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Before Pics - Getting braced 1/20/06
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:01 pm
by StacyJo
OK...Ok ...I know I posted earlier this week saying I am getting braced on 1/20/06 but I just had to post again with pictures. I enjoy seeing everyone else's before, during and after photos so I thought I'd share mine. Ignore the pen marks on the teeth that the ortho made while explaining what he hopes to achieve with the braces.
Getting my blender ready !!!
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:47 am
by missing_tooth
man I am not looking forward to those lip spreaders
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:18 am
by Flora2006
the lip spreaders are honestly not too bad...at least i didn't find them that bad...they are annoying in the beginning but after 3-4 minutes you kind of get used to it. i was concentrating so much on how stupid i must have been looking that if there was any discomfort, i didn't feel it
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:41 pm
by drazda
The lip spreaders aren't bad, and aren't painful at all. I do agree with kiwi though, chapstick is a must.
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:55 pm
by weird_wired
Wow your bottom teeth already look nearly perfect - they surely won't take long?
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:15 pm
by n216
the lip spreaders are the worst i hate them i hope i never brake off a bracket i never want those things stuck on my lips again
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:55 am
by Marzipan
The lip spreaders did not bother me much. I was careful to use lip balm first. Even the part about keeping the mouth dry was not a problem. There was a thing put in the mouth to keep my tongue back (so it wouldn't get moisture on the teeth), and I could still swallow. So really it wasn't bad at all.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:04 pm
by nimo
StacyJo, your top teeth look a lot like mine. With the way your molars align inside the bottom of your teeth (I'm sorry if that doesn't make any sense, I'm not sure what it's called) how are they going to fix that? Mine do that only on one side, and I'm thinking they're going to end up using surgery for me.