r/braces

The progress is insane I‘m so happy!

I occasionally see people ask if it’s worth it to get braces at, say, age 30. I’m 65 years old and I just got braces a couple months ago. I had them
When I was 14 for a severe overbite. So this is my second round since my teeth gradually became misaligned over the last 50 years. Yes, for me it’s worth it. Do it.

i have had braces for four years. I’m really only getting them off because im tired of how long treatment has been going on and because I have to go to college. I feel like the things I was unhappy with while I had braces are even more noticeable now (open bite one side, cant, midline not lining up w my face). Am i just overthinking it.

I don’t want to hear it because I’ve worn this thing after spending $5k and having 3 grueling years of upper expansion, IPR and SO SOOO MANY rubber bands to rotate and pull these canines down. But why am I now just learning that the Hawley retainers can pull canines up? I went to monthly and yes MONTLY appointments after for retainer checkups and my ortho said absolutely nothing about this being an issue. I wore it for a straight year like I was supposed to. After I got permission I was only wearing it at night for 10 hours. Why why why wasn’t I warned about this because these two teeth were by far the worst thing to get into place and now I’m going to have to be in braces again not knowing how much or how long it’s going my to take. My last appointment over a year ago the assistant tells me yes this happened sometimes?!!! I’m angry

Getting braces at 27 feels a little unusual, but I’ve realized that age really doesn’t matter when it comes to making a change for yourself. At first, I was nervous about how I would look and what people might think, but now I see it as a small step toward something that will make me feel more confident.

It’s never too late to improve something, start something new, or simply do something that makes you happy. If I had waited because I thought I was “too old,” I would have missed the chance to do something for myself. So here I am, 27 and wearing braces and proud of it. ✨

I am turning 18 in oct, lowkey conscious about my teeth though i am mostly not worried about it but i am confused if it would create any issues in future? i am lowkey lazy too and it would be hard for me to maintain braces and the feeling of it scares me a lil bit. what should i do?

I mean, that’s why I got them in the first place, but it’s still crazy to me =))) How long did it take you guys to start seeing some changes?

1st photo is the day I got braces, and the 2nd photo is today after getting my first adjustment. 3rd photo is the night before I got braces (ignore the dry lips I was on Accutane then😭), 4th photo is today when they took my wires off before they put new ones in.

Before anyone decides to tell me I didn’t need braces and that my teeth were already straight: respectfully, you are not me, you don’t have my teeth or my bite issues, and you are not my board-certified orthodontist. He wouldn’t put braces on a patient if he thought it was unnecessary. For context, I had braces for the first time (done by the same orthodontist) when I was 10 and got them off at 12. Since I was so young, I didn’t understand the importance of wearing my retainers. My teeth ended up shifting to the point where my bite wasn’t fitting together comfortably at all. It made it hard to chew and eat and it caused jaw pain sometimes. So at 21 I decided to get braces again!

Just got braces on at 27! Feeling a little insecure but glad I’m finally doing something about them for myself. Projection is 18 months and I have to get an incisor implant and fix a cross bite. Hoping it doesn’t take any longer!

For a long time I’ve been somewhat self conscious about my teeth. Obviously there’s the gap but then also the two front teeth extend lower than the rest. I used to only smile without showing my teeth but I’ve learned to embrace what I have and honestly I think smiling big and open is better than what I did before.

How it looks does still weigh on me a bit so I wanted to get some input. Thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/BrJSYL0#zELTtXY

i got my braces off back in june but i think my bite is a bit off and i still have a bit of an overbite/overjet as well as a shifted midline. what should i say to my orthodontist?

In Italy they call these “invisible thread”. It’s a metal thread bonded to the teeth, no brackets. But I can’t find anything about this technique in English. It seems like a new method.