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Glad you see you haven't lost your sense of humour! And great news on the one side at least - is your orthodontist still being noncommittal about a debonding date? What else has been moving in there? I'm LOVING life post-train-tracks but having very off bite issues which will hopefully sort themselv...

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Hi all, I dropped off for a while because i was waiting for the after photos - so here are the results after 14 months in metal lower and ceramic upper braces. Aesthetically, it's been an amazing success, but I'm still having some bite issues and eventually may need a second retainer to move the bot...

So today I had a tentative debonding appointment, rendered very much wishful thinking during my last appointment when my orthodontist raised a number of last minute issues including bite being off and clashing canines. There was only 2 weeks between that appointment and today. And sure enough my ort...

Oh my gosh, I just realized that I'm staring at him with my mouth hanging open in astonished appreciation. It wouldn't be my reaction to watching someone eat an eyelash/insect but that could be just me! So I'll go with that, that's totally how it went from her perspective :D btw, your FIRST elastic...

Well only 24 agonising hours of wait left to find out if my teeth make the grade. I want to see a pliers in my orthodonist's paws tomorrow or I'll be rifling through the toolbox myself. I think I'm right on the limit - I've got double elastics on now and the bite is *just* about right, the molars ar...

Oh dear, I'm sorry but that made me laugh out loud properly. Priceless. It's the poor cheese lady I feel sorry for. I'd love to hear her version of that story

Well only 9 days to go for both of us to get no news whatsoever. I have friends arriving on the 11th and would so love to not have braces on my face at that point. Oh well...sigh. Also, I may be starting a new job in the next few weeks and I really don't want to do that with brackets on. I used to w...

Oopsy, sorry to hear about the gaps. It's that sinking feeling when the dental floss offers no resistance whatsoever. It's obviously gap-time in bracketworld. Though in other news, two of my black triangles have disappeared since the elastics came off in what my orthodontist would surely describe as...

Oh wow, that's like TOMORROW!! So glad it all worked out in the end and so quickly too - I have my (in theory) last appointment tomorrow before I get these bad boys off on May 10th but still not getting excited because of new gaps that have appeared. All will be revealed tomorrow...but not in the sa...

I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, reliving the same day over and over. I guess I'll just wait until I show up for an appointment and they start pulling stuff off. Yes totally empathise - I used to get excited about appointments because so much was happening but then months went by with the ...

Turmeric is immediate and if you forget about it, you'll definitely get a reminder when you find the next mirror. Yup, what he said! Don't worry at all about red wine - I live in France where wine is cheaper than water so I drink it lots and I've never had staining. Turmeric however :shock: :shock:...

I just hope that after the braces come off, I won't have any other issues. Yes, this is now my line of thinking too - the time to fix the issues is now, not after the braces are off. My bite is significantly worse now that it was a month ago...I really don't want my braces coming off until that's f...

Lol, thank you Sink for making me smile and being positive. I have given myself a stern talking to and told myself that my goal shouldn't be getting the braces off, my goal is getting my goddamn wonky teeth fixed. So if that involves a few extra months in tracks, I can live with that. That doesn't m...