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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 15:31:31 GMT -5
Post by mirror on Mar 26, 2003 15:31:31 GMT -5
I had to get braces on four of my teeth a while ago and now I have to get them again on all of my teeth.I hate braces.
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 15:32:15 GMT -5
Post by teghan62 on Mar 26, 2003 15:32:15 GMT -5
I have to get braces next year. I'm not looking forward to it. x.X
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 15:33:59 GMT -5
Post by apparent on Mar 26, 2003 15:33:59 GMT -5
I have no idea wether or not I'm going to have braces. I hope not.. I'd rather wear a retainer.
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 15:35:12 GMT -5
Post by Gelquie on Mar 26, 2003 15:35:12 GMT -5
My mom won't let the orthadontist put braces on me, but who knows what may happen when my brother gets them off.
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 16:29:08 GMT -5
Post by mushroom on Mar 26, 2003 16:29:08 GMT -5
I can't get braces; the dentist thinks that my teeth aren't strong enough for them.
My stepmother (in her late 30s) got braces recently....
One of my friends, E., wears a retainer and, of course, she has to take it off to eat. A few months ago, she didn't bring a case to set them in at school, so she rested them on the edge of the tinfoil she brought her burrito in.
One day, about three minutes before lunch ended and about ten minutes after she threw away her trash: "Have you guys seen my retainer?!"
Let me put it this way: One piece of tinfoil can get quite buried in very icky things during the last ten minutes of lunch.
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:00:57 GMT -5
Post by Jitterbug on Mar 26, 2003 17:00:57 GMT -5
I had braces in Jr. High. They stuck this big plastic thing behind my upper front teeth (sort of like a permanent retainer). I hated it, because it was impossible to brush my teeth properly. I complained to the orthodontist and he said it was no problem. Well, there was a problem, food got wedged in there and wouldn't come out. I ended up getting a big cavity and the stupid plastic thing had to be removed so I could go get it filled. The orthodeontist was mad at me because I 'hadn't kept food out of it' and my dentist was mad at the ortho for welding that stupid thing on my teeth and causing a cavity. I hated that guy. He wore gold jewellry, was always tanned and drove a really expensive car, yet he spent all of 5 seconds with his patients and that was usually to give bad advice. And I've still got glue on my teeth...
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:13:35 GMT -5
Post by Tdyans on Mar 26, 2003 17:13:35 GMT -5
Ah, braces... the memories.
I've had my braces off for a few years now, but had to have retainers too. Although I wore them all the time, the bottom retainer didn't seem to be doing its job, so I now have a permanent retainer down there-- a little metal wire glued to the back of my teeth. It was annoying at first, but now I almost can't imagine not having it there because I'm used to it...
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:13:59 GMT -5
Post by LDF on Mar 26, 2003 17:13:59 GMT -5
I got braces two days before Halloween last year =P They're okay, you just have to clean 'em really well x.X I like the colours, I currently have light blue and dark blue on ^.^ I only have them on my top 4 teeth, and I have to get 'em on my bottom teeth T_T
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:29:27 GMT -5
Post by rodawig on Mar 26, 2003 17:29:27 GMT -5
<rant>
Ugh. Braces. Quite a few kids who have them don't need 'em a bit. The ortho just needs the money.
I've just gotten my braces off, and parts of my teeth have turned unnaturally white. Calcium build-up, or something. My teeth are pitted from the braces. It's horrible. I had braces when I was in elementary school, got them off after two years, they waited a year and put them back on. For two and a half more years. And now they take them off, scold me for 'not brushing my teeth', and sentence me to wear 2 retainers every night for.....until college. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY TEETH!
I can rant about braces forever, but basically, after I had them the first time, I've never needed them again because my teeth are PERFECTLY STRAIGHT!!! I have no overbite, no underbite, no twisted teeth, no more teeth to come in, just 4 teeth that need to come out. (I forget what they're called, but everyone has them yanked)
Oh, and I wore 2 retainers after I had them off the first time, but I had numerous bad--and gross--reactions, that they let me forget the retainers.
And if they give me one more balloon I have to graciously accept or get yelled at by my mother, I'm going to pop every balloon in their office!!!
</rant>
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:29:44 GMT -5
Post by lupe on Mar 26, 2003 17:29:44 GMT -5
I have braces on my top teeth. They're so-so, but I really like the bar I have under my teeth. I get little spoons from free samples, I put them on top of my bar. It's fun!!!
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Mar 26, 2003 17:30:40 GMT -5
Post by lupe on Mar 26, 2003 17:30:40 GMT -5
And if they give me one more balloon I have to graciously accept or get yelled at by my mother, I'm going to pop every balloon in their office!!! Good for you! You do that! ((Pop a ballon for me! ^.^))
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:36:49 GMT -5
Post by Jitterbug on Mar 26, 2003 17:36:49 GMT -5
YES! And now I have these stupid looking square shaped discolourations on my teeth from that. I will admit that I needed braces (my teeth were terribly crooked), but if I had know how much trouble they would cause my teeth, I might have thought twice about getting them.
Not to mention the pain and agony every time they were tightened.
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:37:38 GMT -5
Post by Jitterbug on Mar 26, 2003 17:37:38 GMT -5
I'd like to pop something in that office, but it wouldn't be a balloon...
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:38:42 GMT -5
Post by Gelquie on Mar 26, 2003 17:38:42 GMT -5
I would have to agree, the orthadontist just wants more money. *sarcastic voice* Oooh I have a small overbite! I need braces! *stops being sarcastic* Bah! Doesn't almost everybody have a small overbite?
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Braces
Mar 26, 2003 17:43:23 GMT -5
Post by gelsky on Mar 26, 2003 17:43:23 GMT -5
Mm, I've got braces too. x.x They're just black, but I'm thinking of getting silver as well next time. They don't bug me much but the dig into my lip.
gelsky
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