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Update time: I've had a small adjustment on January 9th. The ortho changed my ligatures and added more metal ties. She also did IPR on one tooth that recently moved away from its neighbour. Aaaand the best part: she shaved 1-2 mm off one of the bite turbos. You wouldn't think that makes a difference...

I was smiling when I read the part with "should have fixed my teeth when I was 13", thinking of 13-year-old me. I also quit wearing braces back then, before the treatment was over. "Shoulda, coulda, woulda", right? :) Better late than never, especially since it seems like somethi...

Wow, what a difference between your first photos and now!

I've also postponed getting braces for years and was thinking that 31 is too late to get them, but in the end I decided it's nobody's business but mine what happens to my teeth.
So kudos for getting them at 33!

Hi Bracingmyself33, the progress is slow and steady :) I've noticed a lot of movement, and some big gaps have formed between my lateral incisors. The process so far hasn't been painful and I haven't had to take any pain killers. I've had a small adjustment in-between, where she added some smaller wi...

The following appointment we started work on the bottom teeth. My orthodontist only offers a few types of braces (no Damons, unfortunately, but they do offer Speed metal, clear sapphire and lingual braces). Given the costs and the doctor's explanations, I decided that I will have metallic braces on ...

Fast forward a year, to October 2016. I decided to stop procrastinating and get those braces on, so I started asking around for orthodontists. I got multiple suggestions, did my research and scheduled a consult. I brought a panoramic x-ray to the consult, they took molds of my teeth and we talked a ...

Any good tooth crowding story has to include some extractions, right? I've been blessed with four impacted wisdom teeth, and every dentist that's seen my panoramic x-ray tried to convince me to get them out. Some of them said that they *might* affect the neighboring teeth, that they *might* develop ...

Ok, so here it goes :) I'm almost 31 and I'm getting braces for the second time. The first time around, I was about 12-13, and I had the type of mobile upper arch brace that covered the palate and you had to adjust yourself. You can imagine how responsible I was with the adjustments, especially sinc...