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by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:10 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Thinking about getting braces (pics)
Replies: 14
Views: 3235

I had my braces the first time when I was 20, and I was almost 23 when I got them off. I look about 10 years younger than I am.... when I was 20 that was terrible because people thought I was still in jr high or something. Now it's not so bad, as long as people are not assuming I'm under 21 - I'm ma...
by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:59 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Is this worth it?
Replies: 21
Views: 3794

Not everybody has had expanders, or quad helix specifically :) . I had no expansion, just regular braces the first time through, and that was tough enough to get used to, but it happened. Don't worry, I think everybody here has had the several days to a week of 'omg what have I done, I think I want ...
by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:12 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Help! Will braces make me look like I do in a mouthguard?
Replies: 8
Views: 2351

The braces should not affect you like a mouthguard - unless you also have things such as an expander, a bite plate, a lip bumper, etc WITH your braces. Even so, braces do not take up as much space as a mouthguard does, so it shouldn't distort your lips, chin, or cheeks. I will say that when you firs...
by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:07 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: got veneers but need braces!!
Replies: 6
Views: 4372

I second what Snow said, hopefully one of the orthos who posts here will see this and have some advice. I am not sure what I'd do in your shoes, since I wouldn't get veneers at all, I'd rather have braces again more than once instead of doing cosmetic restorations. The thing is - even if you get bra...
by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:37 pm
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Blake24 - Braces Story
Replies: 62
Views: 20820

What excellent progress! I just read your story from the beginning to your update, and it has been fun reading :) . All I can say about the whole girl thing is that I'm a girl (albeit a married girl lol) and I have always found it an attractive thing if someone takes care of their teeth. I felt that...
by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:54 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: DrBlur's story
Replies: 91
Views: 30338

Finally, it sounds like things are working out better for you :D I hope the expander isn't too bad...
by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:50 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Catgyrl's (Cathy's) Journey at age 42...
Replies: 665
Views: 174456

LOL... at least 20 minutes, I don't look every day but yesterday I took more pics to look at side by side. Do you think we're all strange for doing that? I am with you on the flash, it fixes a lot of 'discoloration' :) Might as well at least ask about sanding down the one spot, I mean they fix high ...
by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:37 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Alimommy's story
Replies: 20
Views: 5874

We'll likely be moving to the opposite coast, so keeping my dentist and ortho is impossible :( What I am hoping is that my ortho has a contact or can make one for me in the new city and can share my info so I don't have to start from ground zero. People do move during ortho treatment and they just c...
by alimommy1
Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:24 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Not happy & thy're coming off ? .....
Replies: 4
Views: 1238

I wouldn't be happy either, and I would rather wear them for 6 more months than have them taken off now and regret it later. The aesthetics should be acceptable to the patient as well as the ortho, not just the ortho saying 'it's fine'. They aren't his or her teeth, they are yours lol.
by alimommy1
Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:03 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Grrr to explaining your situation to everyone!
Replies: 10
Views: 1567

Heh.... I know the feeling, my teeth are pretty straight too... in either jaw. Together, they don't fit right in the front. It is amazing - given how many people have braces - how often people will comment and wonder why you would do this to yourself lol. I actually don't think it matters any more w...
by alimommy1
Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:08 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Should I bother my orthodontist formy wire that came out?
Replies: 6
Views: 1145

If it's hurting you - ie poking, I would call. Sometimes wax can be put over it and it stops bothering you, but there were times when I thought 'oh no big deal' and the inside of my cheek turned into raw hamburger overnight even WITH wax.
by alimommy1
Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:53 pm
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Alimommy's story
Replies: 20
Views: 5874

Hi Mike! The weird thing about my teeth is that like so many others, they get randomly sore. Right now they are not sore at all, but who knows, in a couple days they might be, and then not again. I think I am grinding or clenching sometimes at night, I notice everything hurts if I've done that. I've...
by alimommy1
Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:45 pm
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: Alimommy's story
Replies: 20
Views: 5874

http://a.imageshack.us/img337/8866/teeth2.jpg July 13th http://a.imageshack.us/img202/2097/1005050i.jpg Aug 3rd anybody see a difference? I can't tell but maybe someone else can. Here is from the front so you can see the problem I have with my lowers... http://a.imageshack.us/img822/8082/1005048b.j...
by alimommy1
Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:41 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Orthodontist frustrations
Replies: 5
Views: 1845

:shock: how frustrating and awful! I don't know why it should take any office over a month to deliver retainers, even if they don't have their own lab. It also doesn't make any sense that they don't answer phone calls or answer your questions. I don't think I would have gone to a practice that did n...
by alimommy1
Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:19 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: clenching teeth at night - help!
Replies: 15
Views: 3661

Is there a way to stop clenching? I don't do it all the time, but I've noticed you can't really stop it, it just.. happens. I don't remember having a problem with it when I had braces but I do it now - that's why I want to improve my bite so I don't make the edges of my teeth uneven, grrrr.