Braces :#

[Sinistral]

@Xelopheris

They hurt like a bitch for the first week, then it sort of goes away until you get your wire tightened.

And don’t eat corn.

[deathstryke]

yay, anothter dental procedure that I won’t have to have done. I guess my teeth like me or something because they’ve never given me any issues.

[Evangelion]

Ugh the rubber bands…I always chewed gum and kept snapping mine. They are SO annoying. And yes, don’t eat popcorn, because the remnants will stay in there. That happened to me and I got scolded. It’s gross. Always brush your teeth, because you will be funkin’.

[kirokokori]

I know you probably won’t believe me but…I’ve never been to a dentist…

[Cavelcade]

That’s probably why you have no teeth :D.

[BigNutter]

@Evangelion

Ugh the rubber bands…I always chewed gum and kept snapping mine. They are SO annoying. And yes, don’t eat popcorn, because the remnants will stay in there. That happened to me and I got scolded. It’s gross. Always brush your teeth, because you will be funkin’.

I was told not to eat them I could aviod it on day one.

Big Nutter
It a pain one elstisic of the Back teeth come off.

[BahamutXero]

@Darkness Beckons

It’s not really, they’re just there to get your front and back teeth to line up properly. And Bahamut, how the hell are you braces scratching your gums 0.o. I’m assuming they’re train-tracks, and I really can’t see how that could happen.

I said I have a very small mouth. There’s probably less than half an inch between my braces (yeah, they’re the train-tracks, look at the smilie on the thread title), and the gums at the top of my mouth. Basically, if I even close my mouth, the braces are touching the top of it.

[crinoalvien]

Ok…after my braces story none of you can complain. I had a tooth impacted in the roof of nmy mouth so they hadta cut open the roof of my mouth, take a drill to the bone part of the roof of my mouth, loosen the impacted tooth, attach a chain to it and then slowly pull it down, thne the chain came off. So they hadta do the whole process except for the drilling again. But, now I’m almost done. so it’s all ok.

[BahamutXero]

@crinoalvien

Ok…after my braces story none of you can complain. I had a tooth impacted in the roof of nmy mouth so they hadta cut open the roof of my mouth, take a drill to the bone part of the roof of my mouth, loosen the impacted tooth, attach a chain to it and then slowly pull it down, thne the chain came off. So they hadta do the whole process except for the drilling again. But, now I’m almost done. so it’s all ok.

One word- OW!

[Rommiel]

@BahamutXero

The only thing I’m missing is chewing gum.

i think you can chew sugarless gum. i did and i had no problem with it but you might want to ask your orthodontist first

[Liadan]

@Evangelion

Yeah, retainers kinda suck, but Ive been wearing them 3 years. The first year I had to wear them all of the time and let me tell you this-WEAR THEM! If you don’t your teeth will move. In the next few years, you can afford to take them off every few nights, like I do, although they will be quite tight going back in, but you’ll get used to them. Be aware that if you get any sores in your mouth, you WILL feel it, gauranteed, especially with retainers, and that may be awkward, painful and uncomfortable, although with braces, more so. But you know what makes up for all of this? A beautiful smile. As much as I’ve cursed my braces, having straight, white healthy teeth was worth it.

Ummm… yes please!!! PLEASE!!! do use them, because I did the booboo of stop seeing my ortho, then stopped wearing it… then my bottom teeth are now all like crooked… .DONT!!! Yet me wrong, they are straight yes… but i mean… they could use braces again to straighten out… I think it might be because of my wisdom teeth… not to sure though… dentist said I had to get all 4 pulled… YAY!!! NOT!!! sighs

[dude789]

@Evangelion

Ugh the rubber bands…I always chewed gum and kept snapping mine. They are SO annoying. And yes, don’t eat popcorn, because the remnants will stay in there. That happened to me and I got scolded. It’s gross. Always brush your teeth, because you will be funkin’.

If you had the rubber bands and one snapped couldn’t you choke on one?

[Cavelcade]

Nah, they were caught on little wire thingys that stopped them falling away.

[Cala]

I had them for 2 years. They sucked. And I hated getting them tightened, but I never really cared after like a day or two. Getting them off SUCKED ass. And I never wore my retainer, and my teeth are fine (I’m a junior now).

[BahamutXero]

@Rommiel

i think you can chew sugarless gum. i did and i had no problem with it but you might want to ask your orthodontist first

The sheet I got from my orthodontist even before my braces were put on says to stop chewing any gum.

I’ve been doing alright due to this numbing cream I got from my orthodontist. Swallowing is still a bit of a problem but it should get better after my gums heal.