Did/Do you have braces?

[Flatcoatluver]

I am kinda bored, but I wanted to figure out if a lot of people have/had braces. I have them, they are coming off in 2 weeks! Yah! I have had them on for six years.

[.sarah]

Six years? Wow, that sucks.

I had them for 1.5 years. I had the crookedest teeth you ever did see. They got straight very fast though, and I had them off pretty quick. My brother had them on for a few years, so I was pretty lucky. I got them off a couple weeks before high school started (2003 I think?) which was cool, because I didn't want them in high school.

[Chilli]

I used to have them... they've been off for... quite a while. I only had to have them for around a year, though... while my sister had to have them for atleast 3 years.

[Karen]

I had them for two year, two months and 13 days! My orthodontist was Dr. Morin, so whenever people tell me I have a lovely smile, I say "Thanks, my parents paid a lot for this smile!" Or "Thanks, all credit goes to Dr. Morin!"

[k9krazee]

I've never had them...and while my teeth aren't anywhere NEAR perfect I have had dentists ask me if I've ever had them.

My brother just got his off yesterday! He only had them on for a little over a year though. My sister just had some put on a couple months ago.

[sammy101]

I got mine on 2 years ago and i get them off in a few months!

[jenluckenbach]

I never had them. My teeth are NOT perfect, but still, I do not need them.

[Miss Z]

I had mine taken off about a month ago, after 1 and a half years with them on. I have the retainers now, but they aren't so bad, and I only have them for 6 months. It's too bad that I got my dad's teeth gene instead of my mum's, because then I would have had perfect teeth

[zoomer]

I need them but don't have them. .

[gemini9961]

I had them, got them on my sophomore year HS and had them for 6 years!! I have had them off now since October 2002. Still have my retainers.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I had them but got them taken off about 4 years ago now, I think. Lol...I'm paranoid about my teeth not staying straight, so I still always wear my retainers at night....not sure whether I'm supposed to, or whether I still have to or not but my orthodontist never told me when I don't have to wear them anymore.

[Roxyluvsme13]

No, but I need them.

[dab_20]

Yep I had them in 5th and 6th grade. I still wear my retainer every night.

[chocolatepuppy]

I wore braces when I was in my 20's. I had them on about 3 years. My teeth weren't that bad when I was a teenager but got worse later, so I got them straightened up some.

[I_luv_rusty]

I've never had them, I guess my teeth areperfect.

Wear Your Retainers

I know two girls who had them around when I did that weren't great about wearing their retainers, and had to redo the whole braces experience as adults. You think it's embarassing now, try giving a business presenation when your mouth is sore from getting a wire tightened and you have a mouthful of braces!

My teacher last year said her daughter was suppouse to get them off and eveytime they went to get them off the dentist would say you need them on for a few more months everytime. Then finally he said do you wear your rubberbands all the time and she said pretty much. She'd take them off on weekends and though it'd be ok. Well think again... no, her teeth just went back to how they were.Then she had to go through the whole process again.