Braces
 

Just been to the dentist and he said i need an appointment to the orthadontist as its likely i need braces! well thanks for telling me that now!!! Im 16, i dont want to wear braces!!!

I dont want them :sad: and how long would someone have them for anyways?? and you have to wait a long time (waiting list) dont you??

Should i do it?? the reason i dont want to is that what if im 18 and ive still got them.... horrible :sad:

If i do have it done, I'll get the white ones so you cant see them..... :bawling:

My mate got them at 17 nearly 18.

That sucks! I had my braces out 3 weeks ago! I had had braces since I was 11 now I'm 15 (16 this year).

I am getting my braces done in june. My ones are not invisible but you can have clear elastic bands on them.

:shocked: you poor thing.

It took me years to get them but I've had them in a bit more then a year now..i'm getng them of on Thursday :love:.
They're not that bad, just a while effort brushing and all that.

Ohh please dont say that, do they tell you how long it will be before they put them on? i dont want to put them on without them telling me i will have them for 4 years... omg that would be a nightmare!

Don't worry too much about them! Just try not to lose them like I did the other day.
I had train tracks for 2 years and then they removed 3 weeks ago and they gave me this plastic retainer but it was basically a mould of my teeth... the point is that it now rides the train from Birmingham to Coventry Ooops :P

Yeah they tell you, it depends on how big the waiting list is and all that.
You mightn't have them for that long, it just depends how they rae now.

I really dont want to have them for more than a year. If the orthadontist tells me 2 years + then i will just say No and suffer, I dont care, im not going to have it when i reach 18!

i would say they are pretty bad :bawling:.... if its too long i wont have it done.

My friend got them about 2 years ago, and she got them off the other week... hers were visible, she had multi-coloured bands in them >.<

She then had to wear a retainer for about 2 weeks, but now she wears it just for bed xD

Last time i had them was when i was 10

they put this Blue gum stuff in your mouth to see what shape the brace needs to be

and then yank it out really hard :cloud:

I will be having an appointment with the orthadontist in a few months :sad:
The waiting list for where i live is really long

I got them put on when i was 14 and I am 15 now. I have to have them on for like another year!!

Weird tho cause i got them like tightened today and asked him how much longer to have them!

Oh no I didn't wait for ages...
They did two appointments when I was 11 and then they had to take 2 teeth out and then wait a little bit so my mouth could adjust to the missing teeth.
Then I had 3 different retainers over 2 years then for 2 years I had train tracks.

does it hurt getting braces on

Ive already told my parents that i will refuse if they say i will have them on for more than 2 years... my friend had his on for 10 months only and his were really bad and now there really good, i hope it would be like that for me.

Yes you should have braces
it saves you big money in the future.

It looks bad , I know
ask if you are permitted to take them off when you go out
on a night?

If they say OK - so long as you put them back
that same night,
then that is the way to go.


It helps your teeth
unless you have a spare 7 thousand pounds
or something like that to get it corrected by
Hi Tech tools.

Yeah good point, my mum and sister have really nice Hollywood like teeth and my Dad hasnt and he has paid over £4000 so far and still needs major things done to his teeth.

Yeahh and i like the plan about asking if i can take them off when i go out at night.

Ive got retainers n they do say like you have 2 have them in for 2 years but they just say that .

I've had them for 4 years. It was fun at the beginning but rather annoying at the end. It quite hurts every time you go to the dentist but hey, you have to do it.
The worst is for eating an apple and candies. You can broke your braces which is painful.

Awhh i had them in year 8, not for long though only for about 9months.. I know it's a pain in the backside, but it's worth it for the lovely straight teeth at the end (:

I would love the idea of having it for 9 months... were your teeth bad? how come it took only a few months until you took them off?

Yeah you have a great big smile right after. It looks so weird, especially after a long time you've had them. You feel like your teeth are SO long lol