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Thirty with Braces

Silver? Ehh

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Anny
, 06-10-2009 at 06:36 PM (593 Views)
My appointment today was pleasantly dull. The ortho and his vice ortho were both very pleased with movement. I got buttons and chains behind two teeth last month in order to rotate them into correct position. He said it would take a while to get them into perfect alignment so sadly the chains are still there.

I really hate the chains. I'm always fraying my tongue on them or trying to fish food out from between them. They're a necessary evil though and I can feel what a different they've already made to my bite.

Instead of my "usual" clear bands I got silver ones today. I feel really silly having paid extra for ceramic braces only to make them stand out by getting silver bands. Next month I go back to clear - staining be damned
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Adjustments , Progress

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  1. Sunny's Avatar
    Here's to progress and you finding the silver ligs are fine!
  2. Anny's Avatar
    They're fine and only in for a month so I'm not too concerned. At least I can say I tried at least one other color!
  3. Denise's Avatar
    I was never given the option of clear bands and I have ceramic braces, but they are still harder to see. I have people constantly saying "you have braces?!" - like coworkers who work with me daily!
  4. Sunny's Avatar
    I've only got one ceramic bracket ... the rest are metal, and I still have people, who see me regularly, discovering I'm having ortho treatment ... after nearly four years ... it's amazing.

    I'm guessing this proves what I was told before my treatment started ... that our teeth mean heaps to us, but to others they're a non event ... and why it be any different?
  5. Anny's Avatar
    You guys are so right. Once I point out the braces to other people they always say "Oh I've always wanted to fix this about my teeth" and point out stuff I never notice LOL