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-damon 3 and in-ovation c are different brands for self-ligating braces
-self-ligating braces can be from different material; metal or ceramic. ceramic is near to teeth colour hence will look like transparent from far

ops, sorry, I tot in-ovation c is the brand name.

I also left out on traditional braces, which is less effective comparing to self-ligating braces. There are metal and ceramic type for traditional braces as well.

I went to Dr. How's clinic jst now, Dr. Raymond did a reposition for me. He's very gentle, careful and patient.

separator will come off when it has already done its job. so when it comes off, don't worry, jst let it be. dr how put 17 separators for me, all came off by themselves.

Last week Dr How repositioned 1 bracket for me, on the same day, i found tat it got worse, bcame more crooked. I waited for 1 week for the tooth to stabilize and i went to adjust it again yesterday, although my next appointment is 2 weeks later. I think better don't readjust immediately, will be very painful and that tooth will bcome sensitive, i experience that b4, too much adjustments in too short period of time. I think 1 week gap should b ok.

I think the need of wisdom teeth extraction depends on your condition. For my case, I extracted 1 wisdom tooth when having braces. I was advised by my ortho to remove my wisdom tooth before the completion of my braces treatment.

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Added on November 15, 2010, 4:05 pmMy ortho told me that metal works slightly faster than ceramic braces, but the difference is not significant. Most people say that metal/ceramic works the same, no difference. Hence, I think even though there might me slight difference, that is negligible.

This post has been edited by karynkhoo: Nov 15 2010, 04:05 PM

I went to see Dr. How yesterday and he said I can debond anytime. I thought can debond yesterday, but he said there are too many patients waiting, not enough time to do debonding.

I have to make another appointment for debonding. Unfortunately, Dr. How is really busy. His schedule is really packed until next week. I can't wait anymore, hence I opt for Dr. Raymond to debond for me tomorrow. Finally... I can take off my braces... Hope everything goes smoothly.

To the seniors here, I've some questions... I was told during consultation last time that I need to do another time of x-ray and mold after debonding. Is that true? After that, can I take back my mold and x-ray (before and after braces)?

My wisdom tooth was extracted at Dr. How's. He gave me 3-4 shots (forgot exact count) and it's painless.

I've just de-bonded yesterday. Here's my before and after photos.



Type of braces: Damon 3MX, without extraction
Duration: 17 months

This post has been edited by karynkhoo: Nov 26 2010, 10:20 AM

Thanks Nikki and pikeydude

Nikki, I understand what you mean. That's why I hesitated for >10 yrs before deciding to go for it. If it's more serious, I wouldn't have waited until this old...

Anyway, luckily we waited. The technology now is much better than years ago.

Thanks Ken, advanced and tomatonz all the wishes.

Ken, how long has you been wearing the retainer? 3 months already? I was told to wear it 24/7 for 3 months (except when eating and brushing teeth). I wonder if it's ok to wear it only at night. It's a bit troublesome to take it off everytime before eating, especially when on the move.

This post has been edited by karynkhoo: Dec 2 2010, 01:12 PM

1. You have to refer to my original post #1920 to see the photos.

2. I asked for the photos from the staffs.

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Added on December 7, 2010, 12:02 amFor my case, xray+mould+photos cost around RM300++, forgot the exact amount. Need to do the same thing before and after treatment, which mean RM300++ x 2. I think you might exceed 6.5k a bit. First set of retainer is FOC, included in the treatment cost. I was told that subsequent replacement of retainer (if required) costs around RM250 for Dr. How's in-house patients.

This post has been edited by karynkhoo: Dec 7 2010, 12:02 AM

I think it depends on individual. If the teeth is too crowded, extraction is required even for self-ligating braces. For my case, I went to 3 other orthos before I went to Dr. How. They said I need to extract 2 or 4 teeth. Finally, I went to Dr. How and he told me that my case doesn't require extraction.

OMG... did Dr How explain the purpose of doing this?