People with braces shouldn't complain. They're going to have great teeth. While people with decent teeth that aren't bad enough will be stuck with decent teeth forever, amirite?

But they still hurt like hell at the time, so I think that allows complaining rights.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

"Oh no, my teeth are naturally pretty straight and correctly aligned. I don't get to have a really expensive metal apparatus slowly and often painfully drag my teeth across my gums for 2 years."

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i had braces and they fixed my teeth a little but not as much as i would have liked. it fixed the crookedness on my bottom teeth but it still looks like i have a bit of an overbite.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Same I had them and they still are not super perfect

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I think we have a right to complain. Braces suck and anyone who says differently probably hasn't had them for any significant amount of time.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Be glad you've got teeth...? Besides, everyone should have a right to complain every now and then.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Doesn't stop them hurting like a bitch

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well excuse me for complaining after having extremely painful and expensive braces and surgery on my teeth. I would much rather have average teeth and no braces.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They do hurt a lot sometimes, and are REALLY annoying, but whenever they're bugging me I just tell myself, "But my teeth will look great in a year or so!" and that makes it somewhat better. :) But they do suck, even if they're good in the long run...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah the pain is something you get used to/goes away, at first its really bad. When I got bottom braces put on for 3 days it felt like a rod was stabbing through my bottom jaw. Eating was horrible. But one thing people dont realize is all the shit that gets caught in your braces, flossing takes way longer. I got them off a few years ago but my teeth are not that perfect.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I got great teeth without braces.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You sir. Fuck you

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've had braces twice and I wear a retainer at night. My teeth still look like crap.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

id rather have a slight over bite and one tilted tooth than straight, in line teeth and gums that bleed every time i brush my teeth, and callouses lining every surface in my mouth.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I think that it's okay to complain while you have braces, because they can hurt like hell, but after you get them off you shouldn't complain about how bad they WERE.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

All these comments are freaking me out now because I'm getting braces in a few months, are they really that bad?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yes. No, not all the time mainly for like the first week of them and a few days after getting them tightened. And make sure you always have wax on hand .

by Anonymous 13 years ago

My teeth used to be pretty good, but now that my wisdom teeth are coming in, they're starting to get crowded. I'm almost relieved, because if I do get braces, I'll have great teeth afterward :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They don't solve everything though, sometimes they just create problems. I never had a lisp before braces and now I do. And they do hurt like a bitch, especially if you have to get springs. How about we stuff a tightly coiled wire in between these two teeth and let it literally push your jaw apart little by little so there's more room? How about we do it on both sides of two of your teeth so they're putting double the pressure on the same spot so you get dental migraines for the next 2 weeks until it sorts itself out? Not fun, especially because I had already had a ton of orthodontic stuff done, including two surgeries. I know it's boring to hear about, but if I went back and did it all again I'd still complain.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

braces themselves arent really that bad because you sort of get used to them after awhile. getting rubber bands SUCK though, & when you have to get them tightened. after you get braces off though, you still should have a right to complain because every night (& sometimes the daytime, if you need it) you still have to wear retainers. sure, you can just take out the retainers if they bug you but then when you put them back in they STILL hurt. plus, braces made my mouth all changed. now my lips are bigger (not complaining, just saying) but i also have a lisp & smile different. plus my teeth are really sensitive now. so yes, even though i now have straight teeth, i hate braces!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I don't complain about braces because they don't hurt me, personally. They're just an annoyance. I complain about people who have naturally perfect, straight teeth. And I complain about people who have never had braces telling me that they're not a big deal.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I don't have braces but it sucks how my teeth aren't as straight as I want them to be but they're in that awkward stage between crooked teeth and straight teeth

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Try being a trumpet player... Having to completely relearn your instrument twice sucks.

by Anonymous 13 years ago