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Her January 5th, 2015 2:15 AM

lisa needs braces
 
(i'm going to have that scene replaying in my head for the next week now)

i'm bored and cleaning my retainer 'cause it has a weird taste and i'm curious if any of you have had braces in your time on earth
i won't go into my experience but i can g u a r a n t e e it was longer than yours

Lotus the Cat January 5th, 2015 2:24 AM

I had braces in highschool when around 15 to 17 years old (2 year stint from memory). I had to have an expander prior to the braces though, which was the weirdest part. It attached to four teeth on my upper palate and would push them to allow room for my teeth. I almost choked on spaghetti thanks to it as it managed to wrap around the centre of the device and dangle down my throat...

I decided to get fluorescent coloured braces, because why not?

Speaking of other mouth correcting devices... when I broke my jaw I had screws in my gums that had to keep my mouth shut using rubber bands.

starseed galaxy auticorn January 5th, 2015 2:29 AM

Ugh... yes. I couldn't care for them because they were challenging, and I hated them SO damn much too. =.=

Skip Class January 5th, 2015 2:35 AM

Haha this topic got me feeling the wires at the back of my teeth.

I had braces going into my final year of college. I remember the timing was really great because I didn't want to have them on for my graduation or going into university. Got them on in the 4th term of Year 12 and then off a month left before year 13 ended.
My teeth weren't that bad to begin with, however, I got elbowed in the jaw playing basketball one match and somehow my growing tooth twisted slightly. My front teeth and a few others were also slightly not straight and cause of them both ended up getting braces.

First 2 weeks with braces were damn painful and when I got rubber bands, those were incredibly annoying. I remember getting my colours changed every time I went to the orthodontists, and every time it would be one neon coloured and one black one alternatively.

I remember when I first got them off I somewhat missed having them on, but now that I think of it, I don't really anymore.
Especially when getting things stuck in your braces ...ugh that was really annoying.

curiousnathan January 5th, 2015 3:03 AM

I've never had braces; I haven't needed them. Hopefully I won't need them in the future -- at least with my wisdom teeth out that's probably possible. :]

TRIFORCE89 January 5th, 2015 3:34 AM

Dental plan!

(the only acceptable response to this thread)


I had braces and a palette expander which was annoying. Now I just have a permanent retain on my front teeth and I where a nightly one as well

Dreg January 5th, 2015 4:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRIFORCE89 (Post 8566192)
Dental plan!

I was just gonna do this myself! XD


I had braces on for 2 years, and they did nothing, really. Probably the worst things ever as I now bite on the inside of my mouth because of the wire and the sharpness of the brackets kept cutting my skin open. Oh, you know about that thing where they say if you eat chewing gum and it will stick to your braces? it's a load of bull. I ate chewing gum a lot and NOT ONCE did they stick.

Flushed January 5th, 2015 6:40 AM

I had braces twice, pretty sucky. I mean the results were alright for awhile, but I lost lost my retainer, and after like three years my teeth are shifting back lol.

Rudy January 5th, 2015 7:27 AM

i had braces for like 3 years, a retainer for 2 years before that
now ive just got a back brace ive had for like 4 years now because i just havent been able to get back to the orthodontist because they keep cancelling my appointments

Alfieri January 5th, 2015 7:45 AM

I had braces since November 2012. I was 17 in my senior year of high school. I finally got my bottom braces out on December 2014 and I am now wearing a retainer. I'm still waiting for my top braces to be removed once the ortho gives the okay.

When I first got my braces, oh man was I in horrible pain. I spent the week in school grabbing onto my jaw with my eyes shut tight. My best friend who has braces, long before me, was giving me tips on how to relieve the pain and such so that was pretty cool.

The thing I really hate about braces is flossing my teeth with them. I also dislike rubber bands and retainers because I constantly had/have to remove them and reapply them whenever I wanted to eat or drink. That bothers me because I'm always having snacks here and there between or after meals. I also hated getting cut in the inside of my cheeks or lips, or even when the wires poked me and I had to wait a week to see the ortho to cut it off.

Tsutarja January 5th, 2015 10:15 AM

I had braces when I was 13/14 years old. They were placed on me 13 days before my 13th birthday in 2008, and removed 10 days before I became a high school freshman in 2009. Don't ask me how I remember those dates, but I just do.

I'm still wearing retainers to this day as well. They aren't fun to have in your mouth when you're talking for long periods of time, but they really do help in holding my teeth.

blue January 5th, 2015 10:27 AM

I never needed braces so I was told, turns out he was right since my teeth have come together nicely. Oh and thanks for putting that scene in my head, I can't stop hearing it now. ;;

obZen January 5th, 2015 10:45 AM

I never needed braces, but do have a mouthpiece because of TMJ

maccrash January 5th, 2015 12:06 PM

I had a retainer for maybe 6 months when I was 11. never had braces, and according to the dentist don't need 'em. 8)

Pinkie-Dawn January 5th, 2015 12:24 PM

I had braces during elementary school before I had them taken off at the beginning of my freshmen year at high school and replaced by a retainer.

