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Title: Expander Then Braces
Post by: Braces4Life on 03. February 2007, 05:47:24 AM

Who here has had an expander and then got braces? I have! Just a random question. Thanks!  :)

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: bom on 08. February 2007, 00:42:35 AM

I have, first expander, later fixed braces with elestics

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: Braces4ever on 05. November 2019, 04:49:24 AM

I had a bonded expander which completely covered my back teeth and then got two sets of braces (and a forsus appliance) after.

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: Train Tracks on 05. November 2019, 04:54:02 AM

I had an expander for a while before I got braces.

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: nyar on 17. August 2020, 23:53:26 PM

I got my expander a month and a half before braces, and then got the expander off after five and a half more months. I only had to turn it for the first 7 days.

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: PlainJane on 20. August 2020, 15:13:45 PM

I had a removable expander when I was maybe 12? Then braces. I preferred the braces because they were easier to talk with! ;D

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: Taxy on 20. August 2020, 16:54:14 PM

Nah I never had one, always wondered what it would be like though.

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: nyar on 21. August 2020, 03:46:53 AM

Quote from: Taxy on 20. August 2020, 16:54:14 PM

Nah I never had one, always wondered what it would be like though.

It's like, you never really get used to it completely. After a couple of weeks the lisp goes away, but your tongue is literally resting on the expander all the time, and every time you eat you're busy making sure the food doesn't get stuck in there, so you're constantly reminded that you have a plaque of metal covering your palate that you can't get out.

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: glutexo on 15. September 2020, 12:59:18 PM

I had aremoveable expander plates for about one year. Afterwards I got my fixed braces, later on with elastics too.

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: prahm on 09. January 2021, 08:39:00 AM

I had an expander before my braces and the rest of my treatment. I found it to be annoying at first and then got used to it.

Title: Re: Expander Then Braces
Post by: Bryce on 16. January 2021, 05:01:57 AM

My treatment was lower braces and upper fixed expander with these paperclip like springs to push on the back of my front teeth. I got reverse pull headgear that hooked to the expander but I was so young I hated it all, I refused to complete treatment and got it all removed. It wasn't until to late that I started to really appreciate it all. Oh how I wish I could go back