hi girl...im using Damon 3 also.. its normal that u feel the numb and tightness for few days-a week...

Pls remember dear, every effort we put is worth for it! Dun ever feel so down bcos we couldnt eat certain food or bcos of the hassle it brings.. Bcos we all know, after all, darkness will be replaced by our brightest smile!

Yup, time just passed like a blink of an eye. So fast that i've been in treatment for 11 months already. Glad to hear that your progress are going well.
Since u said that ur case is quite serious, i bet u will be so happy when u see result...hehehe

yupe.. hehe.. can see a big difference d.. my teeth is getting straighter as my teeth was overlapping with each other.. 11 months.... so half a year to go for u

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Added on September 1, 2009, 12:09 pmthanx for the motivation

This post has been edited by snowy_sharz: Sep 1 2009, 12:09 PM

i did mine like 7 years ago. government hospital. that time no long ques. was bout rm500. had it on for 4 years. pulled out 4 teeth. but i din finish up my process. i took off my braces and he gave me mouth piece to wear. i did, for two months == not my teeth up and down got gap (the one he pull) small la. not big. i don dare to see my dentist. sure kena bang kao kao

wah~ how come it took u four years and in the end u didn't finish your treatment? how is yr teeth now?

bottom still straight

top moved. not jagged. but front bck lidat. gov hospital.. == sure 4 yrs min.

how do you get it done at a government hospital? Can you just go there and say you want braces? I hate my teeth but my parents are against getting braces for me even though we definitely can afford it, because they refuse to pay for something unnecessary :'( so I want to try to fund it myself!

Wow. Tell them it's definitely necessary girl. For my case, both my parents insisted that I put on braces although mine wasn't that serious. My dad said it's important that one's teeth is presentable. It makes a difference somehow. And I'm happy with how my teeth looks like now. You have nice teeth ---> you become more confident ----> you smile more -----> people perceive that you're friendly and sweet (just some sort of philosophy to convince parents). lol

Totally agreed with you. Before this my life was a full of darkness...

Yup, eventho with all the metal in your mouth, u still smile and laugh confidently. With mouth wide open and u dont have to cover with hands anymore.
When u smile or laugh confidently, that's what ppl refer as bright smile. I never regret having braces eventho at age, much older than most of you.

I love my straighter teeth now.

yes.. i agree with all of u here.. i never regret wearing braces.. i'm now more confident of myself and yes.. confidence is very very important... as what leng leng says.. it will make u look presentable and eventually appearing a more friendly person.. before this, i was very shy because of my teeth, now i have more confidence and definitely a more happy person ^^

anyone know if there is an age limit for getting braces in gov hospitals/?

I've been telling them about it for ages and they're pretty much sick of hearing it strangely they were born with relatively good and straight teeth so they don't understand how it's like to be constantly conscious about your teeth.... like always making sure to control myself from smiling with teeth because when i do people make comments :\ and then i get perceived as being someone unfriendly on first impressions


yeah that too and like i asked previously, can you just walk in and ask to get braces done? :|

if not mistaken is <17 years old. Last time after form5 i go n ask they said i overage d..

i understand your feeling.. my whole family have nice straight teeth and i wonder why am i the only one with ugly teeth my parents didnt want me to have braces, but i insisted that i want it so much that i fork my own money out for this... my mum always said that let it be natural~ but she never knows how low self esteem i was having when talking to other people or doing presentation... i didn't smile much because i was very cautious with my teeth... but now i'm not afraid to smile anymore

regarding the governent clinic/hospital.. no, u cant just walk in and have your teeth done.. u'll be put in the waiting list and if u are called before u finish schooling (form 5), then u can get it done in government clinic.. if the waiting list is too long and u r not lucky enough to get your turn while u r still studying then u cant have it done in government hospital d.. when in form 3, i did asked the dentists and nurse that came to my school to regularly check our teeth, i asked them how to apply for braces, and they told me just forget about it because the waiting list is very long (5-7 years) and i was already form 3 at that time.. and my friend told me they applied through the nurse /dentists that came to our school.. but they applied very early, most of them applied during primary ..

GREAT i'm too old for government!

i have been asking for braces since i was 13/14 and my parents have never agreed, now i'm already 18 and its too late and my teeth are worse than ever! so much for wanting to fund my own braces

So you went privately? Did you still end up funding your own braces?

yeah, my parents are like that too like after i tell them that i really want braces for the 100th time, my mum will point out random people with braces in public and go "See? Doesn't that look so ugly? When you smile all people see is ugly metal"

will putting on braces this thurday... i most most propably will put on normal braces, heard that ur guys put on Damon whch is nt so pain, wuwuwu dunno i can tahan the pain anot ?

anyone here is putting on the normal braces??

yes.. i'm doing privately and funding it myself.. u also planning to fund it yourself and dong privately?

yes.. my mum always says people with braces look so ugly and geli... but i feel ppl with braces are cool looking she always ask, why want to pay to suffer and look ugly ? just let eveything be natural la.. yada yada.. and eventually i gave up discussing this matter with her lor.. and not long time ago two of my cousins got their braces on and my mum commented again that they look so ugly in braces, and my aunt told my mum it is just temporary.. and told all the benifits of braces that my mum is starting to accept braces. =.= My aunt also suggested me to go for braces since my teeth is really ugly in front of my mum.. so i am wondering.. why other ppl have much greater persuasive power than i do to my mum eh?

actually i already saved enough few years ago to have braces but due to my studies, i have to wait until recently only to put on ... so i am grateful because though i know my mum still doesn't really like this idea of getting braces, at least she is not objecting .. i dont wan to go against her will ma

trust me, braces is worth the money

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Added on September 6, 2009, 12:02 pmno pain, no gain ma.. i am using self ligating type, so far, no unbearable pain to me.. hopefully no too in the future

This post has been edited by snowy_sharz: Sep 6 2009, 12:02 PM

I'm so sorry to hear that about how your parents thinks about braces. As a braces wearer, i should give you more courage to put on braces. Trust me, i've been ugly for the past 20+ years with ugly teeth. People make fun of me bcos of my teeth. I cried too many times bcos of the humiliation. But my parent dont really care about it and i cant financially support the treatment. Thats why i waited until now. I'm a working adult now and still decided to wear braces.

No doubt, people around me like colleagues and clients will stare and ask about my braces. But i'm more than happy to share about the experience. Some asked me why i want to sacrifice so much for this, i just tell them, u never experience what i experienced and you wont understand how it feel to be ugly.

So far, i see a lot of benefits. After 11 months of treatment, my teeth are straighter, i'm able to close my mouth without force, my lips and mouth appear smaller and my face become smaller too.

Maybe it was alot of sacrifices during the treatment, but actually i gain much more compared to what i've lost. I rather be UGLY for 2 years then pretty for the rest of my life than ugly for my whole life.

Braces is not that ugly, really!

This post has been edited by NikkiDaTeddy: Sep 6 2009, 09:37 PM

yes.. braces is not ugly.. i like them because they are like 'accessories' to me in fact, i feel braces is kinda cool looking. lol