I felt the same way when I first got powerchains. Powerchains are awesome, they really do work great. But sure do hurt at first. Seemed like once I got...
Hi everyone, Just thought I'd share with you my experiences with the bite adjustment. First, it's great that now I can bite down with my jaw setting back in...
Jeff, I am glad to hear you are doing well, for the most part. All new things take time to get used to, just take it one day at a time and you'll get to a...
Tiana, WOW! Your uppers are showing a dramatic improvement. If you start feeling frustrated, just look at your pics and see how far you've come already. Your...
Thanks Vikki! :) I had my last 2 extractions last week and will be getting my upper braces on next week so things are moving along! It looks like I am going...
Yeah, what's up with the hours of most dentists? When I lived in Florida, I broke the bonding off my front left tooth that had been put on to fix a chip. It...
My ortho finally opened up at 1pm today (although I called at 1:10 and there message was still playing saying they would open up at 1:00). They put me in...
Hi guys, Just a quick update - I got my treatment plan yesterday and am now booked in for spacers on 22 November and braces on the top arch on 29 November. I...
Hello Everyone, Well, I went in this morning to have my braces put on. They went on in under an hour. They put all of the brackets in a tray and slapped them...
... You're on your way! My advice? Enjoy all the no-no foods while you still can. <G> Glad you could find the floss threaders. They will make flossing EVER...
... Sure do love the wax though. On yes... wax is your friend! And pressure means things are moving and that's good! ... spit at people when I try to talk to...
Hi Nic, sounds like you and I are on similar schedules, although I'm getting Invisaligns. I wish I could get them sooner but they take a long time. (And if...
Congrats on getting them finally! I'm jealous! Soon I'll have mine. :) As for accidentally spitting on people, well, with these big giant two front teeth of...
I ate some semi-solid foods this morning and boy do I feel it now. It felt okay while I was eating but afterwards, everything started throbbing. I brushed my...
Hi Nicole, congrats on getting your appointments scheduled, now you can count down the days until you get started. Glad you found those Glide floss threaders,...
redwilley, congrats on getting your braces on yesterday. I hope you are still feeling well. You will get used to the look of them and many people around you...
Oh no, so sorry to hear you are sore. But this is to be expected. Take your OTC pain relief as needed, no need to suffer. Some orthos advise not to take...
You get used to it. I go every 8 weeks. Your teeth are going to move at the pace they are going to move so going more frequently doesn't necessarily mean ...
Congratulations on decided to get some ortho treatment, I'm 100% sure you wont' regret it lol :o) well at least 99.9% nobody can be 100% sure in anything. lol ...
My 2 front teeth are quite big also, thirteen mm long and 10mm wide - pre-braces they were severly crowded and not side by side, giving me a kind of like...
Congratulations on starting your ortho treatment, at first I drooled like a baby, but thankfully it didn't last too long, it's just your mouth trying to get...
... wide - ... braces ... more ... Uh oh I have competition! LOL Actually I feel better knowing I'm not the only one on the planet with teeth this big. I don't...
I have always hated my two front teeth, they have always seemed so huge to me. In school I was made fun of and called a beaver. It doesn't help that they...
Hi Tiana, You actually have very normal-sized two front teeth. They just seem so big because they stick out, and that they're sort angled away from each other....
Yes - I did think at the time of writing "chemist" that it might sound like I was seeing some underground drug maker or something for my floss requirements! I...
I was actually surprised when he said I could get invisalign, because I thought I had too much crowding on the lower jaw. But apparently not. I know my uppers...
I asked my orthodontist because I thought six weeks (my maintenance intervals) between appointments was a long time. He told me that the wires work for...
I think I'm picking up XM Satellite on all this hardware in my mouth. I got my lowers yesterday and my mouth hurts like heck this morning. I used to be able...
The soreness will over a few days get easier and then by the time you have your next adjustment it will be all gone, then you do it all again, but the way I...
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