What is your number?

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ReoSity
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Re: What is your number?

#31 Post by ReoSity »

6-9 months, hopefully just 6 months and then double jaw surgery.
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BraceFace2o1o
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Re: What is your number?

#32 Post by BraceFace2o1o »

My estimate was 18 -24 months. I have now been in them for 20 months and it looks like I'll be done pretty close to 24, maybe I'll even go over.
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Re: What is your number?

#33 Post by Glandyover »

I keep getting told 12 months but I always ask if I can do longer. They always say OK with a bemused shake of their heads. I'm such a weirdo. :D
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zdenka
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Re: What is your number?

#34 Post by zdenka »

Glandyover wrote:I keep getting told 12 months but I always ask if I can do longer. They always say OK with a bemused shake of their heads. I'm such a weirdo. :D
Why? :shock:
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#35 Post by Glandyover »

zdenka wrote:
Glandyover wrote:I keep getting told 12 months but I always ask if I can do longer. They always say OK with a bemused shake of their heads. I'm such a weirdo. :D
Why? :shock:
hat's exactly the reaction I get! I've just liked braces since I was 7 or 8. I have no idea why. I just started wanting to get braces again and I am "a candidate for orthodontic treatment", luckily.
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leigh287
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Re: What is your number?

#36 Post by leigh287 »

9 months but this is my second time with braces.
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Dee17
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#37 Post by Dee17 »

I haven't even started yet. My braces are being put on at the end of October. But, my orthodontist said two years. Ugh. Can I start counting now? :lol:
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Metal Mickey
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Re: What is your number?

#38 Post by Metal Mickey »

5 months for uppers, 10 for lowers.

I am not having bite adjustment and this is my 2nd time in braces
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EmilieMW
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Re: What is your number?

#39 Post by EmilieMW »

Mines 18 months - I'm 2 weeks into treatment (following a bicuspid extraction), and slowly adjusting to life in braces. I need to have another tooth out (this time on the bottom set) and then braces on the bottom too. I'm desperate to see changes to outweigh the bad bits, but so far not much of a change!
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BetsyBug
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Re: What is your number?

#40 Post by BetsyBug »

22-24 Months is what they said, but we are in a holding pattern right now to advance my upper incisors (not originally in the plan) so it may take a little longer.
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gemini4
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Re: What is your number?

#41 Post by gemini4 »

18 to 24 months. Bottoms aren't even on yet, and I'm so done with them already. :cry:
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Bezza
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Re: What is your number?

#42 Post by Bezza »

My written treatment plan says 18-21 months. My ortho told me verbally he thought it would be 18 months but he wouldn't commit to that on paper.
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oimysizex
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Re: What is your number?

#43 Post by oimysizex »

Around 30 months.
18-24 months then lower jaw surgery and genioplasty then an added 6 months after surgery.


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kiwibug
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Re: What is your number?

#44 Post by kiwibug »

24-36 months. Loooooong time! Braces, surgery and then finishing touches with braces
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sweetcynic
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Re: What is your number?

#45 Post by sweetcynic »

24 months, 1.5 weeks in
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