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Well, today was my first adjustment! Felt very weird, but so far so good..... I'm hoping they don't start hurting like the beginning. We'll see.

They are looking great so far, I can already see tons of movement! Also good I wanted to mention, I had clear ligs the first month and she said they still looked GREAT, hardly any staining and I drink a glass of red wine 3-4x/week and I drink 2 cups of coffee each morning.... plus tons of ketchup, I've had spaghetti sauce, pizza, etc..... I just brush right after each meal and no problems! FYI!

Here is a pic from before treatment (my major problem is alignment) --


and one from today, just 28 days in! OH! You'll notice today I got light pink ligs! I let my kids pick the color!

CONGRATS Heres hoping that your teeth continue to move so fast!

wow! thats incredible progress!!!

congrats!!! just had my first adjustment too

Wow! It is amazing at how fast our teeth can move. I can see you are showing movement. Visable movement it not only rewarding but also motivating. EXCELLENT!

Thanks everybody! However, today they are KILLIN' me! They didn't start hurting until about 10pm last nite.... then all of a sudden... BOOM! I sometimes clinch my teeth at night and it woke me up 2 or 3 times with pain! I'd clinch (evidentally) and then OUCHIE

Oh, well... no pain no gain I suppose...... won't complain too much, I lost 8.5 lbs the first week in my braces, if I can do that each month I'll be in good shape! LOL

Oh my goodness, your teeth are moving so fast!! That's such great news for you! I too I guess had a habit for clinching my teeth during the night which I didn't discover until having braces but one thing's for sure...it hurts like hell. I've pretty much been in constant pain for the past few days after getting four teeth extracted. Gah, I sure hope the pain gets better soon, and very soon because I don't know how long I can keep up with this.

Isnt it amazing how quickly we feel and see movement? Your teeth have definitely had some good movement... heres to that continuing.