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It is now 5 years since I finished my active orthodontic treatment. I still have a bonded retainer and wear my hawley retainer every night. Neither is any problem and my teeth have not moved at all. My only regret is that I only had my top front teeth straightened. My bottom teeth are not bad and m...

Ok, so final pictures as promised

Before After Braces but before whitening and Finished product

woohoo jem, well done indeed.. totally worth it

looing pretty perfect to me.

we're our own worst critics .. ps you've no idea how many photos I had to take just to be able to post semi decent ones on here!

Yep, I'm with you on the bored of taking photo's. I really only take them to put them up here now :paperbag: I just want them off too. Like you I don't like my teeth much. I think they're ugly. Even when they're straight I think they'll still be ugly (then part of my brain goes "why the heck a...

new one ordered! in the mean time she has made small modifications to the one i have to it fits a bit better.. not sure on the cost.. she failed to mention it so maybe it'll be free lol.

not to bad to be honest.. not painful at all, just not nice! stressful thing is that now my retainer don't fit!! back tomorrow again.. stress.com!

Thanks Kelly :). Yeah, still lots to be done.. it now seems the braces was the easy part lol, now for the real pain with injections/drilling etc!! Had my appointment today for my front teeth, so 3 injections, 1 root treatment & four filling replacements!! an hour in the chair.. but I survived an...

wow Kelly, what a transformation.. you're teeth look fab .

Glad to hear your dad is on the mend, give you more reason to flash that awesome smile

perfection no wonder you are delighted .

£200 for the custom made trays and bleach
I think the crest white strips work well too though. Only reason I went to the dentist was because of the internal bleaching required on my root treated tooth

I used oral b super floss http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/140689288457?var=gv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=65 Basically I threaded it up under the wire, pulled i...

Thanks Jem :). My teeth are definitely photographing a whole lot better, normally I would have to take a million pix before I would get something I was confident about posting. Yeah the whitening is custom trays with 12 treatments (1hr per day), luckily they all feel fine not sensitive at all <touch...

Yes indeed lol. I was a bit apprehensive that the internal bleaching of the dead tooth (front left) wouldn't have much impact but it's really brightening up almost to the same colour as the rest. Fingers crossed that the remaining 6 treatments will get it there then i'll only need the front fillings...

I have bonded retainer on bottom and went one week with that before getting my clear one only to be worn at night straight from the start. I had no problem with the bottom teeth during this period as the bonded retainer holds everything in place anyway. As for the tops, I had impressions taken with ...