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A year and a half into my braces journey now. Amazed at how straight they seem already and how much movement I’ve had. Still only about half way through treatment as my orthodontist says my teeth are moving slowly but I’m very used to the braces now and very used to my appointments almost every mont...

Hi Lydia,

I'm 23 and also have braces. I've had them a little longer than you (around 8-9 months or so now) and from the UK.

I hope your braces went on ok!!

Grace

[quote="littleb3ar"]How's your braces going so far? It appears we are in similar situations except you started months before me. I'm 23, I have braces and I also got four teeth extracted. I need a root canal but I had to wait for my insurance to renew so I'll be getting it in January. Are ...

So I'm almost through my first week of being in braces. To be honest, it hasn't been too bad at all - I was expecting a lot worse! There was a little pain for the first few days, but that's stopped now. It's still taking me a while to get used to speaking, smiling and eating with them and I'm still ...

So today was the big day for me! I finally got my top and bottom braces put on this morning. My appointment was at 10:30 and after arriving early and waiting around 15 minutes I was taken into the room, sat in the chair and given a bib and pair of glasses. After getting my teeth cleaned - which took...

[quote="ouisel"]Good luck with them!! How long are you expecting to have them on for?[/quote]

Thank you very much! my orthodontist has said I'm looking at about 2 and a half to 3 years. I'm really hoping for them to come off sooner though, all going well!

Grace

[quote="jem"]I hope today goes well. Make sure you take pictures-there will probably be times when you get fed up with your braces and having pictures showing the progress you have made will help. Jem[/quote] Thank you Jem! I'll make sure I do that! Hopefully that'll help get me through it...

I thought I'd introduce myself, as I've been reading a lot about other people's experiences over the past few months. I'm 23, from the UK and about to get braces for the first time. I've never been a fan of going to the dentist, but around 6 months ago started having severe tooth ache. I ended up ha...