Poll: At What Age Did You Get Your Braces?

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#76 Post by **Wired Skull** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:31 am

Hi again.
I started my treatment at the "old" age of 38 and had my braces for 2,5 years. I removed them in june 2009.

Next week at the age of 41 I need to put braces on once again as my bite has shifted. That sucks but I don't mind it as I want my teeth good loocking.

I'm planning to update my thread I haven't maintained since november 2008.

//Wiredskull

#77 Post by **Kiwioverseas** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:16 am

Hi All

Im am 26 and have just got top and bottom metal braces.

#78 Post by **nessness** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:18 pm

week after I turned 23...Uni student as well so all my classmates were somewhat amazed. Some even said aren't you too old for braces. I just turn round and say watch when they're off!
Hope to get them off before I turn 25 but not a rush I actually like them

After 9 teeth removed, one Impacted canine surgery I already see a huge difference, the button was put on the canine 4 weeks ago and its already come down really far...wrong way round but really far :p
For anyone thinking about braces...wow...little pains here and there but the rewards are almost heavenly. Brings a sense of self confidence you didn't have before.

#79 Post by **Wongohk** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:24 am

30, could not afford in high school so hard to wait another 15 years later then first asked...

#80 Post by **abaglady** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:21 am

I got my braces on 13th July 2010, nearly 3 weeks ago, at the age of 35... Ceramic top and bottom. I have wanted to do this for years, but like many members posting here, haven't been able to afford it until recently. Will be in braces for about 18 months, but really hoping they'll be off by Christmas 2011.

Fantastic to see so many people posting on this forum - it's good to know I am not alone in starting this journey well into adulthood!

#81 Post by **bottlecap1990** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:22 pm

I am getting mine in 5 days. At the age of 20 years old.

#82 Post by **Openwide** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:40 pm

Hi

I'm to turn 30 this year, in Sept. I got my braces in early June this year. I got it as a big 3-0 birthday gift for myself. I got a combination of clear and metal brackets, with which I'm pretty happy, to (attempt to) close my big honking openbite (about 4mm? greater around the k9s because they are also crooked) and resolve some crowding issues.

So I won't quite have the perfect smile when I turn 30, but at least I've made this huge (and wise) investment and I'm quite proud of that!

When I had my braces for just 3 weeks, my upper incisors (which had been overlapping quite hideously) straightened out and now they sit happily side by side. Now my ortho is tackling (I guess I am, too) the openbite and crooked k9s, which is proving to be way more troublesome..the battle continues!

I really like this website, I was looking for a place to discuss matters with people who've had braces, ask questions etc! And in real life I avoid talking about my teeth and braces.

#83 Post by **shellycassada** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:19 am

I got my braces put on July 6th of this year. I'm 35 years young

I've always wanted braces but just now able to get them on. So far so good. I've not experienced anything different than what has already been posted.

#84 Post by **planetpluto** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:48 am

Got braced last week at 34 for the first time. Have needed them all my life, but my speech therapist that I saw as a child didn't believe in braces (he believed in manual therapy), etc.

Was told I will be braced for 1 1/2 years and will need maxillary expansion midway through that. Wish I had done this a LOT sooner.

#85 Post by **midlifesmile** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:48 am

I am 45 and have braces for the first time as of Aug. 16th. I had perfect teeth growing up but my lower teeth have shifted forward and "up" and I have been biting off bits of tooth for about 10 years.

I waited so long after the problem started because I wanted to be sure my kids had their braces out of the way before I did it. THANKFULLY my younger two do not need braces so I BIT THE BULLET, as it were!

#86 Post by **xiaocowdemon** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:35 am

i got braces a week ago, just after I turned 17. Doing good, just hurts to chew...

#87 Post by **crookedsmile1** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:31 pm

This is my second time getting braces. I had braces initially when I was 12 years old till I turned 16!! They fixed my crossbite and severely crooked teeth. And I had a beautiful perfect smile for two years before my jaw decided to have a late growth spurt.

I'm 18 now and I'm not too happy going to college with a metal mouth :/

#88 Post by **WoodWillow** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:40 am

I got my braces on this morning... and I turned 30 four days ago!

Ceramics on top, metal on the bottom.

#89 Post by **50+** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:45 am

I got mine at 53

#90 Post by **musiclady2340** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:24 pm

55 when I got braces. Very challenging.

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