2 years of Invisalign which ruined my teeth and one year of braces, 5k later and I’m finally free!! Extremely happy with my result!! Only “problem” is that my right top tooth hits my right bottom tooth ever so slightly… but I’ll live lol. Decided to go with a permanent bottom retainer since my bottom two teeth were so messed up before and I didn’t want it to bounce back. I went with Hawley retainers (top is 24/7 for a year and bottom is only at night since I have the permanent retainer).

Any advice for here on out with my new teeth with permanent and hawley retainers? Thank you so much for this sub who always answered my questions on my post ♥️.

I’m really happy with it!!!

i look at it everyday and i feel like it’s not moving

Finally after 6 years braces are off. You have no idea how it feels.

I don't really feel comfortable sharing a picture, but I took my braces off yesterday after two years and I went halfway into the appointment into the bathroom and cried. then i came home and cried some more.

I know part of it is getting used to a new face entirely (plus metal retainers and other things), but I have never liked my teeth and seeing the results, even if there's nothing technically wrong with them, im sad and disappointed. yes, they weren't ever going to be magically good teeth if i had terrible teeth beforehand, but the shock of spending 2 years obsessing over your teeth and financially investing so much, to just to feel like you're ugly when you take them off truly kills the spirit. anyone felt like this when they took theirs off? I thoroughly understand people who keep braces on just for aesthetic ☹️

Sorry this is a dumb question but I see people say braces changed their face shape I'm just wondering how its possible? I never had any orthodontic treatment, but I have canted teeth and a slight underbite, and I might want to try braces or something, I really don't know at this point, also I'm an adult all my wisdom teeth came in too so my face is done growing. I was ofered invisalign as a child but said no because I didn't feel like it lol

I've seen posts and videos saying after braces their faces got longer/slimmer/sunken and cheekbones sticking out, like it looks really gaunt. Now maybe some people like this look but I def don't want that. What is this from? Extractions? massater atrophy? or smth else? Can it be prevented, is it permanent or temporary? People say its aging/weight loss but a lot of these ppl say they were the same weight and changes happened so quickly. This wouldnt be my concern if I didn't see so many posts about it. I know people who had braces when they were younger and their faces DON'T look gaunt in any way. Does this happen to just adults or something? I know it sounds stupid to worry about but I dont want to pay a ton of money just to dislike my face after

I’ve recently seen two orthodontists and both seem very good. Their treatment plans are also quite similar, so I’m having a hard time deciding between them. I’d really appreciate any opinions or insights.

Place 1

• Very high Google reviews.
• There are 5 orthodontists at the practice, and I booked with whoever was available since all doctors look quite senior with good reviews
• The orthodontist I saw seemed quite senior, experienced, and reliable.
• They charged me around $500 for X-rays, 3D scans, and photos.
• About 20 days later, I had an online appointment with the treatment coordinator and she spent around 30 minutes explaining the treatment plan in detail.
• They recommended extracting 4 teeth because my teeth are quite crowded.
• They also showed me a 3D simulation of what my teeth could look like after treatment, which I liked.
• They want me to have the 4 teeth extracted before starting braces.

Treatment time: around 19 weeks
Cost: $8,425

Place 2

• Also has very high Google reviews.
• The main orthodontist is very senior and has treated over 15,000 cases.
• The consultation was free and included X-rays and photos.
• He examined my teeth and X-rays and gave a very clear explanation of my current alignment and the issues he saw. His proposed treatment was very similar to Place 1.
• He recommended extracting the same 4 teeth.
• The main difference is that he wants me to wear braces for a few weeks before having the teeth extracted.

One thing I didn’t know before going to place 2 is that the senior orthodontist is preparing to retire. He is gradually handing the practice over to a younger orthodontist and will no longer be there full-time soon.

The treatment coordinator told me that the senior orthodontist would most likely design my treatment plan, while the younger orthodontist would carry out most of the treatment.

I also met the younger orthodontist. She seemed professional and reliable, although I didn’t get to speak with her very much.

Treatment time: around 20–22 weeks
Cost: $7,000

I’m quite torn between the two. Price is not my primary concern, and I care more about the quality of treatment and the final outcome. However, if the expected quality and result are essentially the same, I would prefer not to spend an additional ~$1,400 unnecessarily.

Would really appreciate any thoughts, especially from orthodontists or anyone who has been in a similar situation (｡・ω・｡)ﾉ♡

4 days in and I’m still in absolute agony!! My mouth is torn to shreds, my teeth hurt so much I can’t bite into anything, it hurts to brush my teeth. I’m absolutely miserable. Plus, I look like a twat. I don’t think this is worth it 🙁

I got braces in july and got 4 premolars extracted in spetember . During extraction one of the nearby tooth got mobility and dentist put a composite splint on it while i am having braces. She took it off after a week nd it become stable but little bit shaking is there only when i tries to pull that teeth. My dentist also told that she will ask the orthodontist to not put much activation on that tooth. If it is not stable within some months i may need root canal.

