Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi all! I've had my braces for going on a month now (got them June 23rd). The first week or two was ROUGH! Not so much that my teeth hurt, but my cheeks were torn up from my braces and I kept getting horrible canker sores. Then I went on vacation and broke a bracket completely off. Those things are doing much better now, and a few days ago when I went to have the orthodontist look at the bracket that broke off he did an adjustment. So today my teeth are more so than they have been, but I'm guessing that just goes with the territory. I suppose at this point I'd be more concerned if they didn't hurt a little because I'm not getting any younger (I'm 31 and don't want to be wearing these things forever). LOL

Anyway... I found out recently that my job will be going away. It could in the next couple of months or it could be in a couple of years, so I started looking and applying for other jobs. I had a phone interview for another job a couple weeks ago, and they called me back to come in for a face to face interview. Now, of all things, I'm worried how the braces will affect their view of me. It seems so silly. I know at least one of the people on this team that I'm interviewing for and I could see him saying something to me about the braces (jokingly). What's a good canned response that I can say to make it a non issue?

Think everyone has the right to be silly over the small things. I thought that same whenever I first got braces on..."The oh god everyones going to notice that Ive braces"!

I work in a video rental shop (same as Blockbuster really) and end up talking quite a lot to people and colleagues at work never really notice them at the begining, only whenever I smiled or laughed So I don't think you have anything to worry about really, just pratice smiling a lot and over time they won't bother you at all. Afterall you're now on your way to a better smile

My attitude is: I'm not a child, and I'm not embarrassed about wearing braces. In fact, I'm proud that I'm taking care of myself!