Braces

Holy damn. I didnt realize so many people needed them.
 
Vegeta897 said:
Who the hell would not do what the orthodontist says, after enduring several years of hell to get where you are? Just because you now have control over whether or not they are in your mouth doesn't mean you have the privelage of taking them off when you want to. I don't understand your logic: "Ok let's pay thousands of dollars to have these metal things in my mouth that hurt like hell for a couple years, then let me risk ****ing all of that up, wasting time and money, because I'm too much of a pussy to wear a ****ing retainer"

"My teeth are fine."

Because you know way the hell more than a professional orthodontist does about your teeth, that he or she has been working on for several years. Yeah his plans are probably wrong, after 4 years of braces that should be enough. He obviously knows nothing and the whole retainer thing is just pointless.
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no u
 
I had them for about 2 years as well... glad to be done with them.
 
Now, now. Let's be reasonable bitches. I mean come on, we're all adults here right?

Krynn72 said:
Holy damn. I didnt realize so many people needed them.
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I know people who've had perfect looking teeth and a week later they've had some slapped on. Most people don't actually need them. Parents usually pay for these thing to be put on because a doctor says "look at that overbite!". Take my mother for example. Crock of shit tbh.
 
this is why genetic engineering = good!

make it so that we're born to have good teeth when they eventually grow.
 
I had braces, and the first day after getting them I had a Spanish numerals test, try saying "diecisiete" with a lisp.
 
Bless my genetics for I have straight teeth. I can proudly say that I'll never be getting braces. :D GL WITH THE BRACES, THOUGH. I hear those waterpicks help. Plus, they're damn cool.
 
I actually wish my gf had braces. Thats's how hot they are.
 
6Three said:
I had braces, and the first day after getting them I had a Spanish numerals test, try saying "diecisiete" with a lisp.
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You should have just said you were from Madrid.

I had braces a few years ago and now I wear a retainer when I go to bed. I remember my mouth being sore for the first day I had braces, but after that those two years flew by painlessly. The retainer is the worst phase because you have to carry around that little case and put away your retainer every single time you want to eat something. The retainer also smells disgusting and it can make your breath smell pretty bad.
 
Need Moar Advil

D:

TollBooth Willie said:
Now, now. Let's be reasonable bitches. I mean come on, we're all adults here right?

I know people who've had perfect looking teeth and a week later they've had some slapped on. Most people don't actually need them. Parents usually pay for these thing to be put on because a doctor says "look at that overbite!". Take my mother for example. Crock of shit tbh.
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I couldn't agree more.

I have maybe 2 teeth that actually need straightening. Otherwise, my mouth is fine.

My mom was all "his teeth look fine to me!" till the orthodontist started saying that i'd have an overbite from the stone age if I didn't get them now. Crock of shit if you ask me, my bite is just fine.
 
sinkoman said:
Need Moar Advil

D:



I couldn't agree more.

I have maybe 2 teeth that actually need straightening. Otherwise, my mouth is fine.

My mom was all "his teeth look fine to me!" till the orthodontist started saying that i'd have an overbite from the stone age if I didn't get them now. Crock of shit if you ask me, my bite is just fine.
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Maybe you should've touched his harbl. He might've reconsidered his diagnosis.
 
co05 said:
Maybe you should've touched his harbl. He might've reconsidered his diagnosis.
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D:

Was a she.

Nurse that was working on me was kinda cute too.

But I digress, I suck at wimmins.
 
In that case, you should've had them touch your harbl.
 
I had braces about 4 years ago...

Had them on for 2 1/2 years, they were pretty annoying.
Getting food stuck in them... constant realignment... getting the wires that poke out the back constantly trimmed(sometimes the asshole doc would clip the side of my mouth, causing me to bleed a little :( )

When they get taken off it won't be too bad, they just tug on the bolts they have on each tooth.
Then you'll have to wear retainers for the first year or so... after that your teeth should retain their shape on their own.

Oh man... if you still have your wisdom teeth in...
You won't know pain until you get those taken out.
 
I got braces a month or so ago. I only have to have them for 6/12 months though they say....I hope so, the constant removal of food between the teeth and all that jazz is ****ing annoying. The first day I had them I was in sheer agony; the same for the next few days. They hardly bother me now but that's all about to change when I get them tightened next week.

Some of you had them 4 damn years? Zee fook.
 
**** **** **** YOU ALL!

Damnit, I just know I'm gonna need braces whenever I work up the nerve to go into the dentist... ****************fucccccckkkkkkk
 
i had 2 years of removable block to bring my jaw forward and hold my front teeth in place, half way thru that 2 years i have 4 teeth removed to make space im my mouth.
after that i got train tracks, excruciating when they put new wires in, to put more pressure on the teeth, if the wire sticks out the back, it pierces your mouth.

then they put rubber bands on so they pull u teeth together so ur teeht are forced to sire neatly agsint each other, then they take em off, and Buff the shit out of ur teeth, and make u wear a clear thing.! i wore the clear thing for about 8 months, was meant to wear it for a year.

i have a mate who didnt wear it and his teeth went form being perfect to jsut as ****ed before the 4 eyars of braces, idiot.

keep em straight its worth it :D
 
xlucidx said:
Oh man... if you still have your wisdom teeth in...
You won't know pain until you get those taken out.
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When that time comes, I'm hoping I'll be well supplied with Vicodin.
 
I have to get them put back in soon. My lower jaw kept growing... and growing... and growing...
 
Jintor said:
I have to get them put back in soon. My lower jaw kept growing... and growing... and growing...
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eh?

