Blah, braces

[Achromatic]

Just got them on earlier today. Luckily, they don't hurt yet, they just feel awkward.

I only got them on my top teeth for now, I look ridiculous :((((

[Sispri]

Wow, how long you have to have them on for?

[AnonymousXX]

At 8/12/08 06:18 PM, TECh2o wrote: Just got them on earlier today. Luckily, they don't hurt yet, they just feel awkward.

I only got them on my top teeth for now, I look ridiculous :((((

lucky, when I got mine i got them on the top & bottom at the same time! I couldnt eat solid food for a week cause my mouth was so sore

[Achromatic]

At 8/12/08 06:19 PM, yoshi77777 wrote: Wow, how long you have to have them on for?

2 years. Maybe more, maybe less. It depends.

[DemonicHobbit]

Could be worse, You could have headgear

[Orange-Jews]

damn, i feel bad for you. At the same time though.. i wish i had gotten braces while i was young, cause theres nothing more ridiculous looking than an adult with braces, so i will probably live life with crooked teeth.

[Sispri]

At 8/12/08 06:20 PM, TECh2o wrote:

At 8/12/08 06:19 PM, yoshi77777 wrote: Wow, how long you have to have them on for?

2 years. Maybe more, maybe less. It depends.

Ah, not that long I suppose. But, then again, I never needed braces.

[captainchaos03]

At 8/12/08 06:18 PM, TECh2o wrote: Just got them on earlier today. Luckily, they don't hurt yet, they just feel awkward.

I only got them on my top teeth for now, I look ridiculous :((((

Don't worry it gets better wait till you get your whole mouth full of it. Then have to keep them in for 3 years. Well that's how long I've had them anyway...it sucks. Food from like yesterday sometime comes out from the back of my braces. Not that often though. They will fix you teeth just takes a while and it annoying. Wait till they put tighter rubber bands on too. Then it will hurt. But you get used to it.

[SteveGuzzi]

At 8/12/08 06:20 PM, TECh2o wrote: 2 years. Maybe more, maybe less. It depends.

Could even be as little as six months if you're lucky. It's how long I had em.

As long as they're out before your senior pictures are taken you'll be straight. :D

[Racoonmario]

At 8/12/08 06:20 PM, TECh2o wrote:

At 8/12/08 06:19 PM, yoshi77777 wrote: Wow, how long you have to have them on for?

2 years. Maybe more, maybe less. It depends.

I had braces for 2 years. You'll get used to it very quick and after that it's actually not a problem.

[captainchaos03]

At 8/12/08 06:21 PM, DemonicHobbit wrote: Could be worse, You could have headgear

I actually had to wear that. But I did it at night. So no one was any wiser.

[qman1]

Braces suck. Can't wait 'till I get mine off. But it will be worth it in the end.

[Achromatic]

At 8/12/08 06:24 PM, StephanosGnomon wrote:

At 8/12/08 06:20 PM, TECh2o wrote: 2 years. Maybe more, maybe less. It depends.

Could even be as little as six months if you're lucky. It's how long I had em.

As long as they're out before your senior pictures are taken you'll be straight. :D

I'm sure I'll have them out before that, if its 2 years, I'll get them out right a the beginning of 11th grade.

[Sk8erGirl14]

I only have braces on my top teeth right now as well.. I get my bottom ones Oct. 2nd.

yes, i look ridiculous as well.

They hurt like fuck the 2nd and 3rd day though. I suggest some tylenol or advil?

[Toasty4you]

Haha. I got mine off three months ago.

Don't worry, you'll get used to them real quick.

[Achromatic]

At 8/12/08 06:31 PM, Sk8erGirl14 wrote: I only have braces on my top teeth right now as well.. I get my bottom ones Oct. 2nd.

yes, i look ridiculous as well.

They hurt like fuck the 2nd and 3rd day though. I suggest some tylenol or advil?

Yeah, I'll be taking alot of Tylenol. My teeth were insanely sore the second day of having spacers, so I doubt this will be much different.

[Sk8erGirl14]

At 8/12/08 06:33 PM, TECh2o wrote:

At 8/12/08 06:31 PM, Sk8erGirl14 wrote: I only have braces on my top teeth right now as well.. I get my bottom ones Oct. 2nd.

yes, i look ridiculous as well.

They hurt like fuck the 2nd and 3rd day though. I suggest some tylenol or advil?

Yeah, I'll be taking alot of Tylenol. My teeth were insanely sore the second day of having spacers, so I doubt this will be much different.

