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I'm 22 as well and have been braced for three months... don't worry, it takes awhile but you'll get used to them! And just think about the beautiful teeth you'll have in the end Good luck! Hope it goes well for you

I'm almost three months in now though and so far so good! :D A lot of people are just impressed that I'm taking the initiative to do something good for myself! As for the whole braces 'look'.. it takes some getting used to :) I'm 22 but I officially look like I'm around 16 now.. it's kind of fun :D ...

Congrats!! Thats such an amazing transformation in such a relatively short period of time!

It usually only hurts when Im flossing for the first few days after an adjustment.. is that strange?

It is so inspiring to see how much change your teeth have gone through in just two short months! Congrats!

Ooh another Canadian! Thats exciting! :) Thanks for the welcome! Yeah, my ortho told me that he wanted to put me in ceramic braces for a bit (9 months max) before switching me over to Invisalign. And besides a few jokes over the fact that I now look like I'm fifteen (despite being 22!), the guy I'm ...

Only two weeks to go! Getting excited? :D I love your enthusiasm, it`s so catching! Before joining this board I was kind of dreading getting braces (22 with braces.. *groan*), but the fact that everyone on this board seems so confident and happy with their decision really affects how I see the situa...

Thank you so much for the lovely welcomes! I`m now on my second day with braces and while I`m not completely used to them yet, it`s starting to get easier! AND on the plus side, I dropped into my ortho today with a question and the asistant who was working on me said that she was already noticing so...

Hello all! I'm a 22 y/o female from Manitoba, Canada aand.. today I got braces. My main reason for getting them was cosmetic, so originally I was going to go the cosmetic dentistry route and just get veneers stuck on to cover up the crooked spots. However, after discussing it with my dentist (who al...

I decided to get braces after years and years of only showing one side of my face in pictures... while the teeth on the left side of my mouth align up nicely, the right side refuses to do any such thing :D This past September I started working in a dentist office and (believe it or not :wink: ) as a...