I have been embarrassed by the extra tooth in the bottom row for as long as I can remember. Now that I am finally in position to afford them, I opted for incognito braces to avoid the outward appearance of metal. This is the worst pain I have ever felt in nun life. 2 days in and my speech is...
For the last 23 years, I only vaguely remember having teeth I was happy with for few months or so. That's about 1% of my life that I've felt confident with my teeth. The other 99%, I've been hiding my teeth as much as I can. While taking photos, I almost always smile with my lips shut, or when...
When I was 20 years old I found out I needed to have jaw reconstruction. I walked into an Oral surgeon's office at UCLA expecting to be consulted, and scheduled for surgery within a few months to fix all my problems. Of course, this is not at all what happened and my journey to relief was only...
Firstly, I just want to say how amazing Real Self is! I've been considering Invisalign for years and years and only recently discovered this in my googling. It's a wealth of knowedge and I really think it is what has convinced me to just get this done! Back story, I had a pre molar removed by a...
I had now had my braces for 4,5 months and already huge change! Im supposed to Wear them for 11 months in total. Its gold brackets behind the theet in upper and lower jaw. Hurst alot in the tounge the first 2 months. Ask for Gishy-Goo (patented new type of protection wax, you can Find it on...
I had metal braces when I was in junior high school and, like many, did not wear my retainers for longer than a year. (I stopped wearing the removable top retainer and the bottom permanent wire retainer was never replaced after I broke it.) I have an open bite—not severe but worse than m...
Yes it may be vein but having straight teeth for my wedding has always been something that's been important to me however, after having regular front fixed braces when I was 15, I really didn't want to go through those again- after all, I'm now 29 and with a career as a wedding planner, I didn't...
I thought it would be really useful to share my experience with Incognito braces and let everyone know who might have questions. Main reason to use incognito is that my role involves a lot of public speaking and meetings with clients so only discreet options were considered; as you can imagine,...
I got incognito lite (upper and lower 6 teeth), and have no complaints so far. When I first got them on, I had mild pain/discomfort for a few days, but saw progress within a week. I also have a day of discomfort after tightening, but it's not even bad enough to take Tylenol. Eating was more...
I'm 27 years old and decided to get braces after being gently reminded by my hygienist at EVERY cleaning how much of a difference braces would make for my appearance, ease of cleaning, etc. So finally she talked me into it and I decided to do some research. Google and I found a promising...
