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BRACES
Yay or Nay? My girl has some crooked teeth, nothing severe that interferes with chewing or speaking or breathing, no buck teeth or anything too crazy BUT it is noticeable. Dentist has been saying she'd eventually need them for the last 4 years. Ortho says if she gets them now (11/12) she'll be done in 18 months. No tooth extractions or surgery. I think it's a good thing, even though I never needed them, to get it out of the way now. I think she'll regret or resent not getting them if she decides to later.
What do you say? Hated braces? Loved em? Wished you'd gotten them? Had adult braces? What?
p.s. it $4600 not covered by insurance (payable in installments -yay?)
What do you say? Hated braces? Loved em? Wished you'd gotten them? Had adult braces? What?
p.s. it $4600 not covered by insurance (payable in installments -yay?)
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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on -
I wish my mom had gotten me braces.
A lot of my friend got braces late (14,16) and still have them (17, 18) and I don't want to get them now and have to wear them for a long time.. ..people already think I'm a child. --.--
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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on -
my baby cuz got teeth extrated and braces and he said its fine. just the cleaning bit and changing the rubber bands is a tad annoying but they don't bother him much. better to get it early i think.
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Permalink Reply by CaliforniaAfrican on -
After Jan Brady got her braces, I wanted braces, too. I already had the glasses! *sigh* braces + glasses = nerd heavenly I never got to experience pure nerd heaven.
I never noticed that my sun was self-conscious about his front crooked, jacked up toof. My mother noticed it first. Omar started smiling in pictures with his mouth closed. So, now he's a brased faced young man. As soon as he got them, he started smiling his big smile again. He loves his braces. He loves changing the colors of his bands, too. Green is his favorite. We are also paying with an installment plan because our insurance doesn't cover 100%. He's expected to wear them until college!
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Permalink Reply by XiaMin on -
Thanks guys! We ARE going ahead with the braces, I think....swallowed my pride and asked her dad for half of the start up costs..more on principle than need..he friggin owes more in child support than 3X the total braces. AHHG. .we'll see if he comes through:/ Either way though we're going ahead to straight teeth. :)
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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on
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XiaMin said:Thanks guys! We ARE going ahead with the braces, I think....swallowed my pride and asked her dad for half of the start up costs..more on principle than need..he friggin owes more in child support than 3X the total braces. AHHG. .we'll see if he comes through:/ Either way though we're going ahead to straight teeth. :)
Ugh. Man, I've heard that story so many times before.
I'm glad you're getting your daughter braces, nothing like the confidence of a good smile.
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Permalink Reply by Rage_Proletaire on -
... Wound up getting braces in the summer of '94. Had 'em for a year, and then they came off (I was supposed to have them reapplied for another year, but that never came to fruition). Fam made more of a big deal about my teeth than I did -- I'm not even sure that I was aware of my smile. At nine years old, I wasn't concerned about any future hindrances to my social life, although puberty curbed my apathy a bit.
I'd get the band colors changed to match basketball teams, even though I didn't watch basketball. That was fun.
I remember crying my eyes out over a bologna sandwich that I couldn't bite through during the first week, when my gums were screaming. I'd left the red band thing around the meat, but didn't figure that out until I'd left half-imprinted teethmarks all around the sandwich.
Overall, I loved 'em. I felt like the Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and that was a good feeling.
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Permalink Reply by Madamoiselle De Sade on
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lol.
Rage_Proletaire said:... Wound up getting braces in the summer of '94. Had 'em for a year, and then they came off (I was supposed to have them reapplied for another year, but that never came to fruition). Fam made more of a big deal about my teeth than I did -- I'm not even sure that I was aware of my smile. At nine years old, I wasn't concerned about any future hindrances to my social life, although puberty curbed my apathy a bit.
I'd get the band colors changed to match basketball teams, even though I didn't watch basketball. That was fun.
I remember crying my eyes out over a bologna sandwich that I couldn't bite through during the first week, when my gums were screaming. I'd left the red band thing around the meat, but didn't figure that out until I'd left half-imprinted teethmarks all around the sandwich.
Overall, I loved 'em. I felt like the Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and that was a good feeling.
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Permalink Reply by XiaMin on
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How are your teeth now?
Rage_Proletaire said:... Wound up getting braces in the summer of '94. Had 'em for a year, and then they came off (I was supposed to have them reapplied for another year, but that never came to fruition). Fam made more of a big deal about my teeth than I did -- I'm not even sure that I was aware of my smile. At nine years old, I wasn't concerned about any future hindrances to my social life, although puberty curbed my apathy a bit.
I'd get the band colors changed to match basketball teams, even though I didn't watch basketball. That was fun.
I remember crying my eyes out over a bologna sandwich that I couldn't bite through during the first week, when my gums were screaming. I'd left the red band thing around the meat, but didn't figure that out until I'd left half-imprinted teethmarks all around the sandwich.
Overall, I loved 'em. I felt like the Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and that was a good feeling.
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Permalink Reply by CaliforniaAfrican on
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I was lookin at my sun's mouth today. His teeth are looking so much better. I told him to smile at his sister the other day. "There you go, Veta," I said, "there's your Christmas." Damn, the bill is messin with my money. lol Peace, SistaXiaMin. How are things with you and your braced child?
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Permalink Reply by MissE on -
11/12? I think that was around the time I got mine. I think it really depends on your girl. There's a bit of upkeep that braces require when you have them on (making sure to brush them properly, avoiding "NO" foods like sticky stuff, etc) and after you get them off (wearing your retainer) that are pretty essential for good results. Also there is the issue of wisdom teeth. Between me not wearing my retainer (it broke and I never told anyone) and my wisdom teeth coming in starting in some of my teeth on my bottom row are really jacked up.
Just my $.02
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