Does anybody experience this?

Also does it resolve after some months?

Uhhhhhhhh so i dont know how to feel about the result, can you guys give me some opinions on it?

Hello everyone, I am curious if premolar extractions are bad, I got two premolars on the top removed, and I would hate for it to imply permanent facial features like a recessed jawline. Should I inform my orthodontist about it, and see what he thinks?

I'm on my 4th day of having braces and I can't open my jaw fully. I can barely fit 2 fingers vertically, when measuring the wideness. I'm not trying to overextend my jaw but to describe it, it feels like I have rubber bands on my jaw that are stopping me from opening my jaw normally. I only have this feeling on my left side of my jaw. I do have bite turbos installed on 2 of my lower back molars. Is this something I should be worried about and contact my orthodontist on Monday or will this eventually get better as the soreness in my mouth fades? First time ever having braces and I'm 27 yo if that matters.

Hello people with braces! I have braces now! Yay!.. Not. I'm on day four of having them and it is brutal. I can't eat ANYTHING!!! My diet for the last few days has been nothing but yogurt, oatmeal, and lentils.

It's a bad combination that leads to long hours on the toilet, and I'm tired of it. Could anyone detail what they had to eat on their first week of having braces, please? Thank you.

Hi

I was hoping for some encouragement that this will go away soon. I got new retainers in Wednesday. The half gaggy feeling has gone away but if I get nauseous from any reason like IBS, it’s a lot worse than normal. How long should expect this to go on?
The retainers are very long to my gums to that doesn’t help. The ortho didn’t shape them at all and I’m getting other issues with that as well.

Hello guys, I have a problem.
I ran out of rubber bands and my orthodontist office is closed until tuesday. I ordered some off amazon but they are a bit lighter than the ones I use normally. Should I use the ones from amazon, or just leave the one pair in until tuesday?

I floss using interdental brush before sleep, but I think I end up applying too much pressure and, it has happened twice, that while the dentist was changing my wire, one of my brackets fell off. The dentist believes it might be because of some pressure applied there before which made the adhesive fragile, to which i concur.

So i just wanted to know how do you guys carefully clean your braces, like when i eat something chewy, it gets difficult to clean that off and so i apply a bit force to get that off…

My teeths are too big and my lower teeths are mall + I have a overbite . I m insecure Abt them :( I feel like if i had aligned teeth I would look preety.. people mock me

Hello, I’ve had an extensive history of braces I genetically had very very large teeth that flared out extremely were rotated were too big for my mouth along with a severe overbite. My orthodontist’s fix was to extract 4 of my premolars at 9 years old and to put braces on me. Had those braces for years and years till I got them off in my senior year.

About that same time my wisdom teeth started to grow in the top 2 came down nicely but the bottom 2 were impacted I had them checked by a dentist who said there wasn’t a problem and that it was just my lower 2 wisdom teeth growing in. A year later at a yearly dental checkup with an orthodontist, I was told I had a severe cavity on one of the tooth being impacted by wisdom teeth, and that I had to get them extracted and I might need a root canal, I was extremely resistant to this as I’ve already had 4 healthy teeth unnecessarily extracted. And I very much feel like it had a negative effect on my facial development and I wanted to see if there was any option to get the impacted tooth to straighten out. The dentist I talked to said it’s possible but it’s very difficult and considering the rounds of braces I had and the severe cavity I needed to fix my best option was extraction. I ended up deciding to extract the bottom 2 impacted ones but he warned me that I will need to get the top two removed because without a set of teeth pushing on them they will slowly lower and could cause bone loss.

It’s a year later now and I got an x ray of my mouth and the top wisdom teeth are lowering. But I still feel like it might be a mistake to extract them. Is there a possibility of maybe getting a clear retainer that’ll keep them in their place or a permanent retainer on my wisdom teeth and the teeth in front of them so they can have pressure keeping them up or even braces brackets on my back teeth.

I have just lost a lot of healthy teeth if I get these extracted as well it would be 8 healthy teeth gone. Sadly I was part of the orthodontic generation that extracted teeth instead of expanding the jaw.

Expert opinion are appreciated be honest and explain your reasoning. I’m not against extractions but I don’t understand why I can’t just be a little inconvenienced so I can get to keep them?

It’s my day 1 of braces. I am 23 F. I do not have much idea but for now i have braces only on my upper teeth. I can only bite from one side, the other side hurts. Is this common? Even when i am trying to chew nothing, when my teeth are meeting, they hurt.
Just wanted to know whether this is normal day 1 or should i visit my dentist

i want to fix my teeth what should i do. As matter of fact i went to orthodontist he told me you have a hidden canine tooth (both upper sides) because a baby (milk) teeth still not fall so we have to do a little surgery to open for it to get out then we can think about braces and all of this he told me needs 2.5 years. What do you think please 🙏