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I haven't tried these, but Dentalkit.com had some things called Comfort Covers. Basically looks like a piece of plastic that covers the braces. Maybe you could try those?

Now that you've had your braces on for a bit, do you feel like they've helped with your grinding? I didn't know that correctly aligned teeth "can't" grind. According to my boyfriend I grind my teeth all the time when I sleep (which he hates) and I never knew it could be fixed. I am started...

Thanks for the info! I think I'll talk to my ortho to see what she has to say as well before I go for it.

[quote="noodles"]Congrats on making the decision :) It was similar with me, nobody thought I needed braces and it took me so much time to figure that *I* wanted them :) What's the Carriere Motion supposed to do? I thought I'd researched all appliances there are (out of curiosity, cause I d...

[quote="r1r1r12000"]Good luck, bracedengineer!

Getting started is daunting, but watching your teeth start to line up is exciting![/quote]

Thank you! I am super nervous, so I hope you're right about it getting exciting after we get started.

United States here. $4900 before insurance.

Hey guys!

I've seen a bunch of people talking about how amazing water flossers are but I'm wondering if I can get input on if it can be used to replace manual flossing? They all seem to say that they can be but we all know marketing can be misleading.

I agree with the comment above about getting multiple consults because you will come up with additional questions. Also, in my case specifically, I loved the first place atmosphere but the second place i went to had, what i consider, a better treatment plan. And I don't think it's weird to ask for m...

Hey Guys! I've been looking at all of the posts and info on the site for a little bit while I've been doing some decision-making. My boyfriend and parents all say that they don't think that I need braces, but this is for me, not them. So I decided to go ahead with braces (Yikes! Super nervous) after...