Brace-face

russotto · 02-17-2005, 02:37 PM

I've had braces. I've had oral surgery.

If they can do it without braces at all, just surgery, that's the option you really want. Sure, it's goddamn painful for a while. But it's better than years of braces (I think I had mine for about 5 years... ugh. And they still didn't work properly, because my teeth are damn stubborn and my retainer actually came apart in my mouth, not that my orthodontist cared)

lookout123 · 02-17-2005, 02:41 PM

sorry for the pain chainsaw.. russotto tell me more please.

i couldn't have braces when i was younger due to sports, then the military. so now at 30 i'm tired of crooked teeth and want to fix them. i don't want to have braces for the next couple of years... it doesn't exactly instill confidence in a 60 year old couple to see their financial advisor still has braces on. i have a friend who got a bit lippy and left his front teeth in a bar one night. he had posts put in and has absolutely perfect chompers, i like that idea. but, is it worth the pain? how long before your mouth is back to relatively normal? time off work?

Montmorency · 02-22-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

it doesn't exactly instill confidence in a 60 year old couple to see their financial advisor still has braces on.

You never know, you might just remind them of their Johnny's little Mikey who just finished grade 9 and is so bright and talented and trustworthy and has a great future ahead of him

chainsaw, braces are damn hot. No, seriously. "Hey, there's a guy/girl who doesn't give a damn about what those highschool jock morons think about braces." :four-eyed in-love smiley:

02-17-2005, 02:41 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	sorry for the pain chainsaw.. russotto tell me more please. i couldn't have braces when i was younger due to sports, then the military. so now at 30 i'm tired of crooked teeth and want to fix them. i don't want to have braces for the next couple of years... it doesn't exactly instill confidence in a 60 year old couple to see their financial advisor still has braces on. i have a friend who got a bit lippy and left his front teeth in a bar one night. he had posts put in and has absolutely perfect chompers, i like that idea. but, is it worth the pain? how long before your mouth is back to relatively normal? time off work? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-17-2005, 02:37 PM	#1
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	I've had braces. I've had oral surgery. If they can do it without braces at all, just surgery, that's the option you really want. Sure, it's goddamn painful for a while. But it's better than years of braces (I think I had mine for about 5 years... ugh. And they still didn't work properly, because my teeth are damn stubborn and my retainer actually came apart in my mouth, not that my orthodontist cared)

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