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Anyone here have braces as a kid/teen/adult? Any horror stories?
Ummon:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 20, 2008, 01:17:06 pm ---
Oh! That story reminded me of one time that might count. I was at Burger King... :-[ Thank god he did, though, because we never would have been able to afford another one.
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Same happened with my brother in seventh grade at school. His was a binator - maybe also what you had. We had to look for it, though, and I found it.
He didn't much wear his retainers, either, but he was a thumb-sucker for many years before that, which I think translated to not liking anything artificial in his mouth. Finger was good, but not anything else.
I had 'em. Longer than I should've because the last summer I had them I just didn't go to my appointments. Mom forgot, they didn't call. Was a junior when I got 'em off, though. However, twelve years ago, my wisdom teeth came in and pushed my bottom set a little bit and then they kept moving such that the front ones were recessing back, and I was getting a terrible lisp. So early in the year I got invisilign and am now on retainers. They're plastic and just like my invisilign plates, but softer and thicker material.
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on December 21, 2008, 02:38:06 am ---Parents couldnt afford braces for me... so I live a constant horror story :(
A girl went to talk to me when I was out at a club... and as Im talking, a tiny gob
of spit flys out of my mouth because of the teeth gaps and wider gum spread
caused by the 2 protruding teeth. So, what to do? Well, I really wasnt that interested
this time... so I chose to pretend I didnt see it happen. She however, made a
quick exit from the conversation clearly because of it. I can only imagine the
horror, if it were someone who I actually really wanted to get close to.
:(
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Yeah, chicks are way crazy about teeth. Tons of CL personals are all, '...and have all your teeth...' .
Zero_Hour:
--- Quote from: Ummon on December 21, 2008, 09:01:23 pm ---Yeah, chicks are way crazy about teeth. Tons of CL personals are all, '...and have all your teeth...' .
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Probably just screening for meth addicts. :P
mpm32:
I had a plate in the top of my mouth to spread the teeth apart at 8 years old. It had a key you had to turn every day. The key was on a string so you could swallow it. lol
I then had braces til I was 18. I got in a lot of fights in HS and it was always fun pulling my lips off of the braces after they got embedded there from getting hit in the mouth. I still have the scars on the inside of my lips.
After I got the braces off I had the retainer, and they cemented one in at the back of my teeth on the bottom. One day one of the bands came loose, I was sick of having crap in my mouth for 11 years so I took a pair of pliers and popped the other band off. Haven't had an appliance in my mouth since. lol
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: mpm32 on December 22, 2008, 09:06:01 am ---I then had braces til I was 18. I got in a lot of fights in HS and it was always fun pulling my lips off of the braces after they got embedded there from getting hit in the mouth. I still have the scars on the inside of my lips.
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Same here. I still bite those scars while eating fairly frequently. Opens up a nice cut that bleeds for a couple hours. When I had my braces I used to go off totally when someone hit my mouth. People without braces probably don't get how much of a problem that can be for the person for the next few weeks. I had a few fights that probably didn't have to be as bad as they were except that I lost it totally after being hit in the mouth.
Mauzy:
Well, I just got back from getting them off and going to dinner. WOW I didn't realized how much a pain in the ass eating was with them until now. I have permanent retainers for the top and bottom fronts. The bottom one is a little annoying, but Ill get used to it.
Luckily, I never pissed anybody off while I had 'em. I never had the pleasure of removing my lips from my brackets.
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