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Hello. I made a post in the "I may need braces" thread, that covers this. Please read it. After some dental work to bring my orthodontia around to good, I am very satisfied with my braces. The dentist and the orthodontist both did a very, very good job with a case that was not straightforw...

Dear Faithful Readers. Ha ha just kidding. I truly should have put in a note before this amount of time had passed. I apologize. I started a new job and became very, very busy with all the effort involved. It was in a new to me career change job, after quite a bit of training, and was quite stressfu...

My dentist has made 2 models of my teeth, uppers and lowers, they are 3-D out of plaster or something. My dentist plans to do pretend surgery on the models. He's going to shave down the back teeth that are now too high--on the clay. Evidently the teeth are too high/too tall, because they used to be ...

My teeth fit well, meshed, in back prior to bracing; but after bracing, they've been a mismatched lot the whole time. I walk around slack jawed with my mouth a bit open, so's not to be putting pressure on those emperiled teeth in back. Ever since the braces came off, my bite has been wrong. I am so ...

I had braces for 2+ years, at age, let's say, really old (north of 50). Now, the braces are off, I am in the "wear the retainer full-time for 6 months" phase. I went to my dentist, sans braces, to get my teeth cleaned. He took modes of my teeth to built a bridge where I have a tooth missin...

Dear Sunshine Ray:

Wear your retainers just as directed, until you get to your dentist.

Real

Hi TMJ Jill: My dentist uses "Damon" braces and I thought he had all the skills needed for that. All the ladies who work in his office have had braces from him, older ladies, in their 40's and up, and I guess they're satisfied. When I interviewed orthodontists, I chose him, for various rea...

I'm not satisfied with my teeth after braces, either. My dentist is going to talk to the orthodontist. The teeth look okay, actually. But in back, the molars don't mesh well, and the dentist says I will be losing at least 2 teeth once they take the brunt of chewing, instead of sharing the load, beca...

Hi everyone. I posted this in the "post braces, naked tooth" area, but thought I'd put it here, too, since it involves possible (gulp) rebracing. I am so angry. Here's what I posted over there a few minutes ago: Hi. I got my braces off, 2 months ago. Since then, I've been wearing my Essix ...

Hi. I got my braces off, 2 months ago. :lol: Since then, I've been wearing my Essix retainer up top, 24/7. I've been wearing the Hawley on the bottom, at night, as instructed, but also quite a bit during the day when I'm on the computer (at work) and not interacting in person. On my orthodontist's i...

Hi. I was, um, past my 50s when I signed the contract for the braces. A week later I found out I was losing my job. No orthodontic treatment had started yet, so I could have backed out, and I'm sure my orthodontist would have been fine with it. But I was determined. I figured, I want braces, I'll ge...

My uncle chewed "snoose" he called it. He would spit it out the front window of our car as we barreled along, and it would come straight back in the back window and hit me in the face. :FeelSick: I was about 8 years old, I suppose. He was actually my great uncle but he wasn't so great.... ...

When I got my braces off and was moving into retainers, my orthodontist told me that my teeth are very prone to relapse into their old, bad positions. He said my teeth were "very dynamic." He said this while instructing me to wear my retainer 24/7 for now. Dynamic teeth, y'all. Somehow, th...

Ew. They never warned me about leaving them in a hot car! Fortunately, it isn't usually too warm where I live, but yah. I usually have my retainers in my mouth, with the cute holder thing in my handbag; I guess I'll remember not to leave these expensive thingamabobs in the car, eh?

Real.

I just got my braces off 6 weeks ago. I have my first recheck (to check the retainers, I guess) in 2 weeks. I didn't know I would have to keep seeing my orthodontist forever. I did not know. I thought braces on, braces off, boom, done. Not so. I am considering updating my facebook status to "in...