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how often do you get your wire changed???
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how often do you get your wire changed???
i've had my braces almost 5 months and i'm still going on the same archwire...is that noram....i go back to day inlike 45 min to get them tightnend i guess i'll see what happends! well, how often do you get new archwires? ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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I got my second wires at my third adjustment after about 4 months. I have lost track how many wires I've had (You can track it if you go through my blos - see my www link), but it's always a few months until one or both wires are changed.
Metal braces from March 24, 2005 until July 30, 2007. Estimate was 18-24 months, but I had them for 28 months.
I almost think my ortho is lazy and doesn't want to change wires unless its absolutely necessary!
I really haven't gotten that many new wires!
I probably have only gotten 3-4 maybe 5 different wires on top in 21 months! ANd on the bottom I've only gotten 1 for the past almost 3 months!
Hopefully I'll get a new wire on Saturday at my next adjustment!
Good luck! Hope your teeth feel better!
-Hannah
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Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Next Adjustment was 1/11/06 but now is rescheduled to 1/21/06
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Hopefully I'll get a new wire on Saturday at my next adjustment!
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Good luck! Hope your teeth feel better!
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-Hannah
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Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Next Adjustment was 1/11/06 but now is rescheduled to 1/21/06
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I just had a wire change and it hurt quite a bit for at least a week which is a pretty long time. Actually, one side kept hurting for a while, enough to make me think maybe something was wrong but it stopped eventually. Nothing you can't live through though. As long as you know it WILL stop hurting. I haven't been able to figure out what the wire is doing though. I can't see anything happening.![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
I just had a wire change and it hurt quite a bit for at least a week which is a pretty long time. Actually, one side kept hurting for a while, enough to make me think maybe something was wrong but it stopped eventually. Nothing you can't live through though. As long as you know it WILL stop hurting. I haven't been able to figure out what the wire is doing though. I can't see anything happening.
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fins
I've had 4 wires both top and bottom now (they've both got 18x25s just now)
My top arch got a new wire at each adjustment utnil April last year - have had the same wire on top since then, my bottoms were a bit slower - I didn't get a new wire until my second adjustment.
My top arch got a new wire at each adjustment utnil April last year - have had the same wire on top since then, my bottoms were a bit slower - I didn't get a new wire until my second adjustment.
Ceramic top braces 14 Dec 2004, Ceramic top braces OFF 2 Jun 2006
Metal bottom braces 26 Apr 2005
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Metal bottom braces 26 Apr 2005
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In the past 5 months and 3 weeks, I only had one different wire on top, and the bottom wire stays the same the whole time. But yesterday I went for my fourth adjustment and most of my teeth have power chains instead of ligatures on them.
Spacers in: 7/20/2005
Braces on: 7/27/2005
Clear braces both top and bottom
Treatment time: 18-24 months
Braces off: 7/26/2007
Braces on: 7/27/2005
Clear braces both top and bottom
Treatment time: 18-24 months
Braces off: 7/26/2007