BRACES!!!!!!

Candy · Post by **Candy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:14 pm

Hey Guess What?

I GOT BRACES!!!

They're AWESOME!

Who here has them?

Agent3xq · Post by **Agent3xq** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:41 pm

I used to have them, but I definitely wouldn't call them awesome

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:45 pm

I agree, they are not awesome. Good means to an end though.

And I'd repeat the list of stuff I had to go through, but I'm sure you all have heard it enough times

EK · Post by EK » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:46 pm

...Yeah...erm.

I still have mine and...well they aren't too awesome.

Conniepaw · Post by **Conniepaw** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:58 pm

Yeah i have them too and man do they hurt after you go to the orthodontists office. They are so rough there and they pull and poke everything in my mouth!

Candy · Post by **Candy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:58 pm

ok, now they're starting to hurt.

Macnut · Post by **Macnut** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:03 pm

Candy Loveperson wrote:ok, now they're starting to hurt.

It's not over yet, gets worse before it gets better, but better will come eventually.

Eat some chicken soup.

Mincy · Post by **Mincy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:07 pm

I'm going for my first trip to the orthodontists in March. I hope I don't have to get braces

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:32 pm

I had braces for around 5 years... and rather hated it.

Seven years after getting them off, I still have apparently permanent grooves cut into the inside of my cheeks from the braces wire.

Danadelfos · Post by **Danadelfos** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:34 pm

Battle scars... Tough stuff. I've never had braces and hopefully I'll never need them.

Conniepaw · Post by **Conniepaw** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:39 pm

The Top Crusader wrote:I had braces for around 5 years... and rather hated it.

Seven years after getting them off, I still have apparently permanent grooves cut into the inside of my cheeks from the braces wire.

5 years!!! Why so long?? The normal is two years! And yes the wires poke and i i have spots where it hurts even though the wire isn't touching!

Sherlock · Post by **Sherlock** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:56 pm

The Top Crusader wrote:I had braces for around 5 years... and rather hated it.

Seven years after getting them off, I still have apparently permanent grooves cut into the inside of my cheeks from the braces wire.

Top, I feel your pain. 7 years here. You could use enough wax for a candle factory and it still wouldn't help an errant wire, sometimes.

I'm so adverse to having any dental work whatsoever done as I'm rather afraid they're going to decide to put all 10 pounds of metal back in my mouth.

(NB: They have plastic braces now, and other fancy inventions, don't they?)

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:22 pm

Yes, I have braces. And they aren't exactly the best things ever to say the least. Along with that, I was paired with oral surgery. But right now isn't the best time to ask if I like them or not, because I just went to ortho yesterday, and I can't eat anything, and they didn't cut the wire enough, so I have these sharp things poking in to my gums. Anybody got any advise for things like that?

Shad Lexer · Post by **Shad Lexer** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:23 pm

I have braces.. I can't wait for them to be gone! They don't hurt normally, and I've never had to use wax. I've had them for quite a while now.

Macnut · Post by **Macnut** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:36 pm

Conniepaw wrote:
The Top Crusader wrote:I had braces for around 5 years... and rather hated it.

Seven years after getting them off, I still have apparently permanent grooves cut into the inside of my cheeks from the braces wire.
5 years!!! Why so long?? The normal is two years! And yes the wires poke and i i have spots where it hurts even though the wire isn't touching!

I had braces and such for 5 years too. But if you think that's bad, ask Jonathan to tell you about his braces. Now, that's a depressing story.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:15 pm

Katherine Doyle wrote:Yes, I have braces. And they aren't exactly the best things ever to say the least. Along with that, I was paired with oral surgery. But right now isn't the best time to ask if I like them or not, because I just went to ortho yesterday, and I can't eat anything, and they didn't cut the wire enough, so I have these sharp things poking in to my gums. Anybody got any advise for things like that?

If it's really bad, call 'em. They should be able to cut them back so it doesn't hurt and still gets the job done.

Have you had your surgery yet?

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Macnut wrote:I had braces and such for 5 years too. But if you think that's bad, ask Jonathan to tell you about his braces. Now, that's a depressing story.

Case in point for what I said in my last sentence in my other post.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:22 pm

Jonathan wrote:
Have you had your surgery yet?

Yeah, last year on the first day of summer vacation.

I had a tooth that just wasn't ever in the right place. It started with the baby tooth having a root that wouldn't dissolve. So they pulled it out. Then the tooth that was growing in knocked in to some other teeth and made them very very crooked. So they went in to my mouth, exposed the tooth, then put a bracket on it. I went to the ortho and they engaged it with a stretchy string. Now, my mouth is almost back to normal.

It went pretty well, the surgeon predicted me to be back to normal in a few days. My sister had a birthday party that night and I was able to be with them and nobody was able to tell that I had just been under anesthesia.

Skid · Post by **Skid** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:27 pm

I'm supposed to get braces within the year, you guys really shouldn't be telling horror stories right now.

Anyway, I don't quite get the big deal, my teeth may not be straight, but they work fine, and I don't yet think that "fixing them" is worth the estimated thousands of dollars that the dentist wants for the job. So I guess this is where you guys are supposed to give me a long lecture on why straight teeth are more important than the pain and money required to get them.

Pc Pro · Post by **Pc Pro** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:19 pm

braces are evil

(in other words I don't like them)

Candy · Post by **Candy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:05 pm

SkidPaw wrote:I'm supposed to get braces within the year, you guys really shouldn't be telling horror stories right now.

Anyway, I don't quite get the big deal, my teeth may not be straight, but they work fine, and I don't yet think that "fixing them" is worth the estimated thousands of dollars that the dentist wants for the job. So I guess this is where you guys are supposed to give me a long lecture on why straight teeth are more important than the pain and money required to get them.

we have an Orthodontist that accepts medicade! $\:D/$

But I wish someone would just do this to my mouth