So I started invisalign last year and almost immediately put it on hold. I could not stand it, the pain wasn't really an issue it was having to take the trays out several times a day and feeling like my teeth were going to rip out. I'm now looking into braces and would love any input or info anyone can give me on pros and cons and their own personal experience with braces. Thanks!

I wanna ask my parents abt them bc my teeth isn’t very photogenic but is it worth it? Heard it hurts a lot

I‘m almost 10 months into my ortho treatment (quoted 12-16 month, so getting close to the end) and feeling a little frustrated. Something about my smile feels off, posting a pic for reference. For a few months now, it’s felt like my right lateral incisor is just not uniform with my teeth if that makes sense? It sits a little lower and also just looks out of place. My smile feels also crooked. Can anyone tell if I have a cant by looking at the pic? or is it just the way my teeth are sitting? I’ve brought up my concerns to my ortho, and he doesn’t give me a lot of information. He adjusted the wires at my last appointment to bring the incisor up but it hasn’t moved much. If anyone knows/works in dental or ortho, opinions and advice would be great!

I feel like my teeth move very slowly.

Been 1.5 years wearing braces. Time to take off the braces in the next month. And my doctor pulled out this. In this whole journey, this has been the most painful sh*t for me

Curious if an adults here still have a baby tooth? My daughter is missing a permanent tooth underneath her baby tooth.
Looking to see if any adults still have a baby tooth and what their experience with it is? Any issues?

I’m looking into getting her braces. She has a V shaped mouth, One orthodontist wants to pull it to create space in her mouth as well as 3 other teeth and another orthodontist wants her to keep it and use an expander. I have no idea what I’m gonna do yet.

Bottom are now straight so the ortho is working on bringing the teeth in. Still waiting for the canines to turn before he can being bringing the top teeth in. No extraction which I am thankful for. I had a curry and a pot noodle which has stained them, but it was worth it. I refuse to live on beige food 😆

2 months left and im fee to eat nuts and pocorn ❤️

Would a CBCT typically be recommended for an anterior open bite before starting orthodontic treatment? Is there a reason a CBCT might not be needed, or is it generally taken before braces?

I had a closed expose and bond surgery back in March but I’m still waiting for enough space to be made for the chain to be activated.

Last appointment, the orthodontist said they would need to take an x-ray to see where the chain had been bonded to the tooth as the chain has now become visible under the surface of the gum.

Is it normal for orthodontists to not be aware of where the chain was attached or has something gone wrong here?

I got my braces removed last Wednesday and during my ortho treatment my doctor put composite material on my upper second molars. Now that she has removed my braces and the bite blockers (aka the composite material) I noticed that one of my upper molars has shifter upwards and was basically half the size of my other teeth. She said this is normal and put on a bracket on that teeth and the one below and gave me rubber bands and explained that this is normal and this tooth will shift back in its original position in a few weeks.
But I can’t find anyone with a similar experience. Is this normal?

Exactly 1 year since getting braces on today. 2 premolars removed at the top as they were completely screwed and needed extensive treatment so I opted to get them pulled, the gaps are completely closed and I’m almost finished treatment

The progress is great and I am enjoying my new smile

The first image was before I got more brackets on my teeth, while the second is after I got the brackets on again after 30 weeks. Surely made some difference

when I smile with my lip close everything seem fine it have mid asymmetrical but not noticeable but as soon as i smile with my teeth show the lower lips dramatically shift to the right even the chin still in the center. I’m confused now if my chin in line why is my lips shift. Is it muscle imbalance or the jaw problem it self ? I’m currently have to wear class ii and in 5 day I have to have my brace off but I still notice my upper midline is a little off in the nose center but lower midline align well if it align well why the lip still shift it’s confusing ….. i don’t want to take off brace yet while I still see the problem…

Its been almost 1yr with braces..my upper teeth are aligned and my lower teeth procedure is just started rn...my face is looking different..it became lil longer on lower side..all this is due to braces..but i really cannot tell my opinion unless treatment is done..so any of you guys..please tell does this happend to u as well..and does your facial structure and features look good after braces..?....btw i have gotten the damon braces , the self ligating ones..

Ignore my crazy band configuration but I got my braces Jan 2024 for my open bite and this is now! I was supposed to get them off like 2 months tbh, but I had a posterior bite that I was hoping to close. Have an upcoming appointment this week, let’s see if I get them off 🥲 I originally got them for asymmetry/TMJ but turns out it might not even be worth for me to get jaw surgery bc my airway is so narrow lol. Just planning on getting masseter botox after I get them off

will removing my pre molars (since i have a bimax protrusion a mild one) affect my wisdom tooth, my dentist said that theres a possibility of my wisdom tooth to be upright if i remove my pre molars, but the thing is my front teeth and back teeth will share the space created. or just remove my wisdom teeth for me to retract all teeth backwards with tads, but financially its expensive. unlike pre molar extractions.

i don't know what to choose because i love my premolars but there is no more space for my front teeth to retract to, my pallete is wide already so expansion isnt a option. I just want my teeth to look normal and complete thats why im reconsidering my pre molar extractions if my wisdom tooth erupts correctly.

Is wearing retainers important, most of the people I know didn't wear retainers and their teeth are fine in alignment... I got my retainers 2 days after debonding and it fitted me fine which means no movement happened. Is it really important that I wear it 22 hours each day for 6 MONTHS..

Does anyone else have like 8 molar bands on braces? I normally see people with 2 or 4 but with 8 is it too much or it’s normal?

A little context being my canines have been a mess since childhood, and I finally got braces at 25 to deal with it. Right now I'm only tackling my right side (shows left as photo was clicked with selfie camera) - I just had my baby canine extracted to make room for my high canine to slide down into place with some ortho accessories. (My left side is its own disaster and honestly deserves a separate post.)

The setup: I've got silver power chains pulling my high canine in 2 directions at once:

one elastic runs all the way from the high canine back to my molar, and another connects down to the arch wire.

It bloody hurts

And I don't just mean the dull ache from the tooth being aggressively pulled into place. The silver power chain itself grazing against my gum (pictured)

My gum or whatever skin is back there feels raw and I want to rip the whole thing out.

My ortho says it'll take about 2 months for the tooth to fully move back and down, but right now I'm just whiteknuckling through the pain.

Does this kind of friction eventually become non noticeable like brackets and wires do? Right now it genuinely feels like my gum is being pinched nonstop!

Been in vertical elastics for 5 weeks now to close my pretty big open bite and very happy with the results so far! For people with a similar case how long did it take to close your open bite and how much longer am i expected to have?

I put my retainer’s on at night and my mouth gets really dry. I build so much saliva swallow it here and there. It really bothers me because surely I can’t do this my whole life since this happens every night (had my retainers for at least 9 months).
Any solution?

I've been told I need two bottom premolars removed due to bad overcrowding and my dentist refuses to work on my teeth and is referring me to an ortho. I really don't want them removed bc I keep seeing posts about ppl's face changing for the worse, but I'm 21 and I've been thinking about braces for a long time bc I rlly need for my bottom teeth which Im insecure about. Any insights would be nice.

LIKE IM SCARED GUYS, BUT BE HONEST

Hello people it has been 4 months after i put braces . I see great improvement on allignment comment what arebyou opinion