Brace Face!

Started by Shiny Meganium November 23rd, 2005 11:30 AM
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Have you had braces?

Sammi

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I have had braces. I had them for a long time -- I got them in when I was about eight or so. At first it was just my four front teeth on my upper jaw, and a rubber or spring in the other wire (and boy, did the spring hurt my mouth. Ouch). My teeth had been pretty bad. My top row of teeth was behind my bottom row of teeth, and my upper jaw had to be expanded. Not only did I get braces, I had to get a device to expand my upper jaw twice, wore a retainer for a little bit, and I wore headgear twice (once just at night, one when I could).
As of now, I have a cemented bottom retainer and a removable top retainer, which I only wear at night. I don't have any appointments to go to the orthodontist. I'm pretty much done. Thank goodness.

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Posted March 5th, 2013
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17.8 Years
My teeth are almost all good but one, just one tooth might bugger that up. I had my new canine tooth growing over the old one & the old one refused to move. The dentist said I may need a brace. Not braces, brace. It still wouldn't come out so I pulled it out myself. The new tooth has started to go into normal position but I don't know if it will go right the way back.
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Posted January 27th, 2006
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17.7 Years
Never had braces, really, so I can't exactly understand whatever pain it is my friends are going through/will be going through. ^^; I've always feared of getting braces when I was little, so I'd always take care of my teeth.


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I had to wear braces for about five years, starting in fifth grade. Needless to say, they were a complete pain in the arse; I'll not elaborate on the torments I endured for half a decade, thank you very much. I finally got them removed during my sophomore year; I've been wearing a retainer ever since.

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17.9 Years
I had braces from third grade until last month. I have to wear a retainer now, which IMO is even worse than the braces -_-. You have to take them out whenever you want to even take a drink of something, and they're a pain to have to keep brushed and everything. At least in a few weeks I'll only have to wear them to bed ^^.
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18.2 Years
No I never had braces. I'm getting them though, *sigh* I don't really need them either, I have teeth that are proped up on my gums and people think they're vampire teeth. -_- I don't really need braces.

And last I heard, it was called "Metal Mouth" XD.
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Chairman Kaga

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19.2 Years
My opinions on braces haven't changed since the last poll of this sort. I think they've gone from necessary device for the orally malformed to a trend created by dentists that rich children get to flaunt their richness. I'm perfectly fine with my somewhat-crooked teeth, thank you, and I don't think a $600 potato chip-proof wireframe is going to make me feel better about myself. If you need them for medical reasons, that's perfectly fine, but if otherwise it's a procedure that's only one step higher in necessity than a mid-twenties rhinoplasty.

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Nope. never had braces in my entire life.


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I'm getting some either this month or the next.My teeth are horribly out of order.
They're not in line whatsoever.I should have gotten braces since I was 9 or something,but I chickened out.And,earlier this year,when I wanted to get some braces,my mom said 'no' cause she thought the braces might effect my exam results or something.Now my exams are over,so....-_-

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No I never had braces. I'm getting them though, *sigh* I don't really need them either, I have teeth that are proped up on my gums and people think they're vampire teeth. -_- I don't really need braces.

And last I heard, it was called "Metal Mouth" XD.
Yup yup. I have those teeth too. I actually just got braces last month, which was a little odd for me, and the dentist said I was actually pretty darn old. So I just have to hope that they work, for all the money they cost. XP
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- -;; I've had braces before..and i'm getting them again. *dies*

Now I cleary remember Kim (my friend's really awsome mom) telling me to wear my retainer right after I got my braces off. She said that she had to get them again because she didn't. I didn't listen.

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*dies again*

BUT I have to wait a year before I can get braces AGAIN.

For I have a herbst appliance in >.>

Joy.

Its this appliance thiny thats worth like, 2 grand and I have to wear for..a year to 16 months.

It pulls my lower jaw foward and makes it so I can't move it back (cause I had a really bad crossbite)

..Or sideways >____>

It worsens my speech, I can't eat, sleep, or even yawn properly. And the owrst thing is that I have to wear it 24/7 and it cuts into my bottom lip. - -''

And I don;t really agree wih what you said, Chairman Kaga.

Its not just for rich people to um, show off.

I have never once seen people get braces just to showoff (though i've heard of it before but i've never actually seen it)

And it really is *kinda* a necessity to some people. Like if their teeth get too crooked that they can start feeling pain from them o___O;; *shrinks back* Or they can;t eat or something like that O__< I don't know what you mean by medical reason btw XD *brick'd*

And what if your bottom jaw is too short that you can't even eat??? *dies*

What? XD I've seen it happen to a dog before *brick'd again*