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- Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:04 pm
- Forum: Parents of Kids in Braces
- Topic: Need advise: 7-yr old daughetr starts ortho treatment
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9714
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:52 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: About to get braces and I need help.....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 939
Hi, and welcome. Though I don't have experience with either, I would choose MARA over headgear, because it isn't removable and therefore you wouldn't be tempted. The pain, I would say about a 3 or 4. Not so bad, but biting down hurt, and the occasional time I could bump myself and hit my teeth toget...
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:45 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Smilecare
- Replies: 4
- Views: 855
- Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: PLEASE help, switching docs?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1276
- Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:16 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: please help - stuck between lingual and ceramic :(
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3868
Well, ceramics would be a whole lot less likely to effect speech at all. I really think for adults, people look at men in braces a lot more than women in a bad sense. If you see a woman in braces its no big deal, cause they are expected to care about their appearance more than men(I hope that doesn'...
- Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:23 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Need some advice with palette expansion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 952
- Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:17 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: PLEASE help, switching docs?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1276
The general consensus here is that you shouldn't be having orthodontics done by a dentist. So yes you should change to an orthodontist. In fact, if I were in your shoes I would even ask for at least some money refunded from your dentist. Heck, at this point I'd go as far as getting a lawyer to write...
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:41 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Is anyone else as sick of braces as I am?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 12372
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:41 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Dilemma with using crest white strips before braces
- Replies: 3
- Views: 919
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:06 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Braces on for 8 days, loose teeth normal?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21440
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:39 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Latex??
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3012
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:37 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Bandlock?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 646
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:29 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Newbie here, got braces today....
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3630
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:32 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Help - need to be armed wiht info!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2134
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:29 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: GOT MY BRACES!!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 705
The little colored elastics(ligatures or just ligs) really won't effect cleaning much, except they do tend to stain sometimes. I'd say go for it sometime and have fun.. I unfortunatly got a boring orthodontist that uses wire ties and grey powerchains, he only gave me the option for colors for a mont...