Quote Originally Posted by crazybikinchic View Post
I was a senior when I got my braces. I also had an expander. My mom freaked the first time we had to turn it (she was a single mom), fortunatly, a friend in school had one and knew exactly what to do. Mom had turned it about halfway. I went to my friend and she finished turning it and showed me how to do it. Mom never had to do it again after that. It made a huge difference in my personality is what most people noticed.

The Advil is a great idea, and the wax. The wax is made by Gum and is found with the dental floss.

Do it. You will be glad you did.
Oh man... I had one of the palatal spreading devices also... that was NOT fun! The worst part was the day they put all my braces on, and the spreading device, they turned it once to show my Mom how to do it, and them made her do it also, so the first day they turned it TWICE in 15 minutes!!!

Good luck with the braces! It sounds like they have made a lot of improvements since I had them!