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English => General => Topic started by: libtech on 08. October 2018, 02:48:52 AM
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Hypothetically lets assume you are in High School and Prom is coming up in which you and your significant other are going to. The morning of the Prom dance one of you has an orthodontist appointment consisting of the application of full braces, top and bottom fixed expanders, and double headgear wired in.
Who would you choose for the appointment to be intended for and what would your reaction be seeing your date with headgear and bringing them to the dance, or getting the headgear installed and seeing your date for the first time while strapped into your gear?
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I would have loved it, but I would want both of us wearing headgears. Back in the day everybody I saw in braces had full bands which was a wonderful site to see.
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For me it should be the girl who has the braces and HG Personally I would be THRILLED if my date was in braces its just seriously sexy!!
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Thankyou for respond and answering to my topic/hypothetical question. Its a hard one for me. I agree both would be incredible but its an invalid answer so I would choose to be the one walking into prom wired into headgear.
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I choose my date to be wired up. Taking someone out in double headgear would be amazing! And helping put the headgear straps on. All dressed up with a mouthful of embarrassing metal. Yes please
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I would love for my date to be in braces and or headgear. Would be a dream come true.
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I am conflicted as to whom should wear the headgear. I would love the girl (my date) to wear the headgear so that I can look at her the whole time. But I would also like to wear the headgear to feel the metal on my teeth and between my lips.
Tough one....
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I am conflicted as to whom should wear the headgear. I would love the girl (my date) to wear the headgear so that I can look at her the whole time. But I would also like to wear the headgear to feel the metal on my teeth and between my lips.
Tough one....
I agree, that is a tough choice!
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Given the options I’d opt to be the one with the appointment.
Although for me personally headgear isn’t really my thing, but it would be an interesting experience all the same.
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Many of the replies read like the question is targeted at males and 'date' is always a female. I'm not criticizing, but would have been interested to see responses where 'date' was a male.
My immediate answer is that the appointment is for my date, but after thinking about it, what if we almost never talk again after the date? Perhaps it would be a longer lasting benefit if I got the appointment and kept the equipment for some time.
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Many of the replies read like the question is targeted at males and 'date' is always a female. I'm not criticizing, but would have been interested to see responses where 'date' was a male.
My date would be male… and since, in my opinion, braces on me are good and all but it’s the sight that really does it for me, I would much prefer going out with a hot boy with some new headgear. Him coming to my house to take me there, his face beet red with embarrassment, yes please! It would also be amazing to just console them, even while you know there’s no hiding.
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I would much prefer going out with a hot boy with some new headgear. Him coming to my house to take me there, his face beet red with embarrassment, yes please!
What if you both had headgear?
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I’d definitely have my date (a girl) wired up for prom night. She’d be really embarrassed about her new gear but I’d do my best to reassure her and make her feel better, whilst also kinda enjoying how awkward she felt and looked infront of everyone.
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What if you both had headgear?
I’m good with just him ;D. Headgear really isn’t my thing. Standard braces is good enough.
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I love this question!
I'd absolutely adore being the one all wired up with full braces and headgear! The more metal the better! My date (a girl) would definitely look great in headgear, but if it could only be one of us, I'd be more than happy to be the one red as a traffic light, lisping and drooling with embarrassment as my date tries to console me, attempting to parade me around and get me to enjoy the dance in spite of the aggressive orthodontics on full display for all to see!
Bring it on!
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:)
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Obviously this question relies heavily on 'suspension of disbeief' because no orthodontist, now or ever, would put braces, nevermind wired on headgear, on anyone on the day of the prom. Unlessthe patient wanted that and timed it that well but that just did not happen. In reality it is a purely theoretical question and all of you wishing one way or the other I can say with experience that the person in the headgear will not enjoy the party. It was not the prom but the semi formal spring dance in 1971. I was 14, a freshman in high school with a four j-hook headgear and the j-hooks were affixed so I could not get them off. This article was written by my orthodontis thttps://dereferer.me/?https://www.jco-online.com/archive/1974/12/679-directional-edgewise-orthodontic-approach-part-2/
This is the exact style of headgear I wore (and the same braces) https://dereferer.me/?https://www.jco-online.com/media/2894/679-jco-img-2.jpg
I had been wearing it full time for three weeks due to my record of lying and non-cooperation. My orthodontist insisted on full time wear and my parents supported him. It was humiliating enough wearing that contraption to school, I had no choice, but I was not going to a semi formal dance with it on. My mother insisted I go and I refused. I was still really pissed I was forced to wear it and in no mood to go social with it on, the braces were bad enough. My mother got Karen's mother to force Karen to be my date and they dragged us to the dance, all dressed up, using threats and intimidation. Karen was very nice, we knew and liked each other enough but was also there under duress for having snuck into an r-rated movie for which her mother promised she was going to hell and was permenantly grounded. Hell wasnt open that day so she was forced to go to the dance with me instead. Karen's mother was a chaperone so as much as we both wanted to leave, we were stuck there. We both just sat in a dark corner and ignored the dance. True story.
Given better circumstances Karen and I might have enjoyed each other and the dance. We became good friends but never dated again, not that I could get close and kiss her anyway I had four wires sticking out of my mouth. She still had her braces on and we got lots of jokes about locking braces and about being careful in thunderstorms. Everyone else thought it was funny. Not us. Sorry to be such a buzz kill on the prom fantasy.