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Dumb question, but I just got my braces last week and having a deep over bite, my ortho put these coloured extra fillings on my molars to prevent me from biting down. Are these turbos? If not, what do they look like? I can't seem to find that much information on them for some reason.

Your teeth look sooooo good. I'm sooooo jealous you only had wear yours for only a year and a bit. Good luck with the de-banding in a couple of weeks. You must be excited.

I'm from Sydney too btw Yay for Sydney siders on this forum!

Hold on, your teeth will look great! omg your kidding right?!!! :P My teeth are terrible!!!!! Unlike most people here with an over crowding problem, I've got the opposite - HYPODONTIA :( My bottom two incisors just never grew :( The ortho says he's going to *try* and move all my bottom teeth forwar...

Oh, can anyone please tell me when will those orange fillings on my molar wear off? It's stopping me from chewing my food properly and it's driving me nuts!!!

So here's a picture of my teeth week one. Yuck. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/3002404968_5188112d76_o.jpg I've always smiled and talked without ever showing my bottoms, but since putting the braces on 31/10/08, I have been showing these off all the time. It's only been 4 days since I have had ...

I took the plunge today and got braces on my lower teeth. My teeth were ok, not too shabby but I decided it was about time I did something to straighten them and make them perfect. By the time I get them off, I will be 29 (and hopefully would have handed in my PhD thesis as well), so I am really doi...