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- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:54 am
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: DrBlur's story
- Replies: 91
- Views: 30338
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:24 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Not happy & thy're coming off ? .....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1238
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:19 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: clenching teeth at night - help!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3661