Unexpected positives from the braces?
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I also can't bite my nails but it is driving me crazy. My nails are really weak right now because I just had acrylics removed. Also, I tend to get bits of dry skin on the sides of my nails, so I'm annoyed that I can't bite it off.
Braced: Jan. 17, 2006
Removed: Oct. 26, 2006
Fixed bottom retainer
Clear Essix Retainer on top
Removed: Oct. 26, 2006
Fixed bottom retainer
Clear Essix Retainer on top
Wow, good stuff, things to know on the days when you wish you could get all the metal 'outta there'! I can agree with the drop in snacking, nail biting, and lip chewing. Biggest positive I see is I eat much smaller bites and much slower, so I fill up and am not eating as much. Add to that can't or don't chew on my moustache anymore (don't ever realize it, it's just one of those mindless things). These would be things I'd like to keep up when some day I have 'naked' teeth again!
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My dental hygiene has improved.
It's given my girlfriend another "quality time" activity to do together -- nightly cleaning routine.
I'd like to think it's helped me to decide to take positive steps in other areas of my appearance and health. "Since I'm fixing this, I might as well..."
It's given my girlfriend another "quality time" activity to do together -- nightly cleaning routine.
I'd like to think it's helped me to decide to take positive steps in other areas of my appearance and health. "Since I'm fixing this, I might as well..."
Upper and lower metal braces
Estimated treatment time: 20 months
Estimated treatment time: 20 months
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A lot less snacking....
Eating healthier....
What anticipator said - taking better care of myself in other ways too
An immediate ice breaker conversational topic with almost anyone
Incredibly great dental hygiene
And the best one? My big secret (my crummy teeth) is now front and center, everyone knows, I'm not pretending it doesn't exist, and it feels good to actually attack this emotional weight that I have been carrying for years.
Eating healthier....
What anticipator said - taking better care of myself in other ways too
An immediate ice breaker conversational topic with almost anyone
Incredibly great dental hygiene
And the best one? My big secret (my crummy teeth) is now front and center, everyone knows, I'm not pretending it doesn't exist, and it feels good to actually attack this emotional weight that I have been carrying for years.
It's a two year process.......
One good thing
Dropping a dress size and loosing 17 lbs
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haha i can't bite my nails anymore either!!
but uh... snacking i cut out for a little while, until i learned the fine art of using my tongue (and sucking a little) to get any food stuck in my braces out w/o having to go brush them.
If something is really stuck I'll just use the "compact" interdental brush oral-b makes. they are great and i usually just carry one of them in my purse to use after meals real quick if I can't get all the food out with just my tongue.
but uh... snacking i cut out for a little while, until i learned the fine art of using my tongue (and sucking a little) to get any food stuck in my braces out w/o having to go brush them.
If something is really stuck I'll just use the "compact" interdental brush oral-b makes. they are great and i usually just carry one of them in my purse to use after meals real quick if I can't get all the food out with just my tongue.
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Same here aswell with the nails. Beofre braces, i didnt care if i bit my nails. Thats why they would be all jaggedy and rough and be bit down to the base of the skin. Now i notice i have to clip them much more often because they grow so rapidly. They grow out very i nicely now and smooth and white.drazda wrote:I've also stopped biting my nails. I also had a nasty habit of biting my lips that I don't do anymore either. Yay.
Now that my underbite has much more obvious because of the braces, my teeth dont touch so cant even bite my nails if i wanted to, only with my canines, they would tear the whole nail off. I wouldnt dare anyhow, it would slow my progress down.
Nahhs, Jaw Surgery 'n all<
Progress Pictures on Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13 Debracing/Teeth Whitening Pictures on Pg 16
Lower JAW Surgery: May 2006 Debraced: March 2007
Progress Pictures on Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13 Debracing/Teeth Whitening Pictures on Pg 16
Lower JAW Surgery: May 2006 Debraced: March 2007
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I take a lot better care of my teeth since getting braces!
I'm a lot less self conscinece of my smile, I guess its because its more of a work in progress now and its improving!
I can't whistle, not that that's a positive but oh well!
I can't say that I don't snack anymore... I wish!
Interesting post though!
-Hannah
Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Last Adjustment was 2/1/06 where they bonded a bracket to my cuspid, which was impacted!!!! OUCH!
I'm a lot less self conscinece of my smile, I guess its because its more of a work in progress now and its improving!
I can't whistle, not that that's a positive but oh well!
I can't say that I don't snack anymore... I wish!
Interesting post though!
-Hannah
Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Last Adjustment was 2/1/06 where they bonded a bracket to my cuspid, which was impacted!!!! OUCH!
This is an AWESOME thread...I love it!
For me:
*Eating less candy -- and more fruit since it seems to "clean" out my
brackets so nicely
*Feeling like I'm 12 again (although this is a down side as well
sometimes!)
*Having an instant conversation piece to talk to kids (at work) about.
*Getting time off to take care of all these dental appointment, and
using discomfort or inability to talk as an excuse to go home early
...heh-heh
*Taking better care of my teeth and looking *forward* to dental
appointments!
For me:
*Eating less candy -- and more fruit since it seems to "clean" out my
brackets so nicely
*Feeling like I'm 12 again (although this is a down side as well
sometimes!)
*Having an instant conversation piece to talk to kids (at work) about.
*Getting time off to take care of all these dental appointment, and
using discomfort or inability to talk as an excuse to go home early
...heh-heh
*Taking better care of my teeth and looking *forward* to dental
appointments!
Lower bicuspids extracted 1/11/06
Braced (full metal) 1/18/06
Braced (full metal) 1/18/06