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Am I the oldest?
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Am I the oldest?
Yea!! Good to know there are other 'old foggies' like me in braces! I will be getting my braces off at age 52. Second time around for me- I never liked the way the first orthodontist shoved all my teeth way inside my mouth because he left me with big spaces to fill. This orthodontist will be bringing them back out so you can actually see them when I smile. Est. time this time around- 9 months. I figured I could handle just 9 months to feel better about my smile after all these years. Hope he's right! Will be glad to see new (and better) smile second time around! ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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Howdy,
I can beat both of you! I got my braces in October, 2005 at age 53 and they will come off (hopefully) in April when I am age 54. I got my braces as a retirement present to myself.
P.S. I am definitely not "old" and definitely not a "fogey"!
ETA: I'm 54 right now
I can beat both of you! I got my braces in October, 2005 at age 53 and they will come off (hopefully) in April when I am age 54. I got my braces as a retirement present to myself.
P.S. I am definitely not "old" and definitely not a "fogey"!
ETA: I'm 54 right now
Last edited by Betty Bat on Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
dolldx52:
I know how you feel about having your teeth hidden by poor ortho work in the past. It one of the reasons I'm doing this again. I know when I started I felt I was the oldest person to do this. I'll be about 50 when these come off. As for your treatment time....9 months. Wow, sure beats me 16-24.
Mike
I know how you feel about having your teeth hidden by poor ortho work in the past. It one of the reasons I'm doing this again. I know when I started I felt I was the oldest person to do this. I'll be about 50 when these come off. As for your treatment time....9 months. Wow, sure beats me 16-24.
Mike
I wore braces (this time) for 1294 days or 3 years, 6 months and 17 days.
But who's counting?
Jaw Surgery June 1, 2009
Thanks for praying for me and thinking happy thoughts.
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But who's counting?
Jaw Surgery June 1, 2009
Thanks for praying for me and thinking happy thoughts.
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What?? You're more than 12 months in front of me, you have to be close to being finished. Seriously. But being a competitive sort, I'll take you on anyway.Chris wrote:I'll be going on a sea cruise and eat my way through the buffet tables.You'll be quitting work early then..
Ok, Lionfish...the race is on...lets see who gets their's off first!
I love the buffet tables, but they're so naughty, they make you come back again and again. My favourite is the breakfast buffet at the Raffles Plaza Hotel (next door to the old Raffles Hotel) in Singapore - you need a couple of hours to enjoy that one.
Meryaten, your mother sounds like a right piss taker.
Someone on this board said and I quote "the devil is in the details"> well, the final stages of treatment are really turning into the devil!
Listen up all you newbies! Getting the bite right can be a very trying time!! Anyone can straighten the teeth.
I've lost weight during treatment so I think I can indulge at the buffet.![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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Listen up all you newbies! Getting the bite right can be a very trying time!! Anyone can straighten the teeth.
I've lost weight during treatment so I think I can indulge at the buffet.
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Top Braces June 2004
Bottom Braces November 2004
Debanded January 2007
Bottom Braces November 2004
Debanded January 2007
That would be Meryaten.
I'd like to get in the race, but at my last adjustment I said, "take your time. Do whatever needs to be done. Let's just get it perfect."
Mike
I'd like to get in the race, but at my last adjustment I said, "take your time. Do whatever needs to be done. Let's just get it perfect."
Mike
I wore braces (this time) for 1294 days or 3 years, 6 months and 17 days.
But who's counting?
Jaw Surgery June 1, 2009
Thanks for praying for me and thinking happy thoughts.
![Image](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10300;459/st/20060914/e/Since+I+got+Braced%21%21%21/k/4933/event.png)
![Image](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10708;114/st/20100331/e/DeBRACING+Day%21%21%21%21%21%21/k/5dd2/event.png)
But who's counting?
Jaw Surgery June 1, 2009
Thanks for praying for me and thinking happy thoughts.
![Image](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10300;459/st/20060914/e/Since+I+got+Braced%21%21%21/k/4933/event.png)
![Image](http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10708;114/st/20100331/e/DeBRACING+Day%21%21%21%21%21%21/k/5dd2/event.png)
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Fifty two years of age here and expect to get my braces off in my 53rd or 54th year.
It's so nice to have company here. My fiance, a mere child of 49, just doesn't quite understand (he proposed to me the week before I got my braces on).
Some days I hate them, some days I forget I have them and once in a while I like them a little because they definitely make me look younger!
Elle
It's so nice to have company here. My fiance, a mere child of 49, just doesn't quite understand (he proposed to me the week before I got my braces on).
Some days I hate them, some days I forget I have them and once in a while I like them a little because they definitely make me look younger!
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Elle
Spacers, Nov. 1; Braced Nov. 8, 2006; Braces off March 26, 2008, just short of 17 months. Glad it's over but the jury is still out on whether the game was worth the candle.