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- Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:44 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: When did you find ARCHWIRED? Before or after bracing?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4017
I first found this website in late 2004, asked a couple of questions and almost talked myself into having braces, got as far as ringing my future orthodontist for a consultation. The number was engaged so I chickened out and decided I must be mad to think about doing braces anyway!! Fast forward to ...
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:53 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: 50 and getting braces
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14913
I am 55 and had braces from November 2008 - July 2010. It is the best thing I've ever done, not for appearance but to improve my bite. I had ceramic brackets on the upper 6 front teeth which I was pleased about. At the time I got my braces I was doing quite a lot of one-to-one tuition and felt all m...
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:36 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Braces off next month
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3281
- Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:15 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Lisp with top permanent retainer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4165
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:08 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Embaressed to see orthodontist
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5012
I have finished with braces - on retainers now but I saw on my notes 'fixing the lower midline will be a challenge'! So I stopped worrying about how the orthodontist viewed my teeth. It seems to me that the work of an orthodontist is a like an engineering project or trying to solve Rubiks Cube where...
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:56 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: How often do you get a professional clean with braces?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5354
Before I had braces my dentist would clean my teeth at the time of my checkup every 6 months. Cost £16.50. I very rarely saw the hygienist. When I had my braces I started having appointments with the hygienist but that was included in the cost of my checkup so still £16.50. I had additional appointm...
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:58 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: nearly 6 months inand good news :) and a question..
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1487
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:54 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: nearly 6 months inand good news :) and a question..
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1487
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:54 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: miss my braces
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7961
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:43 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: nearly 6 months inand good news :) and a question..
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1487
I see you're also from Pompey!! It does sound like a powerchain. Once I started on the powerchains I kept them for the whole of my treatment. I started off with just a few brackets on the powerchain until the whole lot got added in at later appointments but that was just because of the way my teeth ...
- Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:56 am
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: My Braces at 53
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13394
I have been brace free now for 9 days, I didn't think I'd ever say this but I do actually miss them a little - I suppose it's what you get used to in 20 months! :? When I went for my appointment I first had my teeth prepared for the bonded retainers. It was exactly the same preparation as having bra...
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:33 pm
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: am I the only person who can't speak clearly with retainers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2418
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:13 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: if my plastic retainers are loose should I ask for new ones
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14347
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:43 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Thick Square Wire Insertion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1363
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:40 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: To people who have their braces off: a question about time
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2909