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From the photo, your top front teeth look nicely aligned. So I guess your orthodontic treatment is mainly about fixing your bite?

Has the bite plate made much difference to your bite yet? I see that it is also an expander. Will you need expansion of your bottom arch too, or is the expansion of the upper arch being done to enable your lower arch to move forward?

Good luck with the bottom brace this week. Are you getting metal or ceramic?

OtherNotion said:

How's eating with the bite plate been? I found it difficult and I didn't even have an expander.

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In the beginning I also found it very difficult to eat with it in my mouth, but as i got used to it it got easier. nowadays I can eat at normal speed with my bite plate.

OtherNotion said:

Also are you ever getting braces on your upper arch?

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yes
When I have both upper and lower braces, i will also get elastics to correct my overbite.

That's great. Do you have pictures of your setup?

I just woke up after a good sleep in my whole setup.
Modified Activator with pelottes and telescopic Herbst plus Interlandi headgear.
... thinking about a consultation at an orthodontist to get something non removable.

.... still dreaming ...

if this way of sharing is not allowed please tell me

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CPbGGKQ11wZ2HUput9RYmdlGq31l19lF
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pkd-Tqd2tHYgahVRE4wxanCys05lvOv9
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CjTDr6UhtcO-4N5hdBq6qyrsMp0rnGJP

can I just post a google drive link with https://anonym.to/, or is that not allowed?

I will be, my next ortho appointment is in three weeks and then we go from there!

Can you post any pic?

I have currently already had a bite plate with expansion screw for 6 months. full time including eating.
next week I will also get lower braces.

I don't really know what to say so feel free to ask me questions

Also ich hatte keines von beiden und finde daher beides sehr interessant - aber wenn ich nur eines bekommen dürfte dann eher den HG - finde ich interessanter

Ich glaube, Multiband ist verschwunden - maximal die Metallbänder um die 7er bzw. 6er gibt es noch - das ist eigentlich auch Multiband, aber hat ja Gründe warum das an den Backenzähnen so macht

Stimme Vroni.78 zu

I guess that, if all that is needed is a backwards pressure, using a neck strap technally will do the job ok, with the large advantage that it IS rather less visible, which IS important to "normal" patients. And probably both cheaper and more rugged.

I guess the advantage of the Interlandi is the possibility to change the direction of the pull force.

I have one of everything, and my favourite has always been th Interlandi: it's amazingly comfortable.

I had only uppers for about 10 months, then they added lowers. In my case the lowers weren’t that crooked, bot I needed braces on both arches to align my midline.

This project sounds great.

I've thought to these questions :
- What are the benefits of the braces (except of course to get a perfect smile) ?
- what is the main disadvantage for her ?
- what does she think about the treatment duration ?
- did she have the desire to get them off immediately at some moments ?
- does she bother when meeting old acquaintances she has not seen for a long time ?

Based on a request from the Braceface Beauties account on YouTube, Carrie's going to do a "custom" Q&A video about her braces experience. Braceface Beauties wants her to talk about what she'd say to other adults considering braces, which is fine. But I thought she could discuss other things like:

- Why did you choose metal braces?
- How does it feel when you first get braces put on?
- What are bite stoppers like?
- What are power chains like?
- What are elastics like?
- How do you care for your braces?
- What's kissing like with braces?
- How do people react to your braces?

Can anyone think of other questions she might answer in the video? Keep in mind that Carrie isn't remotely shy -- about her braces or anything else -- and will answer any question as long as it doesn't violate YouTube's TOS.

We probably won't be able to make the video for a couple of weeks. We're traveling to Flagstaff and then Las Vegas over the next ten days, so it'll be after that, unless she wants to do the video in Vegas. So you have plenty of time to think up questions!

went in for check up today and they are going to keep expansion efforts for another 2 - 3 weeks.  After that, they will keep the appliance in and just hold things for a period of time.  I will find out at my next appointment if they will put on lower braces or wait until the expander gets taken out and put both upper and lower in at same time.

Unfortunately, the last several days have been the roughest patch since she first got her braces. The elastics are really irritating the insides of her cheeks, and they're putting a lot of pressure on her lower arch. I'm hoping this will ease up in the next few days.

On the plus side, she's pretty tough and the discomfort hasn't stopped her from doing everything she'd normally do with her mouth.  >

Heh, Saturday we met with a group of friends for drinks. Two of them are dental hygienists and one is a dentist, so there was a lot of braces talk and inspection of Carrie's mouth. She made a point of calling attention to her new elastics, which was a fun conversation to observe.

Wow - I can't say I'm not jealous! You really are a lucky man......

Hope the elastics aren't hurting too much - they look great and I bet they feel great too for you.