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Snowglobe32 wrote:Have you tried drinking with a straw?

Yes, but it still touches my retainer.

Having to take out my retainer each time I want to drink is a pain in the arse.

Can I drink vitamin water or sprite soda?

Are you happy?

Hey Hokie is it possible to show before and after pic?

I have the same problem, lip incompetence, I actually went with the removal of 4 tooth but no surgery, and I'm not seeing improvement in my lip competence, only straight teeth.

Hey guys, I was researching on trying to fix my receding chin and lip strain and found this guy Dr. Rivkin who uses injection called Artefill (which can last about 10 years or permanent). It only cost about $3000 and can be done in without surgery. There's a before and after photo here: http://www.w...

If we still have issues with receding chin, can orthognathic surgery be done after braces or does it have to be before?

Kallisandra I'm in exactly the same boat as you. I have lip incompetance/lip strain and also my chin isn't quite attractive because of it. I had braces a couple years ago and it did not fix my lip strain. And I really wanted to fix it badly, because it was really depressing. So I got braces again wi...

Nance is nothing, wait till you get retainers . aaawwwww

Maybe you can PM Dr. Rick (assuming he' still around), I wonder what his opinion would be...

When I first go my retainers put on, I couldn't speak clearly because I wasn't use to them. Give it a week or so and you'll be fine.

I'll be honest, my extraction didn't go too well and is probably worse than having my braces. Even with shots for numbing my whole mouth (weird feeling) I can actually feel my dentist teeth pulling one of my tooth out. Worse part is the bleeding which lasted a whole week, couldn't stop it till about...

Oatmeal cream pies ... Nice and soft ... yumm talkign about PIE, i want some cheese pie from Marycalendar.. I don't have much problem with chewing.. fact that snack contains high sugars bothers me.. I could probably finish the half of this whole pie.. would it develop cavities? Or brushing afterwar...

I'm not 100% sure, but I think they use elastics (rubberbands) to correct that.

The front bottom teeth move easier than the top, so I guess that helps too.

I keep hearing about class relationships division and so on, what do they actually mean? Is their a site where I can find these info, thanks.

Mines look like this, except the acrylic button is light pink not green. No one even notice I had a nance on. http://www.smilecare.com/images/SmileCare/articles/23/nanceappliance.jpg I did have a little speech problem pronouncing some words, only for like 2 days until I got use to it. It almost like...