r/braces

Ortho said my bite is and I quote “quite ok” but i hate hate hate the gaps on the sides. is that normal? she said i should wear bands for another month. are the gaps due to my teeth being worn down (i had to eat from the side all my life because ive always had an open bite and decided to fix it as an adult) or is my bite still open on the sides?

i’ve been obsessing over this for days now (ive even doubled up my bands at night to speed things up) i would really appreciate some other opinions. thanks!

im actually soooo surprised!! i didnt really see the difference when i was wearing my braces but now that i compared the pictures i realised how bad my overbite was! im getting my braces off in september
ps ignore my stained powerchain😭

I had braces for three years and I’ve noticed that I have white spots on my teeth.. does that mean I’m going to have white squares when they remove my brackets. I am a coffee drinker. I do brush my twice a day I do floss.

Are any of you guys coffee drinkers and how does your teeth now look after braces?

First photo is from January 2025, second photo is August 2025 (day before getting the chain fitted), third photo is from January 2026, final photo is from this month. I've been provisionally booked in to have the braces taken off mid-August.

My primary issue was gaps between my teeth. My treatment was slow to get off the ground as I had a baby tooth that needed extraction, and then they needed to gradually increase the space for the adult tooth to be pulled down into. The tooth was extracted about a week prior to getting my braces fitted and the gold chain was fitted at the end of August 2025.

There's still a slight gap where the space was created to pull the adult tooth into but as this is going towards the back of my mouth, I'm not so bothered about it (and given my teeth are quite small, they were probably quite limited in how much they could move it without creating a gap at the front). I had an appointment at the end of April where I was given elastics to wear to help move the tooth back but my appointment this week, I was told I didnt need to wear these anymore as the tooth only needs to move about 1mm. The majority of my treatment has been power chains.

I was originally told treatment would be 18-24 months and I thought I would be hedging towards the 24 months given the issues mentioned above and it taking a while to be able to get booked in to get the gold chain fitted. Treatment all in including braces, extraction of baby tooth and exposure for the fitting of the gold chain was just over £4k.

Super, super happy with the results - my only regret was waiting so long to get braces

first week progress, is there any chance of my tooth being aligned in a month or so?

I have open bite underbite uneven bite and facial/ jaw asymmetry

Had my third braces adjustment yesterday and got a coil spring attached for my crowded upper teeth / rotated canine. Last night while flossing, I already noticed a gap where two teeth used to touch. I have overcrowding so flossing feels very hard due to the tight spots.

Is it normal to see this kind of change literally within a few hours? I know actual tooth movement is supposed to be gradual, but this felt crazy fast.

For context, I also had my upper wisdom teeth removed already, and my orthodontist just added brackets to the last upper molars + changed my lower wire to a thicker one.

Very excited to see if this starts helping my crowding and canine rotation more over the next few weeks.

Anyone else had a coil spring work this fast? 😅

They pulled this front tooth so that tooth in the back can move to the front but now it feels like my entire front teeth are shifting to the one side

I have damon braces on. bottom teeth are pretty flared

I’ve got my debonding booked on Monday but wondering if this is something i should bring up? Pls ignore the food in my brackets I just had Doritos while thinking about how much I crave a whole apple.

I paid for 5000USD for the Rehab and Ceramic Braces and this is what I get.

I started braces last April 15

I have a porcelain two front tooth that had to be replaced into a plastic material so brackets can be glued. She then insisted on the Gingivectomy of my two front teeth which made me look more like a rabbit.

My current situation is, she tried to force the two front teeth to come in which made it look worse.

I feel like ive been ripped off and just live with this look

I’ve always been insecure of my teeth and smile and I wanted braces, but my parents say my teeth look fine, I don’t really think so. If I were to get braces, would I need them on both top and bottom? How horrible is the situation here?

Also non braces related, I feel like my teeth are a little bit too yellow, even though I brush twice a day, is that also a concern?