Anyone here have or had braces?
 

Ok I just got them today and I already hate them. I was wondering if you guys have any tips or what do you do for like eating different foods?

I was supposed to have em' but didn't get them...A lot of my friends have em'....

i had em. Got em off about a year ago. the braces arent bad u get used to em. The retainer sucks more cause the expect u to wear it and it shows if u dont.

Lets see... I had braces for 3 years. I always had problems with cheetos, they always got stuck in my braces. Uhhh, also stuff like taffy would be bad. You will get used to them soon, just make sure you carry that little christmas tree brush with you. The braces are easy compared to the damn retainer you will have next. Hope this helps. swordfight:

I had braces but got them off 5 months ago.. God they were crap..I ws soo happy when i got them off

I....cough....still have them

I eat whatever the fuck I want and he says i'm doing a perfect job

anyways my teeth totally sucked before them so they are better off for ya

Thx everyone, yeah I know that christmas tree brush lol.

I had them about 2 years ago and it was HELL for me since i play the trumpet. OMG, everytime i played, my teeth would reposition and bleed. That was the worst time I ever had in my life. The weird thing is I never had a retainer. I just had a mouthpiece thingy (like mouthpiece for athletes) to wear for 4 hours a day, then I gradually lowered the hours until i only had to wear it at night.

My teeth are just hurting me from thinking about then! Argh!

oh hell yes u have to wear those things for like the rest of your life


btw got my braces off like 2 years ago

The dog from conan o'brian would have a feild day with this. oOo:

woops, No to the question

Triumph, yeah he probably would.

YUP THANK GOD THAT SHIT IS OVER

Geez, more people than I think get braces happy:

I never had to have em... but if I did they would have been sweet... FOR ME TO POOP ON

Had em for a year. Glad their off, but you get used to them. I have a friend whose 19 and just got his braces off about a month ago. Its better to get them when your younger than when your older, trust me.

Danget, I just got my braces today and my teeth hurt like a mofo.

I get them tomorrow. Gonna bloody suck.

Lol I guess they are going to be worth it in the long run. oOo:

i used to wear braces when i was little for a while but now i use a belt to keep my pants up

oh how the kids pulled on my braces and let go cry:


(never had teef braces coz my teef are straight, they jus got lil holes in em, hehe)

So Shit. I got them like 5 hours ago today and I already broke a bracket off.... The stupid metal wire is digging into the bottom of my mouth and the dentist does not come back until nest tuesday (The first day of school)...

Apart from that it's not ba....

OH SHIT! who the hell am I kidding, it sucks. At least its only for a year.

i remeber when i had em, i wouldnt care id eat anything i wanted but the first few days suck! your teeth hurt like hell, you cant even eat cotton candy it hurts so much biggrin: Then they dig into your mouth grr i remember it would piss me off bad and i would just literaly tear whtever part was hurting me off angel: shows that damn orthodontic And the retainer god how many times did i "accidently" throw it away while eatin. And if u wear it at night it gives ya a soar throut M16: i was an evil patient.

I had braces for two years way back when I was in high school: it wasn't a
pleasant experience, to say the least, but it was well worth it. I needed a
retainer for about 6 months after that and I was finally free.

As for food, well... here are some things I had no trouble eating:

- protein shakes (err, not food but worked)
- soup (chicken, whatever)
- pudding (very good for the two days after you get your elastics changed)
- macaroni or another type of pasta (tortellini w/ pink (rose) sauce kicks)

I loved pizza and popcorn but some little pieces always seemed to get
stuck... but it was well worth it :D

Gum was never a problem for me.

I ate any kind of food, sometimes it hurt yea but i dont remember it being as painful as you guys are saying

the easiest way to deal with elastics is bite down hard and keep biting down, it will hurt like hell for a couple of seconds but be worth it.

I had 'em for about a year and a half, hurt like hell... Now I've got the retainer, but after my first visit with it on, it was actually moving my teeth into a bad position... So I only have to wear it at night, even though I wasn't really wearing it before that ;)

But food suggestions, hmm... None. Just eat what the hell you want and take the pain, the taste usually overcomes it :)

I am so lucky I dont need bracelets and never did.

Never had them.

Geez they said for the first 3 or 4 days they would hurt then they be fine. Liars. Thy bearly hurt then an now my molars and front teeth are killing me. Oh good I was looking forward to eating that pork yesterday dammmit. lol

I have braces, they should be off in a couple of months.

OK listen up


Ive had braces for 7 months now there not that bad i get my wire changed so it doesnt hurt that bad. but heres the lesson. when you first get them on your mouth is gonna taste like metal for a while but brush your teeth. they wont hurt the first night but a couple of days later they will hurt soo bad. then a week later you will get used to it then ur wire will get changed and it starts all over again SUCKS ASS

[quote:b84a1]Ive had braces for 7 months now there not that bad i get my wire changed so it doesnt hurt that bad. but heres the lesson. when you first get them on your mouth is gonna taste like metal for a while but brush your teeth. they wont hurt the first night but a couple of days later they will hurt soo bad. then a week later you will get used to it then ur wire will get changed and it starts all over again SUCKS ASS [/quote:b84a1]


Yep, I guess thats how it goes, they didnt hurt at all yesterday (When i got them) but I woke up today and they hurt like hell.

they change the wire everytime?

No...but they always do change the bands for me. I don't know, some orthodontists might have different ways of going about it.