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Spacers Suck, period! However, this go around I didn't need them, they just placed brackets, instead of bands. Im in my second round of braces now at age 34, but had braces when I was 14, and at that time spacers were used prior to braces. I remember the spaces more than the braces, even though such...

Ive been in top & bottom standard braces for 4 months now. At my last appt this past week they changed both wires and finally wired my back bottom molars. The pain has increasingly gotten worse over two days and all my bottom teeth are extremely sore, and chewing even hurts more. At my previous ...

Same here in month 4, got power chains around a month ago and same little poky wire irritation. I went in about a week later but they could not clip the wire, just file because it was so short. It did subside, but now closer to my next visit, still in power chains, wax is my new friend again. Its re...

Hope this new week has been better. And yes, cheeks getting used to it is normal. For me, Ive been in braces now 4 months, and by month 2 things were a lot better, but by month 3 things were way better. But now, little poking wires here and there, especially now with power chains, the irritation beg...

Whats up Bud, hope all works out with your ETA. Anyway, great to have you chime in!

Great Smile! Keep on as long as you can. Ive seen so many ppl get them off early, and they are worse off!

Congrats!

Yea man, when I first got power chains the first few days sucked. Also, pretty close to the first initial couple days of braces. But it did finally get better. But whats crazy, is it has also resurrected with pain several weeks in. And its not just the power chains, but even before then. Ive attribu...

[quote="throne"][quote="sparx01"]Congrats for this round of braces. Im kinda in the same predicament, braces in High School, but braces now, again at age 34. Ive been in treatment now for 4 months with both Top and Bottom as well. Question, did you get power chains the last visit...

Congrats for this round of braces. Im kinda in the same predicament, braces in High School, but braces now, again at age 34. Ive been in treatment now for 4 months with both Top and Bottom as well. Question, did you get power chains the last visit too? Just wondering, cause I did on my top this adju...

Congrats for the new braces! Im 34 in second round of braces. So far 3 months in. It really hasn't been that bad. Good Luck!

Nice to see others around same age. Im 34 in second round of braces as well. I got my original braces off around 17yrs ago. Everything was well, up until this past year when teeth starting shifting. After X-rays, determined slight injury 2yrs ago may have caused teeth movement. Was told if I didn't ...

So Im in my second round of braces, I got them off the first time around 17yrs ago. I have noticed though that this time around that appointments are a lot more spaced out as well. After reading about the current technology and even asking my Orthodontic Staff, essentially the arch wires used today ...

About 3 weeks ago, I actually went in about a month before next scheduled appt to trim top wires once again, and also stated that tie-wires were causing irritation on bottom. They actually just switched-out top and bottom wires at this unscheduled appt. Top are now .16 & bottom .14. They still e...

Im in second round of braces- so far 3 months in. Original treatment was about 17yrs ago when treatment of braces was completed. Pain will definitely diminish eventually, usually no longer than a week. I will say though that 2nd round pain hasn't been as bad as first, probably cause a lot of the maj...