:thumbs:
 
I'll have them for two years next month. They aren't so bad and most people don't notice them. Not to mention you're teeth will look awesome for the rest of your life once those 2 years have gone by, so its all good.
 
sinkoman said:
My mom was all "his teeth look fine to me!" till the orthodontist started saying that i'd have an overbite from the stone age if I didn't get them now. Crock of shit if you ask me, my bite is just fine.
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Keyword WOULD. Your teeth and jaw change over time mate. Your bite may be fine now (it probably isn't, you don't really know what an overbite is. Of course your bite feels fine to you, you've had it your whole life, it feels normal) but without correction it's going to **** up.

I honestly don't understand any of you in this thread. What makes you think you know more than a professional in the field? You don't know shit about it, that's why those people exist. Don't try to say "my teeth are fine" when you have no bloody idea what is supposed to be perfect in your mouth and what's going to change if you don't do anything about it.

The only reason I can see you people putting your own opinion above that of a professional's is that braces suck ass, and that's the truth. But you're practically wasting your time and money when you go against what the orthodontist KNOWS is best.

And for the record I'm not some kind of teeth fanatic, and none of my relatives are dentists or anything. This is just common ****ing sense. Like going to a doctor and he tells you you have cancer that's going to kill you in 5 years, and you tell him "but I don't feel anything... I'm fine right now"
 
A doctors diagnosis is hardly more than speculation really. My mom has been given all sorts of medication and undergone all sorts of surgery for some pain she's had, and nothing ever helped. She ended up paying thousands for no result. And shes been to dozens of different doctors, so its not just one guy whos messing up.

Besides, they often take advantage of people who put complete faith in their "expertise" and tell you that you need shit you really dont. Forgive us if we dont just take people's word for it about our health.
 
Krynn72 said:
A doctors diagnosis is hardly more than speculation really. My mom has been given all sorts of medication and undergone all sorts of surgery for some pain she's had, and nothing ever helped. She ended up paying thousands for no result. And shes been to dozens of different doctors, so its not just one guy whos messing up.

Besides, they often take advantage of people who put complete faith in their "expertise" and tell you that you need shit you really dont. Forgive us if we dont just take people's word for it about our health.
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Really? Because the Doctor who worked on my father told us he had 6 months to live, 6 months later we were at his funeral.

Your mom is the exception to the rule, Doctors aren't going to have all the answers and it's quite ridiculous to expect them to, but for the most part they know what they are doing.
 
My cousin who died of cancer lived quite a bit longer than they said he would, and my grandfather died quite a bit earlier than they said he would. Ive also had a doctor actually tell me to not smoke and drink so much, and she got really defensive when I told her I dont drink or smoke. Idunno, all my experiences with doctors have been iffy at best. The only ones who havent messed up are my eye doctors.
 
Braces are serial business Kat.

SERIAL. You must weld this power with responsibility and caution.
 
We're talking about braces anyway, perhaps I gave a bad example. The point is you're ****ing up something that you've payed for and had to endure for a good few years. "I don't wear my retainer and my teeth are fine" isn't going to cut it, you have no bloody idea what is happening in your mouth over the span of over a decade, your orthodontist has probably mentioned that the major point of your teeth fixing are to prevent them from moving in the future. If you bothered listening over the rebellious teenage thoughts you were having.
 
Iron Kat said:
Yay! Even more chance of getting a boyfrind when I start at college in September then!!!
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Why wait until college? :naughty:

And yeah, if you paid that much money for them, you better ****ing do it right.
 
Vegeta897 said:
If you bothered listening over the rebellious teenage thoughts you were having.
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oh I was listening alright, the dentist himself told my parents it would be for cosmetic reasons, and he was surprised I could hear him in the other room.
 
Super glad I don't need them. I think its funny when people with braces yawn though. Their rubberbands keep their mouths shut.
 
sinkoman said:
I come to you HL2.net, bearing oral appendages!

Got ma braces put in today. I'll never forgive the ****s.

Well yeah, 2 years :(

Not so bad yet though. Kept saying how it'd hurt, and so far it doesn't at all. Just feels like there's a loaded rubber band around my teeth.
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i had braces once...

in neverland

that means i've never had braces. ever

so...gangstas paradise ayy. 12 years old and still played in clubs. "wtf", am i right?
 
I've had mine for 1.5 years, another six months to go. It hurt the most the first days after they put it in. After each time they do something to it it will hurt a little when you eat, but that only last for 1-2 days. I'm done with the rubber band, I only had them for three months, thank god.

I had to pull out four teeth before they could put the braces in. The bitch didn't give me enough anaesthetic, and the pain I had to endure was the worst thing I've experienced in my entire life.
 
damnt, the end of one of the wires is jabbing into the back of my mouth.

Don't want to call the orthodontist just yet because really, the wire is cut as short as possible.

Ideas? Wax isn't really helping too much.

NVMEDIT: Ok, so I tried more wax and it helped, but what I don't understand how this is going to work out long term.

I really can't be wearing this ****ing wax for the next 2 years of my life. Are my lips and cheeks going to callous eventually?

HOLY **** THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

God damnt, it looks like one of the rubber bands (the ones that hold the wire onto the bracket) came out somehow.

God damnt damnt damnt damnt.
 
The flesh inside the mouth gets used to any anomalies pretty quickly, you just have to weay the wax for like three, four days.
 
Krynn72: Why wait until college? :naughty:

Are you trying to drop a hint there, Krynn?!
 
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