Finally got braced

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smelbourne
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Joined: Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:32 pm
Location: Australia

Finally got braced

#1 Post by smelbourne »

Got braced yesterday (at 32 years old) - full metal with a fake upper incisor attached to a bracket. I'm going to get an implant placed when the braces come off. The fake incisor is really annoying me...it's moving a lot on the wire (rotating). It's impossible to eat at the moment due to the pain and the fake tooth moving. Just came back from the supermarket with a supply of soups, tofu and ibuprofen. I've been hungry all day. Found myself wondering if all this is worth it when I was painfully chewing my food. Hopefully things will get better soon.
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sirwired
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Joined: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:05 am

Re: Finally got braced

#2 Post by sirwired »

You'll feel better in a couple of days. Just keep it up with the advil, and wait for the inflammation to go down.

I must say, your lig color choice would be quite confusing here in the greater Raleigh, NC, metro area... somebody with Wolfpack (NC State) and Tarheel (UNC) ligs in the same mouth! Unless, of course, you were trying to use ligs running away from each other as a substitute for elastics. :D
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smilehope
Posts: 175
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:34 pm

Re: Finally got braced

#3 Post by smilehope »

Love the colour mix!
1st Feb 2012 - extraction both upper 2nd premolars
Braced 9th March 2012 - lower metal fixed and upper removable plate
5th September 2012 - bite plate gone, upper ceramic fixed fitted
Estimated treatment time 18-24 months
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chris500
Posts: 7
Joined: Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:55 pm

Re: Finally got braced

#4 Post by chris500 »

good luck with your journey, like the colors!
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kellyb
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Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:10 am
Location: London, UK

Re: Finally got braced

#5 Post by kellyb »

looking nice :D
you can be my brace twin. i am also 32 years old and got braces on my lower arch 7 weeks ago. my upper arch will be fitted in just under 3 weeks :shock:

i love your colours. i am wearing tooth coloured braces and thought about experimenting with colours but i think i will leave it till later in my treatment when my teeth have straightened up abit and the gaps have closed.

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In braces 07/01/2012 - 29/06/2013
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Lewick
Posts: 52
Joined: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:34 pm
Location: England

Re: Finally got braced

#6 Post by Lewick »

Congrats on getting braced! :D Love your colour choices.
The pain will subside soon enough. Once you start seeing movement it makes the pain and soup diet worth it :lol:
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AM21
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Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:00 am
Location: Ohio

Re: Finally got braced

#7 Post by AM21 »

Very pretty colors! Congrats on becoming braced! :)
Braced: August 1, 2011
Sentence: 30 Months
My Braces Blog: http://www.metalmouthtales.blogspot.com

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Sita
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Joined: Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:09 am
Location: Australia

Re: Finally got braced

#8 Post by Sita »

Congrats. Hopefully by now you are feeling much better. :-) I like the colours too.
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Ceramic uppers, metal lowers put on March 6 2012 to fix spacing issues and traumatic malocclusion. Estimated treatment time is 24 months.
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