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Yes, I had trouble turning mine towards the end also. It didn't really hurt until the last couple of times I turned it, which seems kinda weird to me.

Thanks for the replies everyone! I'm pretty sure it was just a piece of food because the swelling has gone almost all the way down and isn't aching anymore.

Katie

No, not the normal swollen gums post. My gum is only swollen in one small spot between two of my brackets. I have read that sometimes gums get swollen if you aren't brushing your teeth enough, but I brush my teeth all the time. Even if I didn't, that wouldn't explain why my gum is swollen in only o...

No, I'm definitely not defending photographers (the title might sound like it), but did anyone see the cover of Miss Seventeen Magazine for this month? The covergirl has braces! I thought this might cheer up all of the people who had photographers make rude comments about their braces or stuff like...

I have one of those too. Interested to see what it really is...

Katie

It's up to you. Some people border on OCD *cough cough* not to mention any names... Others don't clean enough. I only brush after meals for 1-2 mins. At night I try to brush for 3 mins and then dip a proxy brush in mouthwash and then swish with mouth wash and then floss and then use a special flour...

I wore my expanders since August 15th. I had key turning expanders on top and bottom. I have also had braces since August 15th. I will probably have to wear my braces for another 2 years.

Thanks Hannah164!

Katie

My expanders have been taken out FINALLY!!! This would be a perfect day if i had not gotten brackets on my very last molars on the bottom. They are soo painful, they are sticking into my jaw bone! Oh well, the expanders are off!!! For those of you that have expanders, don't think that getting them ...

No problem. Good luck with your treatment.

Katie

I had expanders since August 15. Yes, they were the kind were you turn the key. Yes, I do have braces on at the same time (unfortunately).

Katie

Omg cheeseballs are disgusting- ESPECIALLY for you poor people that have expanders (I've just gotten mine off!!! :D) I thought it would be ages before it came out, but I've found if you just sit down for 20 or 30 mins and read or something then you automatically pick it all out and i went to go bru...

Does your expander look like this? I have an expander for the top too... :cry: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/BlizzardWolf03/4_bottom.jpg looks EXACTLY like mine! I too have one on the top. Ok, my bottom expander just came out acidentally but still. I hated both of them with a passion! :evi...

Rice IS horrible. I had eaten chinese at a mall and then had a bunch of sweet cookies and a frappachino, and only THEN did all the rice start dislodging from a bunch of hiding places. Yuck! Rice after sweet stuff is pretty gross. I also have that lovely water squirter affect. On thanksgiving I acci...

No, the bands are attatched to the expander and are put in your mouth the same time the expander is. The ortho or an assistant might see what size bands you'll need at the same appointment you get spacers though. The bands themselves don't hurt, but what holds the archwire to the bands hurts (it st...

My lower expander just came out!!!! Normally I would be worried, but it just feels sooo nice. My expanders were supposed to come out on Tuesday, but the lower one came unglued and came out tonight. Just as I had thought, I have to get used to saying the letter "S" again. I sounded weird t...

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Swollen Gums

Not all photographers are jerks... its a miracle!

THE EXPANDERS ARE OUT!!!

Lower expander came out!!! It feels sooo good!!!