Which kind of braces do you prefer? Fixed or removable ones...

Definately fixed, silver braces  :!:

I love removable brace, there is something more in mounth  :twisted:
For me is the lisp of girls wearing removable Braces the Great.

They're both attractive!

I think I liked silver fixed the best, however I like retainers best on my wife.

it's a toss up.....the complexity of the hardware of fixed appliances or being able to see a woman remove her retainer and put it back in....decisions, decisions.....

:twisted: fixed is the only way to go!!!
jen

I agree.  Full bands are cool.  It's been a long time since I've seen anybody with them though.

I prefer my girlfriend's braces. They are fixed and silver

I think clear braces look worse than metal ones.

Actually,

I like a couple of different things... Neither of which have their own picture forum on here...

I like fixed braces - Particularly when the molar bands are showing. Those seem to be the only place they use bands anymore, and even some don't have those. But some have 1, 2, or sometimes even 3 bands per quadrant.

That was when I first discovered that I liked braces. There was a girl in line in front of me on the first day of the eighth grade. She was shouting across the room at one of her friends in another line. She didn't have her brackets on yet, but the bands were on and I saw them. I wanted to ask her to open her mouth and stare at them... but... you know... THAT would NOT be acceptable.

It is difficult to find clear hi-res shots of people with their mouth open showing the molar bands.   :cry:

The other thing I like to see is the lower permanant retainer on the back of the bottom front teeth. There are a LOT of them out there. I even had the privelage of dating a girl who had one.

It is hard to find good quality pics of those as well.  :roll:

Fixed braces are nice as well... but at this point, I have seen, and have a collection of thousands of good pics.  I have thought about opening a webshots album for a while now, but first, I would want to go through them and crop them and eliminate the lo-res shots.

It seems that I tend to look at things that society doen't pay any attention to... elevator shafts, Bowling alley pin spotting machnes, and braces. I could care less about the inside of the elevator car, the pin machine from the bowlers area and on some level, brackets on the 6 front teeth. It seems to be the inner workings of these things that draws my attention.

Not that I am "TURNED ON" by bowling alley machines or elevator shafts... In much the same fashion as I am not aroused by braces on young girls. The older ones though... Those are what I enjoy looking at..

Sorry... off on a tangent here. This is actually the first time I have written about my "likes".

I like fixed better but I'm not picky. I'll take either.

aktivators thats is beutifull braces special the van beek aktivator
with headgear

Fixed fullbands, and elastics / herbst appliance

I've always felt like a major part of the fascination stems from the fact that they (fixed, old-fashioned) can't be removed at will.

Normally I would say fixed headgear, but thre are only these two possibilities, so I had to choice fixed braces.
Maby you can make another choice with headgear included.
Yours F-1

definetly fixed braces

you take the strap off and leave the facebows in i think, or change into a waterproof one which ive heard about in alot'a stories. dunno if they exist though.

Om the German board, a linkwas posted to a document from an orthodontist. It reads:

"Wir wünschen uns mit Ihnen, zu einem guten Ergebnis kommen zu können. Dazu benötigen wir Ihr Verständnis als auch zuverlässige Mitarbeit. Nur so können wir vermeiden, das Headgear im Extremfall so befestigen zu müssen, daß der Patient es selber nicht entfernen kann."

With my relatively bad German knowledge, I believe this translates to:

"We want to help you to success. Therefore we need your understanding and cooperation. Only in this way can we avoid in having to fix the headgear extreme cases so the patient can't remove it."

(See http://www.orthodont-toll.de/headgear.pdf)

Haven't seen anything about this anywhere else, and I believe it is mainly a threat directed towards disobedient patiens (who are plenty, not least when it comes to headgear). I mean, fixing the HG seriously inflicts with the rest of the patient's life with respect to eating, drinking, doing sports etc., and I do not believe othodontists are willing to do that.

Perhaps it was different earlier when braces were not as developed as today. Perhaps some orthodontists even bond them for a couple of days to get the patient to wear them in public. But I can't imagine it would be more.

I prefer headgear...

I love the silvery-metal look! It is beautiful! Especially with no colors or little hooks and rubberbands. I am not a big fan of headgear but some girls look really cute with it. I don't really like removable braces.

really like both.. if my girlfriend had to wear i would like her to wear the fixed one and palatal expender and elastics  so would have shiny metal and " lisp " 

I like the braces that stay in. Plus I like the metal (silver) kind.

i prefer fixed braces, probably because you cant take them out or hide them.
but im interested in removable appliances - like fränkel - as well.

I prefer the fixed metal braces, not to say I don't find removable braces attractive though

I like fixed metal braces, i have always been facisinated seeing people with out a mouthful of metal and wires. I am now in braces and enjoy how permanent my braces are and the feeling of knowing my teeth will be constantly  bracketed and wired up for the next couple years

i like headgear

I like both, fixed and removable in general..

But I don't like any type of braces which make it impossible to kiss! 

they definitely look better with elastics

Alter feminine ego of mine:

Girl wearing

Full braces withe powerchains, removable combo headgear, "reasonable" amount of class II elastics, removable biteplate on the top, fixed lower arch expander, Herbst

It`s tough to pack all that stuff at one mouth

I don't have one, but I wish I could.  I should have put "imaginary" ego  in my post.....  opps.

when I was younger I used to prefer the removables. but with time i get used to the idea and feel of the fiexd ones.

Definitely removable. The plastic plate feels great, the bigger the better.

i like them both it switch day to day

If you had the option, would you have liked fixed brackets with a plastic appliance? Take a look at my 'dream treatment' posting and let us know!

i like removable braces. retainer are so sexy.

full metal bands, elastics, and a headgear

I prefer removables.

I had and I prefer full metal bands with two elastics and combination headgear
I like the headgear most if the force ends directly in the metal fixed in the mouth