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My braces will be removed this coming Wednesday (morning appointment). My Teeth look beautiful save for a hair width space between the top left canine and molar (I had extractions which in part why this process took so long) and I don't give a damn about that cause I am ready to have my teeth back :...

Hi Manjel09, I started off with full ceramic (Damon braces) and just recently switched to dull metal Damon braces. The ceramics did not seem to impact the enamel on the bottom row but have sure impacted the top row...specifically my 2 front top teeth. I have a class II case being corrected (an overb...

My only regret is they are too big for my teeth...a/k/a on the bottom row the ceramics are almost the same size of the teeth which makes it look like I have 4-D teeth LOL!

Beginning Day 2 with elastics...still painful but getting used to it. Thank you all for the encouraging words!

will do but I plan to be a brat about it for the next hour!

Four month anniversary of having my braces today and I was "rewarded" by the ortho graduating me to the rubber band stage to correct my overbite/overjet. These things hurt like a mofo!

That's all, just felt like sharing (complaining).


Miss V

So sorry for following up on this months later...unfortunately a lot of family stuff had me preoccupied.

Sometimes I forgot the braces were on I was so caught up in multiple dramas.

Im glad I am not the only person who has these dreams :)

One month in to my braces journey and I am already seeing progress which I am happy about...but had the following dream a few nights ago. Without telling the long drawn out version here is the jist: I woke up (in the dream) and half of my teeth had fallen out of my mouth! They weren't in my mouth, j...

[quote="currystained"]Hellooo. About 2 weeks in myself, ceramic uppers and lowers with wire poking everywhere..... Also had the upper premolars extracted (a bonus, as I was originally told all four would need to go). I hope you're over the sore bite issue now? Things are a bit tender here ...

Total cost for damon clear braces upper and lower a little over $6,000. Luckily with the $1,500 employer contribution plus a $1,300 discount for my ortho being an in-network provider and a 3% discount for paying my ortho the balance in full, my out of pocket expense was around $3,800. FYI: The ortho...

Awesome! My extraction sites healed up pretty quickly but it was hard getting used to chewing. I kept thinking there were premolars to chew with but always met with an angry archwire :) Keep dental picks with you in all food related situations!

Totally understand! Im one month in and am already seeing an improvement and its strange. I was so used to my bite and crowding issues for so long its weird to see this slow motion change taking place. But Im looking forward to the end result! *Left my intro in the Metal Mouth Message Board because ...

2 weeks in to having my braces and so far: -I am still using Colgate Optic White to brush -Coffee, tea, wine...bring it on! I'm not giving up my "vices". Does it help I do not put sugar in the coffee and tea? :) -bought and attempted to use the floss for braces, a slow moving nightmare, im...

Thanks everyone for the welcomes and hellos aspiromusings, not at bad as I expected. My ortho and her team are really great. It was encouraging that she mentioned my teeth are going to move fast. I will say it weird for the first few days (my poor cheeks were getting wrecked! but I adjusted by the w...

Hello all, I will get braces on Monday and I am quite excited to get on the road to improve my smile and bite. Early 30s, Damon clear upper and lower

Looking forward to participating on the forum :)

MissV