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I got a taxi one day and the driver was telling me his wife was in braces for 3 years- they were supposed to be taken off but they wouldn't while she was pregnant. Not sure if she was an unusual case..

When I got braces I went home, trued to eat something, and cried my heart out when I couldn't! I'm 18months in now and it flies by: you get so used to them, and looking at yourself in them. At first I felt so ugly, but now Im used to looking at me with braces I reckon when they're off I'll think I'm...

Hi all, went for an appointment yesterday, am now just over the 18month mark which was my original sentence so was feeling pretty bad about the whole thing. To make matters worse, I got elastics! I have never had them before and I am not liking them. They don't fell to bad to be honest, but they loo...

Hi all, Kinda like your pics- only difference is that they werent like thisin the first place, but my braces have pulled them up! I was wondering if it is because they are crooked they didnt wear down and now or too long? They are huge teeth in comparison to the premolars!

As my thread title says, my lower incisors are much higher than the canines and molars so the line of my teeth isnt even on my lower arch. I have no pic sorry, so I hope you know what i mean...

I got ceramics because I was so paranoid about getting braces. 15 months later I couldnt care less. Braces are braces, you can still see mine and the clear ligs and powerchains stain, but they are only braces. I think everyone feels that their own are really noticable but if you think about it, when...

How do you know when you have gum recession? My lower front teeth look really long to me. The tooth is visable much further down than the molars, if that makes sense. My ortho and dentists have never ever mentioned it to me, and I assume they would?? Im just paranoid that there is a problem. When I ...

I am actually dissapointed when my ortho does all the work! Everytime I end up with a pokey wire, or a wire tie digging into my lip but when his assistant used to do it she was sooo careful it was always perfect!

I know there is usually a period of time at the end when your teeth are straight but you still have a while before debanding- have you any idea how long? My "sentence" was 12-18 moths, I am almost 15 months in and still have big gaps. I am worried that it will be months before they are str...

Hae to be the one to say it, but I ditched the glasses totally just before I got braces. I couldnt stomach both so now I am a full time contact lens wearer. That said, I was never comfortable in glasses full time so maybe it would have happened anyway

I had a dream like this too! Except my teeth didnt fall out but rather disintigrated. In my dream I has one of thos scraping the dentist has, and I was scraping a molar and it started to crumble like talc, and then all the res of my teeth started breaking and crumbling. Was nightmarish...

So, the 25th of February is my one year anniversary with my braces. While this is a milestone (and I intend to celebrate!) it is bittersweet since my treatment time was estimated at 12-18 months and I am in no way nearly finished. My lowers are looking good- straight but uneven so there are a few th...

I had my two uppers extracted and consoled myself with the fact that it wasn't that bitceable. Over the last 11 months my ortho has pulled my canine into the gap so now there is a HUGE gap between my incisor and canine that is much much worse since it's always visable!! But.. I no longer care. I don...

Yay! Think I'll ask for that too- I know I am getting one but thought it was only on the lowers. When are they coming off?? My sentence is 12-18 months, it'll be 12 months in February but I am no way nearly finished

I've had a trainee-ortho working on my teeth the last couple of times. She broke a bracket trying to open it so it had to be sanded, new bracket bonded etc by my ortho. Aside from the discomfort, it took and hour for the appointment. I understand people have to learn, but it shouldn't be at the expe...