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Voted clear red, but there's something to be said for purple as well. Of course, when I got a plate when I was a kid, I was too scared to pick anything other than the normal color.  :-[

Hi can we have the option to chose clear brackets ?

My own treatment - 30+ years ago - was uneventful. Just plain metal braces, without even elastics. Lots of other young teens had braces, so after the first day it was unremarkable in school and among friends. Lowlight has been some post-treatment shifting of my teeth, since I very stupidly left my retainer behind when I shipped out for Army basic training and never recovered it. I can't say my memories of the experience are strongly positive or negative. In terms of interest, it did nothing for me, since my interest was and is confined to women wearing braces.

My wife's current treatment has been different, since it plays directly to my interest (which is why she did it). Lowlight has definitely been the detested bite stoppers that prevent her from eating many of our favorite foods. That's a frustration we're REALLY hoping to get away from with her next adjustment, since her ortho plans to move some brackets. Highlight has been the tremendous amount of fun we're having in the bedroom - and out of it.  >

There were many high- and lowlights during my treatment: The first lowlight was, as the first dental impressions were taken. The first highlight was a change in the treatment plan: It was planned  a headgear for me, but after intensive discussion i didn't get it. I was so happy! But my brother got one and had to wear it for more than one year.

Blue for sure

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23BRT said:

Hey, I think this a great question

Did any of you feel the treatment was too much or annoying or even a mistake?
Did they ever get boring or wish you had a different applince?

What was it like to walk out of the office and be the guy (or girl) in braces?
How was morning after?
When you meet old friends and family?
Or the day to day life?

I really would love to hear about the good and the bad.

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Good questions, though my answers probably not the most exciting.

Growing up in middle class suburbs, it was pretty common for most kids to get braces, so walking out with them on (in middle school) wasn't didn't really engender any unusual feelings.  In fact, I think the orthodontist in my town liked to start kids in braces early, because even though I was maybe 13 or 14 at time, it seemed like I was one of the later kids to get them.  So there wasn't really any "being that person in braces" thing.  I guess I enjoyed wearing them, but more in a way that they didn't bother me at all, and I was happy to comply with elastics and so forth.  In hindsight, maybe I would have had them longer if I had been a little less compliant!

Had mine at much older age and my lowlight was having my front bridge cut and the tooth held in by the arch wire ( a flapper tooth) The highlight was getting headgear It was all too short of an experience and had to have wisdom teeth removed prior to start.
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bradhov said:

I'm getting braces on next month so don't know the good or bad right now.  I saw the picture you had on the bigger loop wires - what was that used for in your treatment?

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I think they were to close gaps between my teeth, which I guess they did successfully, although in the years since those teeth have actually started to overlap each other, and I've developed a reasonable sized gap between my front two teeth.

I started my treatment late, when I was 22. I had crowding and a slight overbite and my treatment options were limited as an adult. My orthodontist proposed a jones jig appliance combined with a nance button or to extract two permanent teeth, followed by full upper and lower ceramic braces and elastics. I wanted the best smile possible and went with the jones jig. When he first put it in, I was having definitely having second thoughts and asked if that was the only option, without extractions. It was that or headgear (I kind of wish I went with headgear). The nance was fairly easy to get use to but the jones jig protruded into my lips a bit and it caused a lot of soreness after adjustments. My total treatment time was about 3 years and then I got an upper essix and lower hawley retainer.

I was always self conscious about my smile and getting braces as a young adult heightened that feeling. I really didn't smile with braces and only one friend noticed and mentioned them, but it wasn't a big deal. I'm glad I took the plunge when I did but I wish my treatment included functional appliances or something more substantial!

I had braces when I was younger - I appreciated them, but I'm much more into appliances. I was a bit miffed that I never needed anything except regular braces - I had a spring for one very crooked tooth for a few months, but no elastics, no expander, no bite blocks, nothing! I always wanted something extra that would give me a harder time, but I didn't need it. My teeth were crooked, but no bite problems, I guess. I still wonder what an expander would feel like, with say, a habit device!

Walking out of the office after finally getting them was very cool. I was a bit shy about them at first, but it was fine after a day or two. Like I said, because I didn't need any extra treatment with different appliances, my braces didn't stand out and ended up being a bit boring for me. Sometimes there was a bit of pressure on my teeth (to be expected) that I liked, but that was about it!

Hey, I think this a great question

Did any of you feel the treatment was too much or annoying or even a mistake?
Did they ever get boring or wish you had a different applince?

What was it like to walk out of the office and be the guy (or girl) in braces?
How was morning after?
When you meet old friends and family?
Or the day to day life?

I really would love to hear about the good and the bad.

I'm getting braces on next month so don't know the good or bad right now.  I saw the picture you had on the bigger loop wires - what was that used for in your treatment?

Zaku - would echo the other comments.  go for it.  I as amazed on how many conversations got started when my wife got braces with others who have had or have braces.  All have been positive and haven't into anyone who has worn them as an adults who regretted having treatment.

Hi !

I don't know if my methode is the best but try it...

-create an account on Flikr
-copy the adress on the picture on Flickr
-write on your message
http://anonym.to/? "paste the adresse"

Gotta agree with Mrmajestic on that. I've lost count of the number of braces stories I've heard told to my wife since she got her braces. Tons of people have started with, "Oh, I had braces back when I was..." or "I had crazy braces back in high school, headgear and everything..."

Zaku1000 it is worth it. Not only is there my personal enjoyment but the excuse to commiserate with other braces wearers on different platforms and not seem creepy. Go for it.

brace666 said:

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Please, can you  to send me pictures of your braces ?

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How do i add pictures? sorry not great at this!

Like many Americans, I had braces when I was younger, but I didn't really appreciate them at the time.  Aside from cervical headgear and a bulky retainer (that I didn't wear) for a year before the braces went on, the only really interesting/unusual part of my treatment was that I had big t-loop archwires (like these: http://anonym.to/?https://www.jco-online.com/media/22049/2007-12-756-a.jpg) for maybe the second half of my treatment, which I remember being very visible and digging into my gums.

Anyway, just wondering what other strange or unusal treatment anyone went through, or what were the highlights and lowlights of treatment? 

Congrats for going through with all this.  Have always wanted to do something like this, but never really had the guts to go through with it, even though teeth could use a little improvement.  Maybe some day.