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- Sat May 20, 2017 11:59 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
- Replies: 14
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Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
I'm nearing the end of my sentence, the only thing I'm really annoyed with is how 1 bracket has started to pop off and has popped off 4 times now; that and how much pain this one sharp end of wire is (I'm going to the Ortho tomorrow). As others have said, nobody really cares if somebody they don't ...
- Sat May 20, 2017 11:58 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1852
Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
But to be honest they cost as much as a bloody designer hand-bag, so may as well show them off!? LOL! This is awesome. And true. How many people spend tens of thousands of dollars improving other parts of their body without a second thought, and yet so many people with braces feel embarassed or sel...
- Sat May 20, 2017 11:57 am
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: My Innovation journey, age 25
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3334
Re: After 6 week adjustment
[quote="str8k8"]http://imageshack.com/a/img924/7602/C3PMTx.jpg[/quote]
Wow! Big changes in just 7 weeks! Do you have ceramic on the bottom too?
Wow! Big changes in just 7 weeks! Do you have ceramic on the bottom too?
- Thu May 18, 2017 6:53 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: 1st post!
- Replies: 48
- Views: 8508
Re: 1st post!
Do you colored elastics at the bottom? Or just the silver ones?
- Thu May 18, 2017 2:19 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Poll: At What Age Did You Get Your Braces?
- Replies: 1108
- Views: 241512
Re: Poll: At What Age Did You Get Your Braces?
I'm 25 and I just got mine on last Monday
- Thu May 18, 2017 2:17 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: They're going on in two days!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1278
Re: They're going on in two days!
[quote="strinder"][quote="nybizzle"]Hi! I'm new to this forum as well. I just got braces last Monday. Let me know how yours goes![/quote] I'll definitely keep you updated. What are you getting braces for? How long have they said you'll have them on for?[/quote] I have a crossbite...
- Thu May 18, 2017 10:32 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1852
Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
[quote="littlenatter"][quote="nybizzle"]Thanks so much for your replies everyone! I'm so glad this forum exists![/quote] Had my top Damon brace yesterday, bottom will be metal which will be put on in 6 weeks. I'm quite glad it was staggered I think all in one would of been diffic...
- Wed May 17, 2017 1:39 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: They're going on in two days!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1278
Re: They're going on in two days!
Hi! I'm new to this forum as well. I just got braces last Monday. Let me know how yours goes!
- Wed May 17, 2017 11:57 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1852
Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
Thanks so much for your replies everyone! I'm so glad this forum exists!
- Wed May 17, 2017 11:55 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1852
Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
[quote="littlenatter"]I am due to get mine on later on today, I am petrified. I am 28 years old so I'm also scared I am going to feel really self-conscious, not so much at work more when I do the school run in the mornings! I just keep telling myself that in the end it will be worth it and...
- Tue May 16, 2017 8:43 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1852
Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
I'm 25 years old. I've always wanted orthodontic treatment but my parents always said it was too expensive. I went to a orthodontic consultation last year and the orthodontist said I was a candidate for both Invisalign and traditional metal braces. I was initially very excited to get Invisalign. Thi...