# Braces **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [June 4, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486 "2003-06-04T18:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/1 "2003-06-04T18:01:24Z")
I got braces just yesterday, and they’re really crap. Not that they’re low quality, they’re just ennoying as h$ll. I can’t eat anything anymore, and when there is just a tiny little bit pressure on my teeth, it hurts like twenty elephants walking them. Auch.☹ ;( :hangover: :sleep: :x ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/2 "2003-06-04T18:05:12Z")
oh god! I didn’t they’re that awful! I know many ppl who have 'em… (they haven’t complained so I thought it’s nothing) I’m happy I don’t have any! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/3 "2003-06-04T18:13:19Z")
_points and laughs at you_ all I can say is, good luck! I had them for 3 years … and they are the worst thing that has happened to me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/4 "2003-06-04T18:14:28Z")
I have braces ! In the first time yes it hurst so much ! But then its chill, but not normal like without ! I have my braces now about 1 year and half ! its good for your teeth, I think its good having it. good luck 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/5 "2003-06-04T18:27:23Z")
Braces will be worth it in the end. Women love an organized, white, smelling good smile :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/6 "2003-06-04T18:30:38Z")
eh, don’t forget to wear your retainer when they take off the braces. I never did and my front teeth have a slight gap now… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/7 "2003-06-04T18:45:32Z")
i get my braces off in about a month and im sooo happy because i got them on in 6th grade, and i just finished 9th grade, so thats a really long time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/8 "2003-06-04T18:49:41Z")
yeah I had mine on for about 3 years also. My sister had hers for 5 and my cousin had hers for 8 I think… her teeth were reeeeeeeally messed up. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/9 "2003-06-04T18:55:59Z")
haha the worst is when u get them tightened every month… o boy… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/10 "2003-06-04T18:58:09Z")
I had them on for about 2 years, and they are worth it. It will be annoying for a while, but you’ll get used to it in a few days. When they take those things off, now, that just feels awesome 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/11 "2003-06-04T19:01:34Z")
i dont wear my retainer… :trout: for a bunch of reasons. but my 2 front teeth are fake, so if I do get a slight gap, its easy to fix. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/12 "2003-06-04T19:08:22Z")
viper, how’d you end up with 2 fake teeth?:chinaman: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/13 "2003-06-04T20:50:42Z")
The most important part of braces is wearing your retainer. I learned the hard way. My teeth look almost exactly as they did prior to braces (which is not that bad anyway), because i didn’t wear my retainers faithfully. Learn from others’ mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/14 "2003-06-04T22:15:57Z")
yeah um, my teeth are perfectly aligned. i’m lucky. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/15 "2003-06-04T22:20:51Z")
but do you floss regularly? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/16 "2003-06-04T22:22:00Z")
OF COURSE! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/17 "2003-06-07T19:24:44Z")
The pain is 85 % gone, yaay ! Although I bend a wire. \*\*\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/18 "2003-06-07T20:32:13Z")
hey viper i got fake front teeth too - cos i ‘ate’ the angle of a pool once. And lost 1tooth1/2… I really did look dumb. anyway i dont know whats going on w/ people’s teeth these days, we get more and more people complaning about braces and stuff… Hehe i guess braces are hype… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/19 "2003-06-07T20:36:44Z")
I got my dad’s big beautiful white teeth and my mom’s smaller jaw. I need to get them sometime. How much did everyone’s cost? I mean on average. And what is the process like? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486/20 "2003-06-07T21:32:24Z")
i think overall it costs like $2000 US or something like that, not too sure. anyways, the process, are you talking about putting the braces on or the whole deal? [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/braces/22486.md?page=2)