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after braces before retainer

no not quite yet. i go in week after next. im going to try and get a definite answer. im right at 17 months. she told me i was way ahead of schedule and that she was just going to keep me in a holding pattern for right now and do just a few tweeking and marginal things and keep space closed. with t...

YAY!!! I will be graduating this Friday. Finally. Only took forever. I really was not THAT excited and was not going to walk, but everyone seemed appalled that I didn't want to, so I am...hehe. Tommorrow I'm going to get my powerchains changed to silver so they won't be so obvious in the profession...

I've been braced for one year today!!! I'm so excited. Time had flown by with the quickness for sure!!! I'm so glad that I went through with the decision to do it. I reccommend it to anyone and everyone!!! I can't wait to see the end results. The progress so far has been amazing to me seeing how I ...

I had an appt. last week and they finally put it back on...man it was a tight squeeze but it went on...

Thanks KK and Meryaten for the reply...Hah..just now answering back almost a month later...lol...anywho thanks... I chose navy blue chains this time. I should have asked for the clear to go on first...but I forgot...bleh... I was going to get the Christmas colors but chickened out...haha...I've got ...

I work at a daycare and I must say my braces do keep the children transfixed at times...the look on their face is hilarious sometimes. The preschoolers will say "I like your pink "bracelets"...or whatever color they are at the moment... My sister has caught my nieces sticking rubberba...

Thanks :D ...it actually healed completely in less than a week. I was kind of on the fence as to whether I should call the othodontist and say something or just wait until next week when my appt. is. The swelling, redness and soreness is completely gone and has been for some time. I thought 2 weeks ...

About two weeks ago I noticed a lump on my gums that hurt like crazy. I waited a weej thinking it would just go away...not the case...my dr. mom said it might be an abscess. So I went to the dentist and they said it wasn't and that it might be something stuck in the braces. The dentist wanted the ba...