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I have to keep telling myself to not let the ortho dictate how my teeth should look. In my case, I understand that I'm supposed to have a light overbite, but as she admitted the other day, my teeth have room for an extra 1mm or so worth of intrusion, it's not much, but to me it is worth it. At the e...

Hopefully things are going well for you pcspinheiro. My ortho wanted to take my braces off 9 months ago, but I just wasn't happy with how my teeth looked. My upper 4 had had slanting inward angle, result of over retraction to close extraction gap. I also didn't like my overbite at the time. We tried...

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That's wonderful news!
I'm getting mine off Monday after 3 years! I'm so excited!!!! :jump:
Karla
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Congrats. Can't wait to see your teeth once all the braces are off :)

@Meowmeowbeans2 : Once you see those white lines it might be too late to scrub with just the interdental brush. You could buy a dental scaler kit and carefully remove the plaque built up.

[quote=badbraces post_id=506860 time=1550759707 user_id=27713] mine's already going 32 months next session, I'm just upset why my ortho didn't use powerchains for the longest time :( [/quote] I've been in braces for 43 months now and the end is near. Like you, I had extractions, but in my case, my t...

24. I had all wisdom teeth and 4 bicuspids extracted.

Mine took almost 2 years to close. My left canine took a long time to move toward the molar, once it did, it didn't take too long close the rest of the gaps.

I didn't. I figured once the braces are off I'll just whiten them then. I've had brackets reposition during the treatment and didn't see any white square underneath.

32. It's been 3 years and 7 months. Hopefully my braces will be off in a month or 2.