Oh my god... you had spacers?
I had them a few months ago, I remember the first time it hurt so bad I wanted to floss them out.
Do you have to get an expander? I got one in May and I only get it off like in November or December. They're sooo annoying. They give you a lisp :(

[TheVulcan]

Yeah it sucks having to basically gum foods like sandwiches. Luckily I got mine off right before freshman year, and I've neglected to really wear my retainer =/

[snayk]

At 8/12/08 06:18 PM, TECh2o wrote: Just got them on earlier today. Luckily, they don't hurt yet, they just feel awkward.
I only got them on my top teeth for now, I look ridiculous :((((

Braces aren't so bad. Sure they can get annoying sometimes and often your teeth will hurt after an appointment, but overall (depending on your bite), they're worth it.

I got mine last year and will be getting them off in two years. I have to admit, I don't much like the idea of having braces at 21, but if I didn't go through with it, my bite would give me pain and discomfort in the future (plus, my teeth will look MUCH nicer).

The reason I have my braces so late is that I had to wait for my lower jaw to grow out before I could begin. Apparently, 1 in 500 people have the same bone structure as me (poor folks), and in total, I need three procedures (two operations) to fix it:

One of them involves breaking my palate in two and rearranging it to make it wider, the other involves breaking my upper and lower jaws and moving the top one forward and the bottom one back. After that, I'll have my mouth wired shut for about two weeks. As well as those, I had to get my wisdom teeth pulled, which I did just before getting my braces. The cost of all this is mighty hefty, too.

So you see, braces do suck, but at least you don't have as intense a ride to look forward to as I do :)

[Achromatic]

At 8/12/08 06:34 PM, Sk8erGirl14 wrote:
Oh my god... you had spacers?
I had them a few months ago, I remember the first time it hurt so bad I wanted to floss them out.
Do you have to get an expander? I got one in May and I only get it off like in November or December. They're sooo annoying. They give you a lisp :(

I got spacers Thursday, so I only had them for 6 days. I didn't get an expander, but it sounds like it sucks :(((

[MexicanGun]

Damn, man. I can't imagine how much they suck. Fortunately, I've never needed braces. I've asked a few friends who have braces, and they say they're very annoying.

Good luck with that, I guess.

[Dromedary]

At 8/12/08 06:21 PM, DemonicHobbit wrote: Could be worse, You could have headgear

Not many people have them anymore?

If any.

[Complete]

I only needed to wear my braces for 9 months.

They hurt like hell, you begin to have sudden urges to grab a crowbar and pry them off.

[LedgendGamer]

They're gonna hurt for the first week, and for a few days after every tightening.

Eventually you get used to it - in the few months before I got mine removed, I didn't notice a thing when the replaced the wires.

[Achromatic]

At 8/12/08 07:30 PM, Complete wrote: I only needed to wear my braces for 9 months.

They hurt like hell, you begin to have sudden urges to grab a crowbar and pry them off.

Ouch, I'm not looking forward to that. I know that my dad took his braces off early.

[Sk8erGirl14]

Oh and uh, flossing your teeth is a real pain in the ass :c

[Complete]

At 8/12/08 07:32 PM, TECh2o wrote:

At 8/12/08 07:30 PM, Complete wrote: I only needed to wear my braces for 9 months.

They hurt like hell, you begin to have sudden urges to grab a crowbar and pry them off.

Ouch, I'm not looking forward to that. I know that my dad took his braces off early.

Oh and the braces might cause spaces in the teeth. I remember that happened to me, so they basically took a piece of plastic, wrapped it around my teeth and pulled very hard. Not very nice.

[Achromatic]

At 8/12/08 07:34 PM, Sk8erGirl14 wrote: Oh and uh, flossing your teeth is a real pain in the ass :c

I bet it is. The lady showed me how to, it seems like it would take a long to time to do my whole mouth.

[snayk]

At 8/12/08 07:39 PM, TECh2o wrote:

At 8/12/08 07:34 PM, Sk8erGirl14 wrote: Oh and uh, flossing your teeth is a real pain in the ass :c

I bet it is. The lady showed me how to, it seems like it would take a long to time to do my whole mouth.

Haha, I flossed my teeth maybe five times since I got my braces. That shit sucks so hard.

:O
Don't tell anyone.

[jewdudewtf]

There really not as bad as people say. Just makes your mouth a little sore. But in the end, you have better teeth, so it's all worth.