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Okay sooooo just recently had another adjustment, here's the progress photo:




Still trying to get the back teeth to move back more, so not really a ton of noticable progress. I'll have to take a picture from the side when I get a chance.

Ok, so had another appointment, decided to go with halloween colors: https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5749/29653974844_b76a24ba67.jpg My god like today my teeth ache so much :o I think it's because i had them both remove and put the wire on AND got a dental cleaning in the same day. Usually it's over a...

Yep it's totally normal :) I was freaked out when it first happened to me, and I called and they told me the same thing. I've only had braces now for about 4 months, and it's happened to me a bunch. The worst part is when you get the wire removed to have your teeth cleaned nothing's holding your tee...

Hi Ashleyy, The wire does not appear to be attached to your molar band on your right side. Does the distal jet have any mechanism on the other side of your teeth? Jem Good question! I asked them about that when I felt around my tongue and noticed it wasn't connected, and basically what they told me...

Thanks Ashleyy. I eventually only had braces on my top front teeth, but when I was considering more comprehensive treatment I was told I might need a distal jet, so I was curious to see what one looked like. Its purpose would have been to push back a second molar which was sitting directly on top o...

Oh! So I figured I should really post a picture that shows how bad my overbite is, since I haven't really done that: https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7771/29348392311_23454e7607.jpg Believe it or not this picture is actually from today, so its like already like 4 months or so after starting treatment a...

That all sounds totally normal ^_^ It just takes a little while to get used to everything, and at first when I heard people tell me that, it seemed like impossible, but over time things just more or less got "normal". I remember when I first got them it felt like there was so much stuff in...

oldfart wrote:Good job keeping them nice and clean!

Thanks I just need to get better about flossing them but it takes forever....... lol

So I went back for another adjustment again and things have been pretty good overall, but my GOD the rubber bands are sooooo annoying and often really painful. I got used to the ones they were having me use but now they want me to use even smaller and higher strength ones that hurt a lot more. I'm h...

I just did hot pink and medium purple alternating which looks very nice I think, but next time I want to try something involving maybe green or blue, or maybe both?

Hi Ashleyy, I'm new to this forum AND to braces too.. I'm getting one of my teeth pulled tomorrow morning. I am a little nervous (lots) but I am excited to get my braces. Have you figure out what you want? metal or ceramic? Hey sorry to have taken so long to reply :/ I decided on the traditional me...

So it's been like two months. I just had my next appointment this morning, so I figured I'd post some updates. Honestly, everything has been great. I haven't had many problems that were too big of a deal. Just the usual metal bits in the back poking my cheeks. Occasionally I'll need to use the wax o...

Ziggy wrote:I got really sensitive right after getting my braces. I think the Sensodyne really helped but it takes a little while to work.

I've been using it about a week now and it really does make a huge difference

OK, so this is kinda gross, but I tried to take a picture of the appliance, but I won't be sharing it until I can have my ortho explain to be better how to clean under it, because there's like food and stuff there and it's just kinda not something I want to post? Anyway...... so today is like day 4 ...

buffon85 wrote:nice colors!!!

Thanks ^_^ I couldn't decide between the two so I was just like yay... do both.

jem wrote:Can you show a picture of the distal jet?

Sure, I'll try to take one tomorrow if I remember when there's better lighting.