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What color was your first set of ligitures?
What color do you think would be good for a guy who is 21 years old for the first color?
What colors should I stay away from?
With full ceramics, I've had only wires ties up to this point. I wanted something as least noticable as possible. Last week I got powerchains on top and bottom. The asssistant recommended gray when I said I drink coffee. I went with it not knowing any better. The gray looked horrible (to me anyway). I went back on Monday and got them changed to pearl. MUCH better, the pearl is less visible for anyone who wants that route and won't stain quite as quickly as full clear.
Hot pink and purple at my first adjustment. Please excuse the disgusting brown stain on my bottom front teeth, it's caused by chlorhexidine gel which I was given after having my mini-implants done.
This is sweet!! I want to too!!! Next month there are 2 weddings coming up and I will have to attend so AGAIN I will have to go for clear ligs/white archwire
Yay for red!!! Great choice....I just got metallic red put on yesterday. Your's look great bracedagain. Lucky me got a power chain put on my lowers at my first adjustment!. Next adjustment, on 9/26, I'm goin' with black and glow-in-the-dark green in celebration of Halloween!
Debanding: 12/18/07!!! Yay!!!!!
Front Teeth Bracketed 7/25/2006
Back Teeth Banded 7/18/2006
Inspire Ice Uppers/front 8 w/ metal lowers
Treatment time: 19 - 26 mos.
Looking at all these great ligature pics makes me almost sorry I'm getting Damon2's after my bite plate comes out. I wonder if my ortho would put ligs on anyway...
Wow, Rage! That criss-cross action is awesome! Very cool!
Spacers: 1/26/05; 2/6/06; 3/15/06; 4/24/06
4 First Bicuspids removed: 2/2005
Metal Braces, top and bottom: 3/1/05; Debanded 7/26/07
Hawley retainers top and bottom
Sometimes asking your ortho assistant to pick your colors can backfire.
I figured it worked so well last time, I'd ask them to pick again. Problem was that this time the assistant I got wasn't into it and after several offers to let me pick them myself, she just shoved some silver ones on there. Boring.
Spacers: 1/26/05; 2/6/06; 3/15/06; 4/24/06
4 First Bicuspids removed: 2/2005
Metal Braces, top and bottom: 3/1/05; Debanded 7/26/07
Hawley retainers top and bottom