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Posted: **Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:42 pm**

Hello everyone

My name is Elena,i'm 22&a half years old and have my braces on since January...I had to remove two of my upper teeth and i will remove one from the down ones,cause it's a baby tooth and i have to remove it...My upper teeth were removed on March and it feels so weird that i have two spaces in my mouth..most of the times i feel uncomfortable showing them to people

and all i wonder is when will those spaces close for good...well,i know the answer,but it seems soooo long till then...ahhh

Posted: **Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:18 pm**

and Welcome Elena :

Posted: **Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:58 pm**

Thank you so much Dexter

KK,you are so sweet with everyone here..i'm glad you are here to support people..i wonder who supports you

Anyway,he already started closing the gaps..both of my canines have moved a little less than3mm so far,which is absolutelly normal.and the worst part of my braces will be in 3 months from now,where my canines will be joining my teeth in back.leaving the four front all alone

I know,I know..the result will be awesome,but right now all i think is the worst part,which is staright ahead..

thank you so much linda21

yes,my extractions didn't bother me much..in general that whole brace story didn't cause much pain..or maybe i just forgot the whole thing,cause i always forget the bad moments in life,as soon as they're in the past.

thank you so much guys for taking the time to respond to my story..i knew i wasn't alone in that case,but i keep forgetting that i'm not alone.ohh...just in case you don't understand some of the things i say,don't hesitate to ask me

kisses to everyone

Posted: **Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:45 am**

KK wrote:
KK,you are so sweet with everyone here..i'm glad you are here to support people..i wonder who supports you
This board supports me ... but so sweet of you to ask.

I'm one of those people who took over two decades to make this decision, and then found this board a few days after I'd again been told orthodontics was my best chance of stopping the jaw pain I'd been living with for many years.

I still couldn't commit ... but over the next few years I read all the posts on here ... I didn't register ... but followed everybodies progress ... over and over again. I kept reading about how scared they were prior to their B-day ... and then how some were sore after and others were fine etc. Then of the ups and downs and things that happened over the next two years ... and finally reading of the absolute delight when their teeth went naked!

Finally ... it happened ... I realised it was time to stop reading and do something. It hit me (not quite soon enough) that my treatment could have been completed while I'd been following others ... and this was what finally helped me to commit.

I feel I owe so much to those people who used to post messages on here ... and this is my way of saying thankyou!

Great that your gaps are closing ... that will be exciting!

Here's to great progress!

awwww...you are just sweet..it's great to have you around here

wow!!this board motivated you to do it?that sounds great

you must have good results so far Karen

the visible part of my gaps is just getting bigger at the moment

and in three months time,i will look like a proper bunny

making fun of it,is the only way to make me laugh about it...plus,let's not forget that i have one more extraction coming up...*scared* another thing that bothers me is that i can't drink any coffee..having braces on is enough..i don't want them to look yellow-ish as well

not much i can do now..*sighs*

Posted: **Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:50 am**

Hi Elena!

I'm going tea free as the hygienist finally got rid of some staining off my bottom teeth and tea was the culprit! So I can understand your pain!

Great to see that you can laugh... I think I'll be doing lots of that over the next year

Posted: **Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:00 am**

juf_84 wrote: Hi Elena!

I'm going tea free as the hygienist finally got rid of some staining off my bottom teeth and tea was the culprit! So I can understand your pain!

Great to see that you can laugh... I think I'll be doing lots of that over the next year

ohhh..well i don't have any stains,but yet i try to avoid coffee..the thing is that i like to indulge myself into my fave freddo espresso..i can't help but drinking it

laughing could make me feel embarrassed..i feel ok laughing with friends i meet every day,but with the others,i just feel they're just looking straight at my teeth,which most of the times is not true..lol

i just noticed that it's easier for me to feel comfortable with people i discussed my problem with.i tell them what is wrong and what will happen from now on and that makes me feel just better

i think things will be much better when my gaps will get closed..then i will have the widest smile ever

Posted: **Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:03 am**

juf_84,i just noticed you will get your braces on tomorrow...awww dear,i wish you the best of luck and the less of pain

if it makes you feel better,it wasn't painful at all for me..just a bit annoying..i just felt i couldn't close my lips enough

..but no big deal...good luck

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:52 pm**

those canines of mine are moving like crazy....there're in the middle of their trip

i have my next appointment next week,a day after my baby tooth will be removed...at least it's not going to get any weirder than that...only better

Posted: **Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:54 pm**

will i look like that--->

are lower teeth that noticable??

Posted: **Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:55 am**

Elena most people don't show much (if any) of their lower teeth ... but there are a few who do ... hopefully you don't, and your extraction gap will go unnoticed!

well..it seems like i show my lower teeth as i talk

it is very obvious..i kept waking up last night,cause he used a thicker archiwire on my lower teeth and that caused some pain yesterday..it's not a big deal and i already feel better,but the gap is the one that bothers me more..i can't wait to see that gap close..

ahhh *sigh*

Posted: **Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:53 am**

thanks kk..yes,the truth is that i recover too fast from extractions..in a couple of days i'm good as new

but still it's the gap part that bothers me...i think about it every time i talk to someone..if i had the choise i would just stay at home..but i can't ..and believe me,i'm not a person that likes to stay in

must get used to it quickly..

Posted: **Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:32 am**

Hope you are feeling better about that gap elena!!

Posted: **Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:05 pm**

Thank you At Last...

i don't feel good about it yet,but i'll get used to it..focusing on next year

Posted: **Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:56 am**

haven't posted here for over a month...i'm glad to say that my canines are almost there...my right one is 1 mm away and my left 2.so...my orthdontist is satisfied by the fast move and he mentioned that it would be even faster if i had metalics on..but even if i had to choose again,i'd go ceramics

my lower gap is now around 4mm,but not very visible..

i almost forgot the most important fact...he got me starting using elastics..i use 1/4''-heavy Sea lion ones...i was in such pain and compined with a very hot weather here in greece,elastics gave me a hard time for a couple of days..but now i don't even understand their presence

hope you are all doing well..kisses for everyone

Posted: **Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:40 am**

thanks for your comment KK!!

yes,my canines are 'running'

linda21,the summer is almost over here

and on the top of that,i have exams

but i'll survive

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