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Did you have braces when you were younger?
Did you have braces when you were younger?
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I'm in the same boat- I had a terrible underbite (made me look like a monster!) and my two front teeth were too crooked. The braces really helped me (I had them on for 3 years) but they could be a real pain at times. I still wear retainers at night- I always tell DH he's lucky he was born with straight teeth.Now I feel like the odd man out. My teeth were terrible. A bad overbite, buckteeth, I couldn't chew with my mouth closed. I had braces, but only after all my adult teeth were in (mainly because my parents couldn't afford them before); I think I was 18 when they were put on and I had them for 3 years if I remember correctly. My teeth are not currently as straight as I would like---even though I wore my retainer faithfully!---but the overbite, buckteeth, and chewing problem are corrected. So I'm pretty satisfied altogether, although I may get Invisalign to pretty up my front teeth at some point in the future.
Lol, Cocheezie, this reminded me of the time something similar happened to my sister. We were on vacation and stopped at McDonalds for lunch and her retainer got thrown out. By the time she realized it we had already left so we had to go back and find it. Of course by then the trash had already been taken out so my poor dad and some hapless employee had to sift through a McDonald's dumpster and then through the bag, but they got it back.
My kid had braces and we almost lost his retainer on an overseas flight. The retainer was put on the dinner tray which was whipped away by the flight attendant when our attention was diverted. Didn't realize it was gone until an hour later. A whole planeload of people trying to sleep, except for two flight attendants, myself, and the kid going through the garbage. Braces were a pain and expensive and it was a long haul, but looking at him now, definitely worth it.