kikia from new york

[kikia]

20 years old. end of treatment is 1 - 2 years. ceramics top and bottom. white wire top and bottom. i can't wait to have them off so i can smile without covering my mouth.

i just got my braces yesterday!!!

[Eleni]

Kikia - Welcome!

The day I got my braces I started to cover my mouth when I laughed. It got so that it became a habit and I was doing it without realizing. It actually brought more attention to mouth than if I had left it alone. Also, people in my office started to make fun of me - they called it my Geisha laugh (yeah - I will exact revenge one day soon....).

Smile proudly!
People cant tell with ceramics on - unless they are really close to you.
DONT hide your smile for 2 years!!!!

[Lala7603]

i defenitly agree...things work out so much better if u just dont worry about them. at first i didnt want to smile or anything. but after my teeth started moving and stuff i felt so happy and actually like my teeth now so im smiling all the time...even with the braces still.

[Dodger(UK)]

I was the opposite, I never used to smile pre-braces, because I was so self concious about my crooked teeth, now my braces, have started straightening my teeth, I smile alot more now I discovered how to feel comfortable with life's most rewarding of expressions.

[RayNYC]

Hey Kikia,
welcome fm another New Yorker. Did you pick up yr Sunday Times sports section today to see Svetlana Kuznetsova winning the US Open with a big braced smile? She is 19, in all metal and its been written up in all the papers. Hope this inspires you and everyone else.

Ray

[sunflr7]

Welcome kikia. So happy to see so many new yorkers.
Sometimes when I smile big I feel as though it will take extra effort to pull my lips over my giant sized ceramic braces. I'm sure as time progresses it will be easier
Smile Proud!

[kikia]

only been two days since i got my braces, and i think my teeth are shifting already. i feel so much pressure on those teeth. anyhow, i am so careless. i ate cookies and cream ice cream yesterday, and it made my mouth all black with oreo crumbs! now i am eating spaghetti and meatballs.. and i see the sauce getting onto my tooth colored brackets! HELP! damn, what can i eat? lol.