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Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:24 pm to Tempratt
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What is your opinion?
Had to get them late in life due to having an impacted canine tooth that never came out. My baby canine was in the process of dying and the permanent one was still stuck in the middle of my palate.
It sucked, but it was better than the alternative of having missing teeth.
This post was edited on 9/3/22 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:25 pm to Tempratt
Good for them wanting to look their best.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:25 pm to The Boat
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Some of the worse pain I've ever felt is the night after getting a new wire put on your braces. Not sure I'd feel like dealing with that at 55 years old.
I finished my second round of braces almost a year ago. The first round straightened by teeth, and I don't remember much hassle with them. The second round corrected my bite, and some of those office visits were damn intense. If faced with going through that second round again, I don't know that I'd make the same decision.
ETA: Had to have my bite corrected because it was causing gum recession, which would have led to eventual loss.
This post was edited on 9/3/22 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:27 pm to YNWA
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Strange. Most people, especially adults, get invisalign these days. Even my teenage son got them instead of braces.
I tried that first and they fricked my bite so bad that the orthodontist started traditional braces for me for free of charge. Traditional braces have definitely worked wayyyy better than the invisalign for me. I’d never recommend invisalign for anyone now.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:29 pm to Tempratt
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What is your opinion?
Maybe it’s me but it seems like putting a crystal chandelier in a haunted house.
My opinion is you're focusing entirely on cosmetics. All four of my kids had braces, largely for cosmetic reasons (crooked teeth). OTOH, after the kids were grown and gone, I had braces placed to correct significant bite problems. It'd troubled me for many years, but I felt an obligation to take care of my kids first. My insurance plan covered they braces (to a degree), but didn't cover mine at all. Life's a lot more complicated the just "good looks." You need to broaden how to look at things.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:45 pm to Tempratt
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What is your opinion?
Leave other people alone and live your life. Particularly when their decisions don’t affect you in the slightest and have no moral quandaries.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:53 pm to Tempratt
It's not just vanity. Having jacked up teeth makes you look poor and uneducated, even if that's unfair.
If you go on a job interview with a mangled grill it's not going to go well.
People consciously and subconsciously judge people for having f'ed up teeth.
If you go on a job interview with a mangled grill it's not going to go well.
People consciously and subconsciously judge people for having f'ed up teeth.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:56 pm to shutterspeed
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The second round corrected my bite, and some of those office visits were damn intense.
My teeth were really bad. When they would close the brackets down on the new wire it felt like your teeth were going to rip out of your mouth.
Posted on 9/4/22 at 1:26 am to The Boat
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When they would close the brackets down on the new wire it felt like your teeth were going to rip out of your mouth.
Exactly! It wasn't about sharp sticks or cuts or anything, it was the intense pressure. It felt like they were going to force my damn teeth right out of my gums. I told them that I was glad I was getting this done now because there's no way in hell my teeth would still be in my gums if I were having this done in my 60s. The aftercare at home was almost a relief compared to the horrors in the chair.
I also had to get four TADS drilled into my jawbones. During one visit, I was made to listen to a kid getting TADS drilled in the cubicle next to me. I felt like I was listening to the movie Hostel playing on a nearby tv with all the kid's screams.
This post was edited on 9/4/22 at 1:27 am
Posted on 9/4/22 at 1:32 am to Tempratt
He bought a house in 1985 for 89K and it's worth 1.2 now. Dick enlargement is next.
Posted on 9/4/22 at 3:26 am to Split2874
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Maybe they have had crooked teeth their entire life and now they can afford to get them fixed.
This.
I got them in my 30s.
Posted on 9/4/22 at 6:25 am to Tempratt
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What is your opinion?
It's their business
Posted on 9/4/22 at 6:31 am to Tempratt
I’m 42 and just got mine taken off. My MIL is doing invisiline right now.
Never too old to tighten up a little. Plus it makes basic hygiene easier.
Never too old to tighten up a little. Plus it makes basic hygiene easier.
Posted on 9/4/22 at 6:31 am to Tempratt
People couldn't afford them, had parents who didn't have the resources or didn't give a shite.
You get older and have money so you want to get your teeth fixed
I'm about to pay $12,000 -$15,000 for three implants from an accident I had and cracked two/knocked one out.
I could have have all three pulled for about $500.00
You get older and have money so you want to get your teeth fixed
I'm about to pay $12,000 -$15,000 for three implants from an accident I had and cracked two/knocked one out.
I could have have all three pulled for about $500.00
Posted on 9/4/22 at 6:42 am to Tempratt
You do you and stop minding other people's business! That's the trouble with the world today...everyone thinks their opinon should be the only one. 
Posted on 9/4/22 at 6:44 am to Tempratt
I had braces in my early teens. Now at 39, my teeth have moved and they’re no longer perfect. They still look great but they did move some.
Maybe it’s the second time with braces for some of these folks, putting things back in order after a while.
I’m not going to get them again but I can understand why some people would. Especially if you don’t have to wear them for nearly as long.
Maybe it’s the second time with braces for some of these folks, putting things back in order after a while.
I’m not going to get them again but I can understand why some people would. Especially if you don’t have to wear them for nearly as long.
This post was edited on 9/4/22 at 6:45 am
Posted on 9/4/22 at 6:53 am to The Boat
Some of the worse pain I've ever felt is the night after getting a new wire put on your braces. Not sure I'd feel like dealing with that at 55 years old.
Second behind it is spacers. My wife had a palate expander as a kid. Her dad had to adjust it for her. That looks like medieval torture.
Second behind it is spacers. My wife had a palate expander as a kid. Her dad had to adjust it for her. That looks like medieval torture.
Posted on 9/4/22 at 6:56 am to TDsngumbo
Same here. I’m 38 and rocking braces. I have to get jaw surgery next year to fix my bite so it was necessary. My son needed braces, as he has the same bite, and I figured I’d do it with him.
At least he’s getting his bite fixed without surgery. I wasn’t so lucky.
My daughter wanted braces too so we all jumped on board. Our orthodontist is hooked up from our household.
At least he’s getting his bite fixed without surgery. I wasn’t so lucky.
My daughter wanted braces too so we all jumped on board. Our orthodontist is hooked up from our household.
Posted on 9/4/22 at 10:21 am to LewDawg
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I have to get jaw surgery next year to fix my bite so it was necessary
What kind of bite do you have that requires jaw surgery?
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