Almost 40 and Wearing Braces - Shreveport, LA

I had my braces on August 25th. From everything I read and was told by friends that have had braces, I was anticipating a lot of pain. Fortunately, my pain has been minimal. My teeth haven't really hurt at all, the pain I've has been the inside of my lips and cheeks where the braces have rubbed and irritated. I'm very happy with the braces so far. I'll try to keep updating on here as I go through my treatment :)

I've had my Damon braces on a little over two weeks now. It's been a breeze so far :) No more irritation in my mouth. It subsided around day 5 or 6 after getting them on. I use Colgate Peroxyl mouth wash (recommended by my orthodontist) for canker or mouth sores and it alleviated the problem in a day or two. The biggest obstacle now is just eating. It's not painful just very awkward and I still don't want to eat in front of anyone :-/ It just makes you feel self-conscious thinking about all that food stuck in your braces, eeek! I bought a cordless waterpik and highly recommend it to anyone getting braces. I mainly use it at work after lunch. It is so much faster than trying to floss and allows you to quickly clean food particles out of your braces and gums so you can brush and get back to work :) I'm not posting any pics right now since I don't think there has been noticeable movement. I can "feel" my teeth moving (if that makes sense) and a few of them are already loose but I can't tell in side-by-side pics yet. My biggest problem? I WANT POPCORN, wah! :'( haha. Oh! But I can chew gum which I didn't know I could before I got them on so that was a huge, happy surprise!!! Other than that it's going fantastic and I'm ready for a new wire already!! Move them teeth doc!!! Lol I will try to update every couple of weeks or at least monthly... Life is just crazy right now so it might slip my mind :) If you are still on the fence about getting braces as an adult, I say go for it!!! =D

I'm posting pics after having my Damon braces on for one month (pics are from 9/25 I'm just a little late posting them). I couldn't be happier. I see significant movement in my top teeth already!! I'm occasionally having soreness in random teeth but it lasts no more than a day and I only notice it when I bite down on food. It's more annoying than painful. I'm still canker sore free and for the most part only notice my braces when eating. I still have a tendency to have more spit and sometimes spray it instead of just say it, lol. I go for my first wire change on October 20th. I'm anxious to hear what the doc has to say and hope I get a good progress report!! :-) I still say go for it if you are an adult that is considering braces. So far it's been an absolute breeze and I don't regret it for a second. I realized today how much more I smile openly and show my teeth. No more closed mouth smiles for this woman!! More confidence and it feels great!! That is something you absolutely can't put a price tag on =D My only con at this point is that I feel like my teeth are yellow. I read from another review that someone else had the same issue. IT turned out to be just some of the adhesive from having the braces put on and it came right off with a cleaning. My next scheduled cleaning isn't until January so I'm going to ask at my wire change appt if they can maybe polish the top front ones a little :-)