Confess your orthodontic sins.

[boodles8]

Wine medicinal and a good substitute for wax!!! I LOVE IT!!!

1. I eat corn chips.
2. I don't floss every day, only most days.
3. I eat chocolate, and, now that it's easter, malt balls. Fortunately malt balls were not specifically listed on my no-no list, so I'm not actually sinning. Shh, don't tell my ortho or he'll add them.
4. I have eaten carrot sticks.
5. I NEVER brush after lunch.
6. I have tea three times a week.

The only time I've ever broken anything was when I was trying to learn how to floss very early on. Apparently, flossing is more dangerous than all of these other things that I'm not supposed to do. They'd better add flossing to the no-no list!

[MrsCharisma]

I almost forgot this one...
I use my braces to scratch an itch on my hand or arm if my fingernails aren't doing the trick

Hahahaha!!!!!! Never tried that!!

Yesss! That is a bright yellow bag of sunshine!

[PonticSF]

I have invisalign and I eat and drink everything with the top aligner in my mouth. However, I have a pontic tooth in my top aligner which is the good excuse of why I do it =)

[oimysizex]

1) I don't wear my splint to rest my jaw
2) I don't always floss twice a day
3) I eat whatever I want when I want, i.e. doritos and hard food im not meant to haaha

[TheKT]

I use the little brushes instead of floss.
I drink tea daily
I eat chips and pretzels

...haven't yet BUT I am close to falling off the wagon and chewing my favorite bubble mint gum! Anyone chew gum??

Fun read and post!

[Norrie]

I drink a pot of tea every single morning, and didn't even know that we weren't supposed to.

[hidakat]

I only brush twice a day, once after breakfast and once before bed. Whatever happens in between, happens.

I eat nuts all the time, occasionally hard candy, and I'm kind of a juice maniac.

Oh, also I remember at my bracing appointment I was told to avoid salad, but I eat that pretty much every day.

[graveyard shift]

to fulfill my first post requirement, i do hereby confess to the following criminal deeds during 18 months of aligner therapy, most of which my ortho would have me flogged for:

-not wearing my trays >22 hours a day, as is strictly commanded.
-not brushing after eating and throwing my trays back in. sometimes it's because of public places but at home, it's sheer laziness. like now.
-flossing is done mostly the few days or a week before an ortho/dentist appt.
-drinking starbucks daily with trays in...multiple sugary, acidic ones over the entire day at work.
-giving my trays a once over with the electric toothbrush but skipping the nooks and crannies.
-in between starbucks and sleeping, trays are awash in diet pepsi.
-smoking....................i know.
-i'm free from these offenses at checkups though, largely due to the gargantuan crush i have on my ortho's partner, who has monitored 3/4 of my treatment.

[oldfart]

"-in between starbucks and sleeping, trays are awash in diet pepsi"


lol

[king504]

Too many sins to name, but I will list the most notable:

1.) I eat Snickers
2.) I eat Snicker Ice Cream Bars.
3.) Twix
4.) Pecans (religiously)

[Bikerchick85]

I use the little brushes instead of floss.
I drink tea daily
I eat chips and pretzels

...haven't yet BUT I am close to falling off the wagon and chewing my favorite bubble mint gum! Anyone chew gum??

Fun read and post!

I chew gum all the time too! I am allowed to chew sugar free chewing gum, but I recently started chewing Double Bubble Hard Gum Balls..... yummy!! I love those!
I never realized how bad I was until this confessional post was started!
Excellent idea, oldfart!

[oldfart]

I think once you hit double digits in months a lot of people just say Eff it, and eat whatever they want. (Not that I am condoning that action).

[Nono]

I eat 'Kilishi', a spicy, hard dried meat originating from West Africa. I play with my braces and poke at them. I eat nuts. I don't brush daily nor do I floss regularly. I eat too many hard foods because I am so hungry or just greedy that I end up breaking my raised bites all of the time.

[Nono]

[quote="graveyard shift"]to fulfill my first post requirement, i do hereby confess to the following criminal deeds during 18 months of aligner therapy, most of which my ortho would have me flogged for:

-not wearing my trays >22 hours a day, as is strictly commanded.
-not brushing after eating and throwing my trays back in. sometimes it's because of public places but at home, it's sheer laziness. like now.
-flossing is done mostly the few days or a week before an ortho/dentist appt.
-drinking starbucks daily with trays in...multiple sugary, acidic ones over the entire day at work.
-giving my trays a once over with the electric toothbrush but skipping the nooks and crannies.
-in between starbucks and sleeping, trays are awash in diet pepsi.
-smoking....................i know.
-i'm free from these offenses at checkups though, largely due to the gargantuan crush i have on my ortho's partner, who has monitored 3/4 of my treatment.[/quote]

Lol. The crush keeps you in check. I do that too. I want to be in my ortho's good books. *wink*

[Krautz]

So, let's confess.
I eat everything I want. I can't even remember what did my ortho tell me to avoid xD
I don't floss regularly.
Wine, soda, coffee.
I play with my braces all the time.