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Well, yesterday was my first adj at 8 weeks.....progress is being made, finally!!!!! They put in a new thicker wire (ouch) (either a 14 or 16 with 'a reverse twist'????? and new ligs.....they were impressed at how clean my clear ligs still were!! My back upper molars are pretty tender last night an...

argh thanks for the replies guys, im pretty busy with work nowadays :(, dont actually have time to go and see the dentist, yh when one of my premolars were removed i had a big old brown spot on my large molar i was almost trying as it was near the gum line and though it needed to be drilled lots, bu...

Hey all, i have been in braces for about 8 months, and my lower teeth started moving now (i only had one out of place) and since it has started moving into the correct place, i noted a black dot type thing on my lower canine tooth, its like near the gum line, i think it was covered by my other tooth...

I am so sacred about my wisdome teeth or if they come at all, i think that my mouth is majorly cramped as it is and i dont think that there is any room for them and dont know what will happen IF they come. i just cant bear surgery to take them out if they do come, !!!!

i really know what you mean, i mean you have these teeth fo rlike years and they are perfectly healthy, and now you need to remove them of course there is some attatchment to them, i was so liek you and kind of regret it, but sesame happens good luck.

hi what were those blue things that were on your teeth when you first had your braces on? i didnt have then :@

oh thanks for the reply, i was sh*tting my pants when i though that they may break my tooth off.thing is my ortho is kinda part time and he is not really a professional if you get what i mean e doesnt even have a nurse, but im going to him becaue he is able to give it to me free.

as always i probably ask the most stupid questions but, you know the gap between the metal band on molar and gum, the tiny area for tooth, well i has an extractio next to the molar and think that there is a potential for a cavity to develop since i can imagine food getting stuck there, i floss every...

yeah i didnt thin k it was logical i mean rust wud be worse with the saliva, um nah orytho didnt say a thiong lol, he is kinda nonly part time, i thin khe cant be botheres as im gettinf braces free!!! thanks for ur help, i floss use the small brushes, brush normally and mrinse, should i rinse after ...

does mouth wash and braces not go well my dad seems to think that the wash wil afect the glue or make the brace rusty? any truth, with me being a scientist i dont believe but better be sure, oh and are there n e side effects of mouthwash on teeth? i just use anst septic listerine

seriouly well done man, i didnt realise how major the operation was, you look great now, glad it all went well!!!! what made you decide to have the operation?

Well Done man, hope it all goes well, was it painful? and was it bad before? my sister needs surgery cos she still has het baby teeth which are blocking the adult teeth!!!! i know your is a different story!!! but you can she still "get" her permanent teeth? like will the root up?

Hey KK, yeah i went to the dentist the other day and i was so scard, you know when you go and you kinda expect the worse, i was waiting for my name to be called and then i went in and explained my though and he has a quick look, got the pointy thing and was poking the "cavatie" i though i ...

Hey KK, yeah i went to the dentist the other day and i was so scard, you know when you go and you kinda expect the worse, i was waiting for my name to be called and then i went in and explained my though and he has a quick look, got the pointy thing and was poking the "cavatie" i though i ...

Hey good Luck man, just wondering is that pain really unbearable, is it anything like the pain when your teth have been taken out, i didnt take pain killers BTW thats probably why i suffren more, i shoul dbe geting them in July!!!!!

good luck, keep posting!