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teeth moving

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  1. rach87
    Member

    hi guys,
    I got braces on not that long ago and was just wondering how long it took before your teeth started to move, i understand everyone is different but if u could share it would be much appreciated!

    Posted 6 months ago #

  2. chipshumptydumpty
    Member

    For me after a week my teeth were straighter. It starts instantly, but you gotta keep them a long time to make it permanent. When you'll change your elastics, you will see how much better they look now. It's a pain but it's really worth it in the end.

    Posted 6 months ago #

  3. Sarah
    Member

    You would be surprised at how quickly they move, although the changes happen pretty subtly, so it wasn't something that you will notice straight away. for me i didn't notice until i had saw someone i hadn't seen in a while and they would make a comment, or i would see an old picture, and it would just be a sudden realization where i would think 'wow my teeth have actually changed heaps' its always a really good feeling

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    Posted 6 months ago #

  4. rach87
    Member

    thanku for sharing =) i only got them on last wednesday and dont think they have moved at all yet, my teeth are really crooked, i SO cant wait to see them straighten up!

    Posted 6 months ago #

  5. chipshumptydumpty
    Member

    Has it started to hurt?

    Oh yeah I should have said my teeth were pretty good except for like the 4 front ones.

    Posted 6 months ago #

  6. Sarah
    Member

    My teeth were pretty bad too, and they are pretty much perfect now.
    and dont worry, you notice change the most with crooked teeth, they will look amazing by the end :)

    Posted 6 months ago #

  7. rach87
    Member

    havent really started to hurt except to bite into stuff and eat, sometimes get a little bit achy! I cant even imagine myself with straight teeth. So cannot wait to FINALLY have a nice smile=)

    Posted 6 months ago #

  8. Trobb
    Member

    Hey, my ortho told me the pain you get is the teeth moving, but for me I never got any pain after my braces were tightend, so I thought great my teeth aint moving, and I had a huge gap in my 2 front teeth and that never started closing untill a year after I had braces on but that was beacasue he didn't try closing the gap ( I didn't know this untill after, my ortho is really blunt and dosent talk to me :( ) and because that was the main reason for me personally for braces it made me feel abit -.- but as soon as he put elastics on to close the gap within 3 months the gap was gone and thats when I realise how straight my teeth have actually turned out,so it did take a while for me to realise but I can promise you it may not feel/look like their moving to you but they are!

    Posted 6 months ago #

  9. deisegirl
    Member

    It was funny when I went to get braces first the ortho was saying "now we'll have to close that gap later on in the treatment" and I didn't realise there was a gap. Getting braces was more about getting my jaw sorted I suppose so I never thought of the gaps in my teeth. I'm sure lots of things moved around but as I had this one gap to focus on, I could see it closing up in a matter of months, actually probably weeks once he put an extra loop around it (possibly a chain? I never know what the terms are!)

    Posted 6 months ago #

  10. rach87
    Member

    thanks for sharing guys

    Posted 6 months ago #

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