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Getting overbite braces sometime in october.
carolcat:
--- Quote from: Mega-Bear on September 29, 2017, 04:56:29 PM ---yeah much of the no-chew/no-drink list is unnecessary. I drank a ton of soda while I had braces, no noticeable erosion of the adhesive. Popcorn and gum never caused issues. the only thing which ever broke my braces were tootsie rolls so I would advise you to stay away from any food which might push/tug on the braces with considerable force.
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chicken breast had a tendency to pop out my trainer wires and my springs. luckily my mom had braces years ago and knew how to put that stuff back in place
also you're gonna get metal wires glued behind your teeth after you're done with braces. be careful when eating hard shell tacos, they're more powerful than you realize and it's very expensive to glue those wires back on (personal experience). also your teeth will shift if you don't wear the overnight retainer they give you after you're done with braces.
Ceist:
My dentist suggested I get overbite braces, but they weren't legitimate braces. They were hard-plastic strips I'd wear in my mouth at night when I sleep. I declined because my overbite isn't significant to warrant even an observation.
hillkill:
--- Quote from: Badspot on September 29, 2017, 04:08:43 PM ---Expect years of pain for little to no benefit. Also your lips will be permanently stretched out. Unless you have an actual functional problem or you look like loving smeagol when you smile, don't do it. If I butterfly-effected my self back in time, I would oppose the braces decision to the point of physically fighting my own mother if it were necessary.
Orthodontists prey on the vanity of parents to torture their children for money. It is not possible to be an suburban orthodontist and be a good person - they are mutually exclusive conditions.
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so i guess you got bullied for having braces? or am i just reading this wrong?
Kidalex90:
i got some herbst stuff in my mouth taken out like a week ago
the removal was surprisingly not that bad
Badspot:
--- Quote from: hillkill on September 29, 2017, 06:41:10 PM ---so i guess you got bullied for having braces? or am i just reading this wrong?
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There is no secret subtext here. I say what I mean. It is torture for money. I am 90% sure my orthodontist was a literal sadist. Your teeth move back as soon as you stop wearing your retainer. There's no loving point to any of it unless your face is massively forgeted up or you're so vain about having ultra straight teeth that you'll keep a piece of plastic in your mouth every night for the next 10 years.
Also I don't know what broke ass school you went to but at mine you wouldn't be able to bully people for having braces because like 30% of the students had them at one point or another.