Hi Loretta,
Your braces and teeth look great! I think that the gold braces look fine, but I can understand why you want them changed. Its probably that they are not as common as the metallic that is making them hard to get used to. Metallic lowers are much more conservative I guess!
Hope the swap goes well!
Braced yesterday
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Mrs Z,
your upper teeth look beautiful to me, I would also get those bottoms changed unless you are tryin to be flavor flav! haha just jokin! hope to see you soon with the metal on the bottom update us!
your upper teeth look beautiful to me, I would also get those bottoms changed unless you are tryin to be flavor flav! haha just jokin! hope to see you soon with the metal on the bottom update us!
having braces is a huge step, feel proud of yourself that you took this step to better your self!!!!!
Good morning everyone....
Now that I posted the pic of my teeth, do you experts think I could possibly go with a retainer on my uppers for the 20-22 months I need the braces? My right front upper tooth is bonded and needs to be re-done so that is why it looks a bit crooked or off. But my uppers are straight and I've always received compliments on my smile my whole life. I just want to minimize the discomfort and mess in my mouth, I have a 7 month old baby and a 3 year old and have enough going on, the less stress I have in my life, the better.
Sorry to hijack by the way!
Loretta
Now that I posted the pic of my teeth, do you experts think I could possibly go with a retainer on my uppers for the 20-22 months I need the braces? My right front upper tooth is bonded and needs to be re-done so that is why it looks a bit crooked or off. But my uppers are straight and I've always received compliments on my smile my whole life. I just want to minimize the discomfort and mess in my mouth, I have a 7 month old baby and a 3 year old and have enough going on, the less stress I have in my life, the better.
Sorry to hijack by the way!
Loretta
mrs z I think your braces are ok, you shouldn't get the decision to take them off if you only wore them for a few days! Just let time goes and your body and mind to get used to them, I don't think you look like a rapper and I don't think that if you change to silver there is much difference and after all they are lowers, do you show them much when you talk?. I know it's not easy to see yourself in the mirror wearing things in your teeth that you don't like but I think you got braces because you need them, at the beginning of our treatment we think that the kind of braces is very important but then you realize that nobody is thinking about your braces all day but you, and the most important thing is how your teeth move.
I have a friend that got damons and she cried about a week because she said she was ugly wearing them, but now she hardly remembers she have them on and her teeth look really nice.
I’m sure you will lose money and time if you change them, it’s not necessary from my point of view.
I have a friend that got damons and she cried about a week because she said she was ugly wearing them, but now she hardly remembers she have them on and her teeth look really nice.
I’m sure you will lose money and time if you change them, it’s not necessary from my point of view.
Upper Lingual Braces - On, April 7th, 2006 - Off, August 23rd, 2007
Lower Inspire Ice Braces - On, June 9th, 2006 - Off, January 3rd, 2008
Lower Inspire Ice Braces - On, June 9th, 2006 - Off, January 3rd, 2008
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mrs.z.....I totally agree with pucca26 I think your gold braces look nice. Maybe if you live with them for a couple of days you may get used to them. You don't look like a rapper at all (your top ones would have to be gold too 
). You don't see the bottom brackets nearly as much as the top. Try looking in the mirror and talking normally and smiling normally. Do you see them? If you don't see them much and you can live with how often you do see them then I would just leave them. I wouldn't want you to waste time and money on getting them changed out if you can live with the time you will actually have them visible.
Good luck with your decision.
). You don't see the bottom brackets nearly as much as the top. Try looking in the mirror and talking normally and smiling normally. Do you see them? If you don't see them much and you can live with how often you do see them then I would just leave them. I wouldn't want you to waste time and money on getting them changed out if you can live with the time you will actually have them visible.Good luck with your decision.
