

Okay, I'm new to the whole world of braces (only had them two weeks so far), but I see a lot of talk on this board about powerchains. What the heck are they?

Erin

Hi Lovely colour, I have that colour quite a lot as it's my favourite. I've had to have colours the whole time, and in fact at the moment I have triple chains on top and bottom so my mouth can look very colourful at times! This is my last time though in colours... I am having my retainer moulds made in 5 weeks and braces off 12 September woooppeeee

Good luck!
Eury

Thanks for the link, KK -- I got the picture now!

Erin