hello.. im new in braces too.. just got my braces at Dr How, on 9 Nov 2010..and of coz, thanks to this forum, i read every pages throughly before i went to Dr How..LOL.. thanks guy for sharing!

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im having Lotus instead of Damon..no, he didnt. and he did not mention anything about installing screw. I hope that I dont need to undergo that

haha, yeah! so you know, it was crazy during reading..
as far as my progress is concerned, im having an elastic for my side tooth to come out. and according to Dr Raymond, my next appointment, the elastic can be taken off and he will use some sort of wire to make my alignment stays firm. not sure what kind of wire that is.

anyway, nikki, does the doctor said when can you debrace?

hello guys,

one question. if the wire is out of the bracket:(, should i go to Dr How tomorrow? coz my next appointment is on 18 May, which is 11 days later.

SORRY, its me.. my bf signed in the forum, and i din realise it. i did my braces on 09.11.2010, its six months now

there's nothing to nervous about, Mengher..which one are you going to opt for?

just relax yourself, and open your mouth as big as you can! after that, start to have baby food, deal with the sore, and welcome to braces

oh..ic.. then i guess i am lucky because i don need to hv filling? is filling cost any?

its a bit pricey. it din count tooth by tooth right? for the whole set of your teeth right?

i had wisdom tooth surgery before my braces also. extraction RM 80, and surgery, RM 800. but maybe he feels that im pity, and he just quoted me RM 800 instead of RM 880. and not to forget CT scan, RM 150 for that. he said im his in house patient. so he jz discounted 50% for me :'(

don need to be nervous, it eventually will be okay! best wishes

hey hey.. welcome to braces, once again

its okay, we all undergo the ugly face, and sooner, you will transform, from ugly to pretty smile! braces rocks!!

i remembered after i had braces, i have assam laksa(change the assam laksa mee to kui tiao), because i had FOUR biji of bite stoppers at my upper front teeth. i wasnt able to bite, at all! so and i cant really bite, can only telan. so during that period, im really good in telan food

but the bite stoppers were removed 2 months ago..hehe!

mengher
haha, i had ulcer before as well. use dental wax, it helps a lottttt!!

actually, a lot of things you can eat. like, tofu, fish, egg(all type of egg, fried egg, steam egg, etc), kui tiao, mi hun, mee, spaghetti, milk, juices, etc)

my fav food since nov till now is FISH and TOFU! haha!! oh ya, i used to drink fresh blended fruit juice as well. coz "telan" is not good for stomach, hard to digest and it turns out, i faced constipation. after drinking juices, oh great! my life is back to normal! haha!

know what. after i went braces, straight away i need to take photo for some sort of application. then only i realised, i dont know to smile with braces. and no doubt, my photos came out extremely ugly because of my weird mouth/smile..

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deadangel
why do you need screw? is it because you have gummy smile?

normally screw was installed together with the braces or doctor will see if I need it or not during my braces progress?

big sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i went to dr how today, was rescheduled to today, from 18.5.. and dr how basically repositioned all brackets of mine, and put back the wire, and in the middle of the process, dr how asked if my concern is, to extract teeth or not to extract. i said, yea! and he said, i have open bite, and what he can do is, try to reposition all the brackets and see how my teeth go.. if at last, this still cannot be changed, i might need to extract my tooth/teeth.. and Dr Raymond(dr how helped me to put all the brackets back, and also lower wire, and Dr Raymond helped me to put back my upper wire) said that because my mouth is small, jaw is small, and i have a lot of teeth. that's why. Dr How did say, this time, my teeth sure feel even pain/sore than last time. Dr Raymond when putting back my wire also said, just look at how the brackets go, he already can know, i can feel even pain/sore..sigh!

sighhh.. i don wish my healthy teeth to be sacrifised again >.<i feel veryx100 sore right now! hope the sore goes off within 2 days! T_T

by the way, my inner elastic is off..

and photos had been taken today..

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

im not sure if he is doing the best already. coz it seems like the problem is not on his skill, is on my teeth, after he repositioned :'( i go and search about open bites. normally open bites need to correct by jaw surgery.. n it seems scary. i hope my teeth go well, teeth ar teeth, gambate!

this is the inner elastic. one of my teeth arent up right. doctor made some sort of "bracket" inside, and hang an elastic there.. upper to inner.. so i call it inner elastic..

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[quote=mengher,May 12 2011, 10:02 PM]livon6699,
dun sigh la.. not good for health n mind too...

I think dr. how ady try his best to help u ady.. u r almost the way to reach beautiful SMILE ady ... Dont gv up .... Add oil k? I believe u can over come it... btw, wat is inner elastic?

today count as my 3rd day.. i felt like my behind wisdom teeth is growing.. now very itchy.. n abit pain...

deadangel,

ntg to be scare la.. tat day me oso like blur went meet dentist. tot will pain but end up not really . just a bit sore and not usual lo...
U remember get more dental wax from doc.. tis is to apply on the bracket.. it help u to reduce the friction with the mouth...
relax n keep happy mood to meet doc k?? =)



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so good.. how long hv you been braced and when are you going to debrace? i still have a really long way to go T_T

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not sure if you are saying about this.

Is anyone here facing open bite? and i would like to know how Dr might cure it..thanks

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show us your photos maybe? haha..

anyone that has open bite? i go and search in youtube, and i see that open bite may need jaw surgery also.

by the way, the surgery, is it undergo by dr how?

i went to clinic today with my cousin as she wants to have braces consultation. and i had my wire cut too. then i asked Dr Raymond, how long is my treatment left. and he said, for my open bite case, might need one year and three months. so sad T_T.. so it will be 18 months, counted with his expectation.

ya sure but the open bite can be noticed after the teeth are lined up nicely.. sob sob :'(

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thanks, peer!

i was over estimated my teeth. i thought it can be done within a year from now. who knows, a lot of more months to go. its ok la.. its still within the period Dr How gave me. so. (

you are brave as well. everyone of us here are brave! BRAVO )

don sad.. think at another side.. wisdom tooth is useless..haha.. i initially unwilling to take out any tooth as well. then my bro said, since the tooth is useless, why would i keep it? LOL..

mine is LOTUS..

take care and be gentle to your dearly braces