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Lovespain5 wrote:It looks very nice!

Thank you!

atrixa wrote:Looking great! It seems like you're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now?

Thank you! Yes, hopefully for the last time!

Update from my February appointment: My bottom gap is now closed. They placed two powerchains on top of each other (painful at first), but it worked! The pain from adjustments disappears much more quickly between appointments now, so I guess that means my teeth are stabilizing. I'm in class IIIs for...

January 16, 2017 Another adjustment appointment that included another round of IPR :yikes: This was much more uncomfortable than the first time I got IPR! I had it done between ALL of my lower teeth this time, and he cut into my gums! :FeelSick: The pain felt like I was getting braces all over again...

My teeth are quite similar to yours in the first set of photos! I just had metal braces put on the top teeth, and I'm thinking about getting them on the bottom too to correct my bite, but my ortho has quoted me at least 18 months :( It will go by faster than you think! I wish my bite would have bee...

Here's a photo from my last appointment (November 28, 2016). The orthodontist put me in the standard class III elastics, added a top powerchain from canine to canine, and increased the bottom wire size. I am supposed to wear the right elastic for 24 hours, and the left one for 12 hours to align my ...

I had a very mild anterior open bite, but do to tongue thrusting. Surgery was suggested, but definitely didn't want to go down that route either. This is my second round in braces though. First round, treatment was more focused on closing spacing, and I had more of an edge-to-edge bite then. Tongue ...

Here's a photo from my last appointment (November 28, 2016). The orthodontist put me in the standard class III elastics, added a top powerchain from canine to canine, and increased the bottom wire size. I am supposed to wear the right elastic for 24 hours, and the left one for 12 hours to align my b...

Again, it's always good to get more than one opinion. As stated, everyone obviously has different perspectives, whether professionally or between peers. I've seen two different periodontist telling me two completely different things, both professional. :roll: I don't blame OP for branching out. Ther...

I think I would take my ortho's guidance since she has the training and experience. That's not how it works around here! :lol: Haha, right? I hate when people get rude over others asking for our opinions. It's simple, if they want their orthodontist's opinion, they'll ask the orthodontist. The pers...

I had a similar situation where my bottom front teeth needed to come in towards the tongue due to tongue thrust pushing them forward. My orthodontist had me wear elastics from my top molars to my bottom incisors, a different kind of class III underbite configuration. It wouldn't surprise me if your ...

I had gaps my first round of braces, minus the gum disease. It took about a month for me to see them closed.

I feel the same way about my top teeth brackets! I feel mine are placed too high, but like the previous poster said, there is definitely a method to their madness... :wink: trust them. If not, you can always get a second professional opinion. Do you see them when you smile? Unfortunately for me, my ...

Arlington, TX
$3200
Traditional metal
10 months estimated

My third orthodontic appointment was Tuesday! I got a larger wire on top (I think he said it was a 16?). I was told this wire is to straighten out the roots of my teeth, which I'm still not clear on HOW they achieve this, in comparison to other wires. No wire changes on the bottom. They replaced my ...