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Very late post but I got my braces on last Friday. The best bit was getting those *insert swear word here* spacers out One of them was stuck in so bad it had to be cut and pulled out... I can still remember the pain.

Getting them put on was an absolute breeze!! It feels so weird when they are all in - but not as uncomfortable as I thought it would be. And for some odd reason when they threaded the wire through it was a kinda familiar feeling - like I was meant to get braces

So far there has not been a huge amount of pain. It is still tender to chew (especially the front teeth - no biting into things for me!! Although I am so scared I am going to break them I probably won't yet anyway) but another odd thing is that as soon as I stop eating it stops hurting!! I started out using lots of wax but everything seems to have settled down quite a bit now. I still have to do the blowfish face to get all my cheeks out the way sometimes and when I wake up in the morning I have to unstick my lips from the metal

They have already moved (I am going to take weekly pictures to track it) and I am having trouble flossing - has anyone else had this? I used to be able to floss between all teeth but now I can't on some of them - I have broken some of my floss from see-sawing it until it breaks!

For those of you with your braces - it is so freaky the first time when you look in the mirror with your braces on hey!! I was like "argh!! What have I done??" and then about 5 seconds later "phew... on my way to a beautiful smile"

For those of you about to get your braces - it is fantastic!! Honestly, those spacers are hideous, but the braces are NOTHING at all like that. And you do get used to them really quickly!! AND, apart from one persons negative comments, everyone is really supportive... in fact, there have been an insane amount of people saying they wish they had the courage/money to do it.

Here are some pics of what they look like:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o17/ ... 1front.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o17/ ... bottom.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o17/ ... ay1top.jpg

One happy girl here - just can't wait until I can bite into a big juicy burger... but patience is going to become my best friend!!

yeah i took pictures every week up until now. That way i could edit the pics to compare. You'll see movement shortly im sure, i had proof of movement after 11 days. Since that i've had periodic soreness in the teeth i know are moving and the weekly pics show it. Ignore that girl, she's just mad cause she spent 4 yrs to accomplish what you'll get in two. I have 14 months left woooo sad i'm counting! Its worth it all when you can feel your teeth straighter than they were, i'm seeing spots that were not visible before, its cool but strange.

Yep, they have already moved a little its fantastic!!

Congratulations, believe it or not in a few weeks you will forget you even have them on although for the first few weeks I kept checking for movement.

Regards
Joney

Congratulations on having your brace put on.. It took me a few months because I had springs etc.. But now my brace feels part of me!

Weird isn't it!!

Hi Thumbellina,

I hope everything goes smooth with your braces.
I had mine put on monday (no pain yet).
So keep us posted with your pics and we will keep in touch.

Bye...Marvin

Well I have now had them for almost 3 momths (in two days time!!) and they seem like a part of my life now

Still haven't had any major pain, just some aching occasionally so I am realy pleased about that

I would love to put pics up - can someone talk me through it? I am not very computer savy and can't seem to make it work!

Well I have now had them for almost 3 months (in two days time!!) and they seem like a part of my life now

Still haven't had any major pain, just some aching occasionally so I am really pleased about that

I would love to put pics up - can someone talk me through it? I am not very computer savy and can't seem to make it work!

ARGH!! See!! Not too computer savy at all!!!!!! (this was the 3rd copy of this post before I edited it!!

hi, Thumbellina!
my name is Victor, congratulations on your B-day, and Welcome to Pic Posting 101!

When posting an image, one must use an image-hosting website, such as Photobucket (and I see you have already done this).

Now...
to make the pic appear, all you have to do is book-end the image url with on the right.
(instead of typing out you can just click on the button, then type Ctrl+V to paste the image url, then click on again.. and voila!

Soooo.. instead of seeing:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o17/ ... 1front.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o17/ ... bottom.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o17/ ... ay1top.jpg

you will see:





pretty easy, huh?

Congratulations you have just completed Pic Posting 101!

~Victor

Thanks for the Imageshack tip, KK... I see that I have to work smarter, not harder.