Has anyone else gotten braces on both the top and bottom at the same time!?
536716
Yes i did! It sucked at the time, but now my teeth are so straight. Everyone comments on how straight they are, for real!
591061
I have wires (which the orthodontist replaces) but I also have bands from top to bottom which I take out to eat and clean my teeth but they stay in the rest of the time. They gave me a huge bag of them and told me to replace them as and when I liked. I do it at least every two days as I don't like the idea of them being in longer than that. I will admit though that i do take them out and forget to put them back in! However my cousin had fixed bands that the orthodontis changed.
322780
I GOT MY BRACES OFF ON WEDNESDAY!!!!!!  so yeah.
1007784
braces aren't so bad. i just got mine in november and i'm 16. i think it's better late than never. in terms of pain, it really depends. i only have mine on top so the pain isn't as bad as it could. but the only pain i ever really feel is when i got to my orthodontist and he changes the wire. so far no one's made fun of me. i mean let's be serious, we're a bit too old. don't bother hiding them you won't have them forever.
299760
they might. but remeber your braces will be on the outside of your teeth. not behind them. so you should be ok.
787324
OK i was in 5th grade grade and i just had this special kind of braces put on my teeth. for the first week i could only eat liquid stuff. so i when to school and my mom made me some soupy pudding. and i sat down to eat but couldn't get the top off the container. so i pulled one more time and the pudding went all over my pants. everyone was laughing. i had to go to the office and call my mom *sigh* that is one of the worst. but think back now it was funny.
812278
umm i used to have braces and i have a water pic and it worked awesome and you can change the pressure of the water so you can make it as soft or as hard as you want then you might want to take some mouth wash and rinse your mouth so you get that clean feeling.  hope it all works out for you
1124307
nope.  just part of the process of having braces.  it'll be worth it.
487713
the straightening of teeth usually requires treatment of both arches--upper and lower.  in order to arrive at an acceptable configuration of your teeth, a dentist/orthodontist must consider how the upper and lower teeth come together.  if you treat only one half of the mouth, you'll likely get half of the desired result.  it sounds simple to put braces on only the arch with the crooked tooth, but it is much more complex.  if you treat only part of the problem, it could lead to bite issues and joint troubles down the road.  so, in short, the answer is No--both arches must be addressed simultaneously and it's not half off.
323136
I've had a customer of mine say that you can do the same as braces just by pushing on your teeth with your fingers, because that is all that the braces do. Of course if they are bad it will take some time. But if you are alone and watching tv or whatever, just try pushing gently on them. Maybe after a years time there might be an improvement.\n\nYou could always go see about getting braces. I know a lot of adults that gets them. Thre are payment plans to help.
330231
Oh I wore the braces, had the head gear, the rubber bands, and also at the same time wore glasses! Yes, I was truly a geek! However I wore the upper retainer, and lost the bottom retainer while I was swimming in the lake. So now, at least my upper teeth are great, but somewhere there was a fish who found my bottom retainer! I still don't like that lake.
612257
Braces are very cute- but can be uncomfortable at first.  They improve teeth very greatly, and straighten them.
240831
one time i was with a group of my friends at the movies and i went towards the bathroom and turned around to tell them where i was going, and when i turned back around i hit the wall face-first. I PUT AND DENT IN THE WALL, ANNNNNDDD BROKE MY BRACES AND HAD TO GET THEM FIXED!!!....\n\n\n.... nice to get that off my chest.. ty ;)
889781
I had braces a LONG time ago. This was back in the days of the "Stone Knives and Bear Skins" version of Orthodontia. Well, okay, almost 40 years ago.\nWhen I got the braces off; (which were the full ring band on every tooth, giving me the appearance of the grill of a 1955 Chrysler Imperial.),  I was left with a removable top retainer, and a glued-in bottom retainer. The bottom retainer was simply a wire support that ran behind my front bottom teeth. I went back a few times as I only went every 3 or 4 months to get it checked. When I went off to College, it finally came unglued. I took it out of my mouth, and that was that. I don't think they are meant to last forever, and it stayed in 2 years beyond the last time I saw my Doctor. But once it came out, that was it. I never had a problem with my bottom teeth shifting at all. \nMy question to you is: Do you have a "one price" deal on your braces, and that is what it is costing you no matter what treatment is involved? Or is there a "maintenance cost"?\nIf he is charging you on a "per appointment basis" to babysit that glued-in bottom retainer, I'd get a second opinion.\nI have no idea what braces and maintenance cost now. Mine was an "all-in" fee. No matter what, and no matter how long it took, the cost to correct my teeth was $1100.00.\nI guess that's cheap compared to the cost today, but I have to say, my teeth still look great!
675176
YES!!! You should go see a dentist and get some braces for your teeth and cleaning will help.
797423
No! Just call your Ortho and get it fixed. As everyone said they use a special type of "glue" to hold the brackets onto your teeth with a blue light--the same procedure used when you were getting your braces put on. If you use this glue I know they are gonna have a hard time taking that bracket off once your braces need to come off--and it probably wont come off.
534577
Just go see your orthodontist.  They allow time in their schedules for "emergencies" like that.  They can take you asap.  It's free and takes them 2 seconds to fix.  I wouldnt suggest fixing to yourself b/c you may mess something up.  If you're due soon to see the orthodontist for your monthly visit anyway, then it would be ok to fix it yourself.