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Subject: Re: This might be a first....

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lr from or

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Date Posted: 11:49:18 08/04/04 Wed
In reply to: Heather 's message, "This might be a first...." on 17:14:03 08/03/04 Tue

The same thing happened to me, they said that they were going change them on my next appointment but I made them change them right then...I guess it is pretty common, however since then, I always ask to clarify what they've done to me before/after each adjusttment, just to make sure we are on the same page....

>Ok...
>I got my braces put on today. We had always agreed
>that I would go with ceramics on top and metals on
>bottom. Went into the ortho's today...and after they
>put on all of my brackets, I looked in the mirror
>while rinsing and about died...they accidentally put
>metals on top as well!!! But being the person I am, I
>was nervous and didn't say anything about it and let
>them finish putting the wires in etc... They were
>completely finished and the Dr. came over and asked if
>everything felt fine...and I FINALLY told her, umm
>yeah .."wasn't I supposed to have ceramics on top?"
>and she replied with "..oh ..was I?!! ..I think
>you're right, let me look at the chart." And yup, I
>was right. Then she said "dont panic! don't panic! "
>lol..but I was kind of getting a little teary eyed,
>because I knew what the all metal braces looked like,
>and it scared me. They then went about removing the
>top wire and brackets lol. I told the assistant: all
>that work for nothin huh? and she was like..exaaactly
>The weird thing about it is that last night, I thought
>about them accidentally putting metals on top as
>well...and go figure..it happened.

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Re: This might be a first....	Kim	10:43:46 08/05/04 Thu