Did you (do you) have braces ?


when i was 14 i had braces for 18 months

I'm getting them, I think in October. I posted a long dealio about it a few months ago and thought I'd have had them by now but I've run into some financial issues. I think I'll have it all figured out by October. And then I'll have them for about a year.

I wanted braces, but never got them. I'm not horribly bucked-tooth or anything but I could've had better teeth,

My son is going to need them for sure. We have to wait until he's like 12 or 13 though.

CarrieMpls said:

you are going to love your smile even mor when it's all done

Mach said:

I know. I'm just SO uber vain sometimes, it's gonna bug me. But I'll get by.

CarrieMpls said:

yup you'll get by hun and it will go by fast !

I had a tooth which was growing at an odd angle. As such, I was advised to wear a brace that ran round the back of my lower teeth which would help to straighten the tooth into an upright position. After several months I was advised that it wasn't working. The only thing for it was to take the tooth out. I had the tooth extracted in the dentist chair.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

I have to have a tooth taken out too.

Did it hurt?

CarrieMpls said:

I was only young and the dentist asked if I minded. For some strange reason, whether I was paying attention or not I said I didn't. He numbed my cheek and talked to me to keep my mind of the pain. It wasn't as painful as you might imagine. I did feel nauseous however from the anisthetic he gave me to numb my cheek I recall.

I had them for three years because I fooled my orthodontist.

I told him that I was seeing my Grandma for probably the last time, since she was so old. She lived in the South, and I lived in California. I told him that it was important for my Grandma to see my teeth without the braces, so he took them off a year early.



Does that make me bad?

My top teeth are naturally straight... I did have a fairly large gap when I was in primary school. (nearly quarter-size, I might be exaggerating a bit) As I matured, it closed naturally.

I did have my two front teeth filed down (later in life)... the edge of them were a bit ridged.



Have you flossed today?

~I really could use a whitening system.
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Freespirit said:

...Goofy!

senik said:

Did you know I org crush you. ~Smile.

Freespirit said:

No! I'll Org.Crush you first ~*bosh*crack*bang*wallop*~

We're wrestling, right?


Goofy!

yeah, but girls with them now would scare me.

I'm sure both of my children will need braces, because that's just my luck.

jerseykrs said:

it's birth control, jersey!

kidelrich said:

shh! Don't say such things.

CarrieMpls said:

sorry. but i don't know if you'd want a guy who thought they were a turn-on.

i am hoping my sister gets them with her share of my uncle's estate... she is always so self conscience about her smile. it's just a few months and you can enjoy your smile for the rest of your life

kidelrich said:

oh, I don't know.

CarrieMpls said:

when i was 13 i had 4 adult teeth taken out one day and 4 the next

2 weeks before the braces were put on

i dont remember it hurting that muc and i know i refused to take the after procedure pain pills

CarrieMpls said:

go all the way. schoolgirl outfit(plaid skirt, kneehighs) oh, we're hitting a little too close to comfort for me.

kidelrich said:

hee hee

I'll have to keep that in mind.

Braces!

Cloudbuster said:

Cloudbuster said:

CarrieMpls said:

rent pretty persuasion if you need some ideas.

Cloudbuster said:

Not trying to boast, but I never needed them My brother and my mom had them. My mom waited until she was in her late 40's to get them. They didn't look bad on her either. I used to want braces when I was younger for some odd reason. I thought they were cute. This one girl in my class from high school had gold braces. At the time I had never seen gold ones before.