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hey everyone... i have been reading this thing for a few days now nd ive been finding out info from different posts.... im gettin braces in june (waitin till after graduation) nd i jus am really curious about different things.... sOo if you could send me pictures nd info about what you expierenced that would be grat!! also six months after i get my braces i have to get my impacted teeth removed nd the new ones pulld down! does it hurt and how long does it take for the new ones to come in..... one more thing ..... if you lost any weight tell me nd in how much time!! thanks<33

JAMiE<3 xOox

I find the capitalized O's quite distracting. I think you'll get more replies if you edit those out.

its a habbit i cant help it sorry!

its a habbit i cant help it sorry!

Jamie,

To see pictures, check out "our braces stories". A lot of people post their pictures and progress updates. There a couple of people who have had impacted canines removed and show progress pics. I've only had my wisdom teeth removed, so I can't comment on that. You could also search for impacted removal information on the board. I've lost about 5-10 pounds in the 5 months since I got my braces on (mostly after the lower brackets went on), completely unintentionally due to cutting out snacking.

You still have plenty of time to research things. I suggest checking out the Denta kit sold by Lynn, the owner of the site. She has great customer service and I love my dentakits. You can also discuss things with your ortho and ask how he thinks things will proceed.

Good luck with your treatment.

Jennifer

[b]thanks jen!! [/b][/b]

i keep messing up on all this replying stuff cause i just jioned today so sorry if theres like 1000 messages on here with the same thing written in it !

JN_Woods:

I've lost weight too, not that I need to. I weighed in at 140 and now am down to 130 after about a month. I'm 5' 6", so that's kind of significant. I hope I don't continue to lose more. There's such a thing as too much. Braces are a good weight loss tool if you have any weight to lose!

thanks for your comment nd yea i need to lose alot of weight .... even though bein tall has a lot to do with it... i wish i had your problem ahah

Hi j.swanson.

You will likely get more help and responses if you could keyboard in a more legible fashion. I am not trying to put you down, just trying to help.

Hi Jamie!

I also have, well had (kinda still do) impacted canines! I had them exposed in March of '05 and it was painful for about a week after the surgery! Then when my ortho started pulling them down using elastic chains and wires it was incredibly painful for me but most people don't find it very bad! It took until about August for the first one to get a bracket and the other one got a bracket just this month! I think I was actually one of the faster ones though!

Good luck!

-Hannah




Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Last Adjustment was 2/1/06 where they bonded a bracket to my cuspid, which was impacted!!!! OUCH!

thanks everyone who posted on this site!