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Once things settle down a little bit and you get more used to them the time will go by quickly. I'm 15 months in and I can't believe it's been this long already. Hope things go well!
Time spent in braces: 16 months
Retainers: Top/bottom bonded and top/bottom Essix at night
Congrats for making it this far! Time really does fly though, I'm currently at the 21 month mark and I can still clearly remember the agonizing over weather to go ahead with getting braces or not.
Good luck, and who knows perhaps you'll get your sentence shortened for good behavior.
