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thats as good of a picture i could get. but as you can see, its not just a straight wire. its like for tiny wires that twist at the ends.

Mine had a lot of excess glue as the new glue the ortho was trying out was runny and the assitant was not prepared for that. They both worked for a while to pick it all off and then rebonded it. I told them there was no way I could keep that other bonding clean. As for the cotton-bally feel, mine w...

exactly. i called the office today, and all they said was if it still hurts in the next 2 days, come in and well check it out. i didnt mention the flossing problem, but when i do go (even if my teeth DONT hurt) im going to say something about it. its not right!

and my two teeth soo sore. if i even touch them with my tounge, it hurts. i cant even brush my teeth on them, thats how much it hurts.

yeah, but for some reason, mine dont look anything like the others ive seen. plus, i CANT floss between the teeth because there is SO much glue!

hi. i just got my braces removed yesterday and got upper and lower permenant retainers. so far, i am unhappy with them. :yuck: first of all, my orthodontist gets aggravated VERY easily. so he ended up putting the glue or whatever its called ALL over. im not sure if thats right or not. another thing ...

hi, im might be getting them too, but do you have a lisp with a top retainer?

What an amazing improvement! I'm glad you're getting used tho your retainer, and I hope everything else is doing well!

Oh boy! I went to the ortho today and boy, did he put in a lot of rubber bands! My friend only had 2 on each side, both streching from the back and to the middle tooth. Well, my ortho put 2 on each side in a square formation, but then made a little adjustmint where another one has to go behind my te...

Betty Bat wrote:My feedback is, given that you waited 8 months in braces before you posted, you might want to expect that it will take more than 8 minutes for people to respond to your post!

Your teeth look pretty good.

Um...okay...

No, sorry! I never took any! And, my ortho says that I might get them off by January!

Anyone? I'd really like to know how I'm doing.

Um...Can I have some feedback, please?

I've my braces for a while now, so here is what they look like after about 8 months into treatment. :] http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8443/hpim1314fr9.th.jpg BRACES. http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7236/hpim1315ec2.th.jpg BRACES AND LIP BUMPER. http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9808/hpim1316...