Corvus of the Black Night January 5th, 2015 12:30 PM

I had braces when I was like 8 years old or so. Maybe a bit older or younger, I can't remember, I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. It was pretty lame.

Pepperton January 5th, 2015 12:47 PM

i will never need braces, and i am very happy for that. my heart goes out to those of you that have/had them, i'm sorry you had to go through with that but i hope the end result was worth it

Leviathan January 5th, 2015 12:49 PM

I had braces for 3 years. Before that my mouth was in an atrocious state. One of my adult incisor teeth was all twisted, so that had to be corrected. Orthopaedic guy also said I have an underbite. Lovely. I've since had one of those 'invisible' permanent retainers fitted. I don't like it, but little else can be done. I also have a night time retainer, but I neglect to use it.

Kydeka January 5th, 2015 6:16 PM

I got my braces when I was 8 years old, taken off at 15.
My jaw derped and needed 4 different ones to stop me from looking like a Llama.
The worst bit was having those impression moulds taken each time, I hate that with a passion. :C

CoffeeDrink January 5th, 2015 6:42 PM

No women, no kids, no braces. I don't whiten my teeth but people tell me I have nice teeth. Just brush your teeth often and all will be well.

Honest January 6th, 2015 1:29 PM

I needed braces (still do) but the primary time I was told that, I was also told they'd have to do several extractions. Only very recently did they say that I need not go through the extractions. It's been 5 stinking years -_- Honestly, I might just not get them.

Grey Wind January 6th, 2015 2:39 PM

I got braces when I was like 11 because one of my front teeth was growing outwards at a weird angle. Had them for like a year and a half/two years before getting them off, and then got them on again like a year later for another year and a half (I can't remember why I needed them the second time, i had large gaps or something). I also had a retainer for most of that time (the WORST thing in the world honestly).

dad January 6th, 2015 4:50 PM

pssh well I thought I had a long braces experience but reading some of these has me grateful. i originally got braces back in fourth grade I was actually the first one with braces there. i had braces from fourth grade all the way to 9th grade, november 23 to be precise. during the whole process I've had at least 9 baby teeth pulled. it sucked but in the end I don't have goat teeth so i'm pretty happy. the problem with my teeth was the fact they didn't want to grow and when they grew in they were twisted. my mom wanted me to have nice teeth early but i think getting braces early actually caused me to spend more time with them on.

Ice January 7th, 2015 5:23 AM

3 years. Had to have quite some work done, I had too many teeth for my mouth. They had too move all my molar teeth (Don't know if that's the right word?) had to be moved one place forward because by braces. Now my wisdomteeth are coming throuhg, and I'll probably have to get those surgically removed, and then back to braces for a while.

Yukari January 7th, 2015 7:40 AM

I've always had very straight teeth. My dentist said that I would need braces when I was twelve, but apparently he was wrong, since when I was twelve he said that I didn't need braces.

YAY ME!

Aslan January 7th, 2015 4:46 PM

I've had braces since April 2013. I haven't had any problems with wires but getting food stuck in your teeth all the time + rubber bands are really annoying as they snap easily / have to be replaced often. Needless to say, I'm glad I'm getting them off this year. The idea of a retainer is bleh though. :(

Her January 13th, 2015 2:55 AM

I find it interesting that so far has beaten my time in braces lmao :/ I haven't had them since 2011, but still, lol.

Sammi January 13th, 2015 11:33 AM

It's been years since I dealt with the orthodontist. I ended up searching GC for "braces" to find my old posts. I knew my OVP obsession would pay off someday.

First time I got braces was when I was either in 3rd or 4th grade (apparently I was 8). Just the front 4 teeth. They were either not on long, or on for the full time before full braces. I also had an upper jaw expander in my mouth for a bit. Mom had to turn it every night. Was not fun.

I can't quite remember when the full set went on. I remember having a retainer a bit in middle school (I remember losing it!), but I had full braces by 9th grade. I remember wanting red/white bands for Pokemon. 8)

During middle school, I had two different times with headgear at different times to correct my underbite. One was a kind that wrapped around the back of my head, and it was only on when I went to bed. The other went over my face, and was on when I was at home. (I was mercifully allowed to not wear it at school.)

And some time during full braces mode, I got the stupid upper jaw expander again.

I got them off and got my retainer in 10th? grade (past me says I was 15). I still have a permanent one on my 4 bottom teeth. Too poor to go see someone and ask if that's still supposed to be there.

Don't even ask me how many teeth I got pulled. Couldn't even tell you. My best guess is at least 3 different trips. I remember getting baby teeth pulled, and then some of my permanent teeth were pulled too.

According to older posts, I probably had around 7 years of orthodontic work done. But hell if I know. That was over 10 years ago. How bad were my teeth??

I'd say sorry for the tl;dr, but I'm not sorry.


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