Anyone have braces before?

[tricker_d]

Just got them off two days ago and now I have to wear those damn essix retainers. Yeah they look comfortable but like all retainers, they are a pain in the ass. Any of you guys have or had braces before and what was it like for you?

[Birch]

orgasms...all day long

[Alexx]

i've had braces for about 3/4 years !! haha i am kinda getting bored of them now. glad to hear you got yours off man !

[Lobo]

I've had mine like eight weeks, I was meant to go and get them tightened the other day but I missed my appointment because I live in a world of dreams.

[Alexx]

argh man i waited 6 weeks for an appointment, missed it because it was in the middle of the UK gathering, so i they gave me one... a month later, which pissed me off, now i'm working i needed an early one, so i asked for one, and they only gave me one for another month away, so i was like FUCK THAT, and i asked for the first one this monday. i've now been waiting for about 9/10 weeks for this fucking appointment, and i'm now kinda looking forward to when i have my braces off !

[*<User Name]

From 12-16

[nightak]

Still have em just like crazy asian. Sucks hard for eating anything. But I'll get em out in early 2008. I can't even remember the feeling when u eat and nothin is hanging in there and you can have your breakfast 2 hours later

[Honken]

I remember when I had mine. The first months we're fucking incredible. Extreme pain and loose teeth, bleedy gums (I spat blood forever) and sleep deprivation.

Thoose were the days...

[Steve]

Wtf haha, I had a week tops of pain

My teeth were loose the entire time though

[Kitosho]

i have perfect teeth

[Honken]

Wtf haha, I had a week tops of pain

(Excuse my terminology now, but we don't learn dentist terms in english class).

My corner tooth was above my front tooth. So it had to be pulled back 2 steps and pulled down at the same time, whilst having to be adjusted every now and then for rotating. This caused the tooth to be dragged across my other teeth causing me to be in incredible pain for several weeks until you learn to live with the pain.

And not to mention the fucking scars I had in my mouth, it was like wet sandpaper. Luckily, I like the taste of blood.

[Lobo]

i have perfect teeth
I did until like a year ago.

[Rahf]

I had braces for about a year. It wasn't so much painful as it was an annoyance. To this day I wonder why they never felt like correcting my bottom row since it is pretty crooked as well.

[tricker_d]

Only the first 3 days for me were really painfull. After the first week, I got used to them since I had braces along time ago before but they didn't work. But this time they did.

[King]

from 11 to 15

Getting them off was such a great feeling, I forgot how it felt to lick smooth teeth

[Spyder_V]

I had mine on for 6 years or so. Fucking worst thing ever. My teeth grew in slowly, so we had to take an 8 month break at one point to let my canines grow out.

I got them removed a week before going to college... best timing EVER!

[*<User Name]

Eddie, post a picture of you smiling, i want it.

[DraKe]

I've never had braces, not even a hole in my teeth.
Guess I'm lucky.

[Ernest]

I got them just over a week ago... pain for about 3-4 days. They actually look quite nice. but eating certain foods is like anal rape.

[Versus]

I got them just over a week ago... pain for about 3-4 days. They actually look quite nice. but eating certain foods is like anal rape.

What kind of foods?

[Dogen]

I had braces for 7 years. It was a pain in the ass, but it made me really appreciate having a nice smile after I got them off. And when you're living in Japan, you appreciate a nice smile.

[Syvo]

I was told years ago as a kid that braces would be a good idea for me. Couldn't get them though at the time. I have nothing too dramatic in regards to my teeth but my lower set always stood out more. Of course I never had them done and I'm 22 now. Don't know if I ever will, but I can live with that I guess. I'd kinda hate to have them at this point, so it's a measure of worth.

[Dave]

Yeah I did, then my teeth were like perfect but when I got them off I didnt wear the retainer thingy so now they are just average, moved a fair bit but I don't really mind lol.

But when i had braces i was incredibly introverted and it affected me a fair bit... Now it's all sweet :)

[Ernest]

What kind of foods?

For the first few days, everything haha.

The it's just harder food like pizza crust, and apples that you can't eat in case you shear off the brackets.

Unless you suffer from Honken-itis, then you'll suffer terrible misery :smile:

[Ashtar]

I never wore braces! Now one of my wisdom teeth is coming in sideways.

[Tran]

I had braces for two years but before they put the braces on I had to have four teeth pull out, Mother of Jesus Christ feels like I was giving birth to four children..each time they pull it out....my oral hurts for weeks couldnt eat anything except for chicken soup.....and I couldnt eat the chicken, lost 5 pound the first few weeks....worse thing ever,but its worth it :smile: dont it?

[IvanPS]

i have braces since i was 13, i'm 15 now and the orthodontist said they'll probably take them off in less than half a year (it'll be so nice to smile without this shit), i really didn't have much problems with pain and stuff, maybe the first 2 days after i got them

[Lobo]

I had a new wire put on today and now there is mild pain which becomes irritating after a while.

[short gorilla]

I had braces for a few years. I don't think they worked though.

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[Versus]

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I'm jealous

[Bertie]

YES!!!! I just had them off too! Are the essix ones the ones that are clear, or the ones with the metal bar. Cause I have the clear plastic ones.

[regalis]

I have invisalign now and my teeth are sore for only 3 days when I change sets.