lame..., just got braces... >_< Options

[CelicaBuddy]

and They hurt SOOOO bad lol I just wish I coulda got them sooner...

It kinda sucks being 18 with braces Oh well... Theyre only on for 2 years. so it shouldnt be too rough... Maybe I'll post up a pic so all you can make fun of me

So just for fun, any of you got any bad/funny/or just amazingly awesome () braces stories?

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I've had mine for almost 7 years (my teeth were jacked up, and I had setbacks w/ school and stuff where they couldn't do as much major stuff during the years) and I think I'm about to get them off in a few months.

Being 18 with braces is nothing, I had them since 14..I don't remember NOT having them...I'd just like them off before my 21st birthday at the end of next month, but it doesn't look like it.

I, too, fix mine w/ pliers to get the wire adjusted just right. Gotta take matters into your own hands. I know everyone at the dentist office by their first names, and I've been there with braces longer than some have worked there that help work on them.

They are uncomfortable as hell, but I found that chewing gum helped toughen me up a little, to where they didn't hurt for as long everytime they were tightened.

The one thing that sucks the most, is be used to the insides of your lips and cheeks being cut up all.the.time. Spicy food burns just a little more with braces.