I've been sporting regular braces for the past 16 months and my ortho scheduled an appointment for me to have them removed.
Back in the day when I decided to get them I was given the choice between regular and clear one's and I was put off by the idea that clear one's are still noticable, stain and take longer in treatment... M mom basically had convinced me they look worse then regular...
I braced myself and got the regular one's.
It wasn't all that traumatic, like ppl. did raise eyebrows and made stupid remarks like: "Why now?" (I was 23 then), but I just brushed them-off , telling myself that at least I was taking steps on the road to self- improvement.
Looking back, I kinda regret not getting ceramic one's though... Maybe they would have looked nicer... Though the metal one's were'nt as noticable as I thought they would be...
Does anyone have/had ceramic braces and regrets not having regular one's for any reason?
I need words of encouragement...
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