lame..., just got braces... >_< Options

[CelicaBuddy]

and They hurt SOOOO bad lol I just wish I coulda got them sooner...

It kinda sucks being 18 with braces Oh well... Theyre only on for 2 years. so it shouldnt be too rough... Maybe I'll post up a pic so all you can make fun of me

So just for fun, any of you got any bad/funny/or just amazingly awesome () braces stories?

[celicaST]

oh god i had those things on back in 5th grade. was lucky and only had to wear them for 9 months. hmmm... all i remember is busting my lip from them playing indoor soccer. not too many amazingly awesome stories, sorry

[Toyoca]

haha in junior year this girl cut me with her braces. i found it amusing. she found it embarassing

[jdg371]

Had them on.. uh.. I think I got them around halfway in 6th then.. got them off at the end of 8th.. Some bloody lips from basketball... used some pliers to adjust them lol..

[Starcraftjunkie]

I had them too. Just be happy you'll end up with a great row of straight teeth. What type are they... there's so many new types right now, like the 'invis' ones and such.

[LewFX]

had to wear mine for 6 years, retainer, head gear and all, got sick of wearing a retainer so teeth went crooked

[BlackCelicaGT94]

I never had them. Always had really straight teeth except a very small gap in front but I used to beg my dentist for them cuz I thought they were so cool cuz you could alternate colors!

Youll be happy you had them in 2 years im sure

[My2Celi]

i love my braces, i dont think i wana take it off. it makes me look like i got a grill and i like it goes when i smile

[creamed_corn]

After I got mine off (this was about six years ago) they affixed a permanent metal retainer to the back of my bottom and top teeth. They both recently snapped so instead of going to the othrodontist I ripped them out with a pair of pliers. I went to see a dentist a couple weeks later and he said it would probably be fine without them at this point and he cleaned up the excess glue.

I also remember my teeth hurting like hell for several days after I first got the braces on.

[jwells]

I've had mine for almost 7 years (my teeth were jacked up, and I had setbacks w/ school and stuff where they couldn't do as much major stuff during the years) and I think I'm about to get them off in a few months.

Being 18 with braces is nothing, I had them since 14..I don't remember NOT having them...I'd just like them off before my 21st birthday at the end of next month, but it doesn't look like it.

I, too, fix mine w/ pliers to get the wire adjusted just right. Gotta take matters into your own hands. I know everyone at the dentist office by their first names, and I've been there with braces longer than some have worked there that help work on them.

They are uncomfortable as hell, but I found that chewing gum helped toughen me up a little, to where they didn't hurt for as long everytime they were tightened.

The one thing that sucks the most, is be used to the insides of your lips and cheeks being cut up all.the.time. Spicy food burns just a little more with braces.

[axelrduvirage]

just think of how golldurned pretty you gonna be...just don't hide your beautiful smile just 'cus you have braces.

[devilsden97]

im officially the "self proclamed" king of braces...only had them for 11 months...not even a full year

[XS4lv1Truch0x]

lol damn

yeah braces suck, i got em last year. i think i gotta go 3 years with them.

they hurt the first week, than after that every time you go back when they put another wire on, it hurts for another week.

i got tha clear rubber thingys.

sux i cant enjoy duritos any more lol

[jwells]

lol damn

yeah braces suck, i got em last year. i think i gotta go 3 years with them.

they hurt the first week, than after that every time you go back when they put another wire on, it hurts for another week.

i got tha clear rubber thingys.

sux i cant enjoy duritos any more lol

You can still enjoy them, as you can any food...it's just you get to enjoy cleaning out your braces for 10min afterwards

[CelicaBuddy]

ugh cleaning... Its sucha bitch... especially flossing good god... you gotta take the lil needle and swoop it through every wire between every bracket.... or if your talented you dont have to, but geeze...

first time i tried flossing it prolly took me 20 minutes...

but yeah braces are kicking my butt right now... they hurt so bad still, and I havent really eaten anything for 3 days... I dropped 8 pounds basically from starvation... I have no appetite becaise my mouth hurts too much

[axelrduvirage]

we, the undersigned, want to see your grill!!!

post a pic please!!!

axel

quote and reply to add your name to the petition ;-)

This post has been edited by axelrduvirage: Jun 26, 2006 - 6:22 AM

[jdg371]

we, the undersigned, want to see your grill!!!

post a pic please!!!

axel

quote and reply to add your name to the petition ;-)

+1
jdg371


Yea the first week or so is the worst time.. then the first 2-3 check ups when they tighten them again

[FlamingCelica]

That sucks, i got my braces off in December of 05, had them for 16 months. It sucked but now im grateful, i dont think i would have been able to get them at your age goin to college Oh yeah they also told me that if you dont take care of them properly youll have at least 2 cavities to start out with, i never flossed them, ate candy/gum alot, and still never broke any wires or brackets. All i did was brush them and they took them off and i had no cavities at all because i just brushed alot. Might have a different effect on yours though so you should probably just stick to it

~FlamingCelica

This post has been edited by FlamingCelica: Jun 26, 2006 - 2:06 PM

[ZacMan1987]

I feel grateful that I never had them. Then again, I also had to wear an eye patch for 18 months once. That pretty much sucked. Especially when my vision was 20/100 to start out, and 20/50 by the time the ordeal was over.

[95CelicaST]

So just for fun, any of you got any bad/funny/or just amazingly awesome braces stories?

I've had braces for 10 years... figure out which category that fits in to.

A couple months ago they wanted me to wear my rubber bands 3-4-4-5 (vets should know what that it) and all was great. The next month they wanted 4-5-5-6. I wore them like that and they moved back to being bad, so I wore them how I wanted to. When I went back into the office they asked me about the last month and I told the assistant what I did and she said to me "Oh so you decided to be your own doctor?" and I said "Hell yes I did. I've been doing this before you were out of High School, now get the doctor over here."


she did what I said. N00b.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Jun 26, 2006 - 6:44 PM