i've had my uppers for 6 months now and have had no problems (yay for me!), but im getting my lowers tomorrow and have heard from a few people (including my ortho) that they can be more difficult to deal with.just wondering if anyone else has had a lot harder time with their lowers and is there anything i might not be expecting?
thanks and wish me luck!
uppers vs lowers
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I got my uppers first and I thought they were okay. Sensitive and tight, but nothing that stopped me from going out. Lowers, WOW! I am still having a hard time. They still have a hard time biting into things and when I floss, OUCHERS! My gumline actually looks bruised, as if my lower gums got into a fight with my braces and the braces kicked my lower gums in the @ss.
Upper and lower 1st premolars extracted
Uppers braced 4/6/07 & Lowers braced 4/20/07
ceramic brackets and rectangular arch wires
Est. term: 30-36 months
De-banded: 3/04/09 w/ LBR and U&L Essix
Uppers braced 4/6/07 & Lowers braced 4/20/07
ceramic brackets and rectangular arch wires
Est. term: 30-36 months
De-banded: 3/04/09 w/ LBR and U&L Essix
Haven't had any real problems with the bottoms except for the archwire poking me in the back. Altho I have not needed wax in a very long time. I have lost 2 brackets on the uppers. One was lost right after I was braced. The other popped off about 3 weeks later. Other than that, uppers and lowers are both equally annoying LOL
Brace date: 5/2/2007
Debanding date: 1/14/2009
Ceramic Braces: 20 months
Currently in clear Essix retainers at night
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Debanding date: 1/14/2009
Ceramic Braces: 20 months
Currently in clear Essix retainers at night
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As far as pain goes I have had really no discomfort with either the uppers or lowers. All my problems have been with having the lower brackets come loose. I have now popped 6 of the original 10. I still don't think it is what I am eating since it is mostly fish, rice and other soft foods, but according to my ortho he says I need to be more carefull of what I eat.
So far no upper brackets have come off!
So far no upper brackets have come off!
I also had uppers well before my lowers. I found the lowers a bit harder to get used to because I felt quite a bit of tension in my chin (I guess from the lower lip pullingover the brackets). However, I find my uppers much more sensitive/tender when I have adjustments - even with the ortho has said that the lowers were going to hurt.