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- Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:21 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Jenny101101's Story**8 month UPDATE~ pics-Pg.16**
- Replies: 270
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Hi Flaka ! Yes it has been too long!! Thanks for stopping by :D . You`re still braced :?: I`ll have to visit your journal and get caught up :oops: . I`m not sure what kind of surgery but bone implant surgery was mentioned where they take either cadavor bone or bone harvested from my hip or another p...
- Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:04 pm
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: Bone loss from braces
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14584
Thanks for the replies Chicago29 and bb :D Yes, I think it may be a bit of both: the braces and being predispositioned to this condition. I now have another antibiotic and I'm seeing my dentist tomorrow. My gum is killing me and I awoke this morning at 3 a.m. in extreme pain. I had to take my retain...
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:33 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: Bone loss from braces
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14584
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:32 am
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Jenny101101's Story**8 month UPDATE~ pics-Pg.16**
- Replies: 270
- Views: 69588
Ok, so I've been a bad girl and went MIA here for way too long! :oops: I still don't have pics of my retainers. Honestly the excitement has worn off. I'm still wearing them for 8-10 hours per night but will soon be going to every second or third night and see how that works. Well, it depends.... I m...
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:18 am
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: Bone loss from braces
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14584
Bone loss from braces
Hi all, I've been a member of this board since Feb. 2007 but I've been MIA pretty much since I got my braces off over a year ago...sorry :( I've recently been having trouble with getting a gum infection on the upper left side. I went to my dentist and had to have an extremely deep cleaning(she froze...
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: And they're OFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2530
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:54 am
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Katie's Ortho Adventure-almost 10 mos! new pics pg 8
- Replies: 179
- Views: 57006
- Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:36 pm
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Do Essix retainers stain?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7413
Lola, my ortho charges $75 each for replacements (have two free replacements to use up first). Wow, $75 is not bad considering what my ortho charges. It'll cost me $250 per retainer to replace! :shock: Of course, any cost to replace sucks. I thought I'd cracked my lower one last week (felt a ridge ...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:33 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Braces are off!! (Pics included)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5220
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:28 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Braces are off!! (Pics included)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5220
Thank you Flaka !! :D Ugh, sorry to hear things are going slowly. I remember being at that stage from about 6 months until near the end. It felt(and looked) like nothing was happening and I thought my teeth were straight by the 6 month mark. Now, when I look back at pics, I can tell things were chan...
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:12 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Has anyone finished on time???
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7340
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:06 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Braces are off!! (Pics included)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5220
Hi Peggy ! Thank you!! Life's been great since being debraced! :D I'm wearing my retainers for 10 hours/night and it's great being able to eat things I couldn't while in braces...like corn on the cob! I think I've had it 4 times since getting them off a month ago :lol: . How much longer do you have?...
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:13 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Given a debanding date - was a class iii maloclussion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2044
Oh my, your transformation is absolutely stunning!!! :shock: You must be so pleased!! :D Congrats on how far you've come and on getting a debanding date!! As far as your back teeth and how they come together, yes, that's normal as far as I know. My teeth are the same. I, too, have a few gaps or &quo...
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:08 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Do Essix retainers stain?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7413
I am in upper and lower essix retainers and I was told to take them out whenever eating or drinking anything(except water). As far as I know, they will stain so I wouldn't suggest leaving them in, especially while drinking coffee. I know my teeth are stained from drinking coffee and I now drink it w...
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:52 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Braces are off!! (Pics included)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5220