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A lot of you have such neat retainers. My is just basic pink. my ortho had to cut off the wire on the right side because I was actually biting on it and my mouth would not close. Here is a pic of my boring retainer: http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z219/mrsphase74/DEBRACEDAYSeptember2507004.jpg Wa...

Thank you all! It really has taken me a few days to get used to having a retainer. I am constantly in the mirror trying to make sure that nothing about my teeth have changed! I seem to have an excess amount of saliva which is driving me crazy. I was told to wear the retainer 24/7 for a year. The bad...

Your teeth look gorgeous.

Looks great!

I had my braces taken off yesterday (only had metal uppers) so right now I am scared to bite into anything. I did have a vanilla ice cream cone, but I did not use my front teeth to bite into the cone, I bit it from the side! I can't wait to eat some corn on the cob, that is my favorite and I missed ...

I only had metal uppers, I did not have a full set of braces.

Here are my final results. I have to admit, I was really, really surprised! I have included the best before pic that I have. My ortho charges for copies of your before pics, what a rip off! Details about my visit: First my upper bonded retainer was applied. Brackets popped off Bands removed Glue smo...

Today was my D-Day and I have to admit, I was really, really surprised with my results. Details about my visit: First my upper bonded retainer was applied. Brackets popped off Bands removed Glue smoothed off Retainer fitted (my ortho had to cut the wire on the right side b/c it was preventing my mou...

Your progress is really looking good PW. How have you been adjusting to the Quad helix?

Well I had an adjustment today and I got my retainer impressions done! I am so happy, my D-day is September 25th! First things first, my ortho looked at my teeth and finally decided he wants to do something about my left lateral incisor that is tilted back, but after he did impressions. So he got ou...

Looking good already kim!

I know that my story is not that exciting as others here on the message board. After all I have no before pictures so that everyone can really see what my former problems were and to really show how my teeth have progressed. But I am going to share my progress anyway since I can vent to other people...

They look good.

They look great AJ!

Hi Carrissa,

congratulations on getting debanded. Your teeth look great.