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Glad you decided to get braces. I thought about getting braces for about 4 years. I had severe crowding on my upper and lower teeth and an overjet on my upper teeth. Because I was over 40 years old, what took me so long to make my decision was waht people I work with would say about me hawearing bra...

I'm sorry to hear about your situation, but glad you brought this up to your dentist who referred you back to the orthodontist. How did the open bite in the back occur - did it happen after your braces were removed?

Did you get your braces placed on your teeth yet? I hope it all goes well!

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You look beautiful and your wedding gown is beautiful too. I'm so glad that your orthodontist was willing to remove your braces for your wedding and honeymoon. Is he going to charge you for this? Just curious, did he remove your lower braces too? I bet your teeth felt weird without the braces. Wishi...

The most imporatant thing is to choose some frames that you really like because you will enjoy wearing your glasses more. Don't be embarrassed about wearing glasses and braces - these are not unusual things to have to wear.

Good luck.
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Hi farleyjd , I think your teeth look nice and you have a beautiful smile. From experience, and years of delay on proceeding to get braces, I knew I wan't completely satisfied of how my teeth looked. Then one day, I told myself it's now or never. I am so glad I made the decision to get braces. If yo...

Hi retsac , MrMetalMouth1029 had great questions to ask your orthodontist. You may want to bring a list of questions so that you don't forget to ask any of your questions. Some suggestions for questions is to think about what has gone through your mind, such as what are the pros and cons of ortho tr...

Congratulations on getting your braces MrMetalMouth1029 . For me, making the decision to get the braces was the most difficult part, but once I made the decision, the rest seemed easy. I had my braces for 2 years and 7-1/2 months, almost a year past the estimate he gave to me at my consultation. Bel...

I'm glad you haven't lost your enthusiasm and patience of having your braces longer than you anticipated. I had my braces a year longer than the initial estimate I was given at my consultation, and not once did it ever bother me. I just got my braces off 2 weeks ago and as I had always said, I was s...

I'm grateful for having braces because it made my teeth straighter and gave me a better bite. I also have met the nicest people in my orthodontist's office - this was one of the reasons I enjoyed having braces - they were such a kind and compassionate group of people. I know taking this step had bee...

I had ceramic on the upper and metal on the lower back and ceramic on the lower front teeth. I think both the ceramic and metal look fine - I was just a bit self conscious about having all metal brackets. The metal brackets look nice and are very small. If I had to wear all metal braces to have my t...

When I made the decision to proceed with orthodontic treatment, I didn't tell anybody. Of course, when I got the braces, I got a few of the same questions, but, that will stop after a couple weeks. It was interesting, I didn't get alot of comments - I think some people felt that if I didn't say some...

I got my retainers earlier this week on 8/26/08 (braces were removed 8/19/08 :banana: ). My orthodontist had 2 sets of retainers made - one was clear that fits over my teeth and the other set was the standard retainers. My orthodontist told me that I can wear the clear ones during the day and to wea...

Hi IceBlonde , Good luck with getting your braces on this Friday. I had no problems when they placed my braces and hope your appt. goes as smoothly as mine did. The lig color that worked very well with me was opal blue - it was clear with a very slight tinch of baby blue in it - not very noticeable ...

Thanks for the posts and kind words. It has only been four full days since my braces were removed and I am still amazed at how my teeth look. Yes, for anyone out there that may get discouraged whether it is just due to tired of wearing braces or if your time in braces takes longer than expected, it ...

Hi Chantal , I'm sure lots of people would be frustrated having their orthodontic treatment extened by a year. I never even gave it a second thought because I knew it wasn't anyone's fault for this extended period in braces. I truly was so use to wearing braces that it really didn't bother me. I was...