Adult Braces Club

lizziebeth1028
lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
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Hi! Anyone out there have braces on their teeth? I will be 60 in October and have been in braces for the last nine months. I've always dreamed of having straight teeth and thought I was just too old. But one day I just thought - the heck with it! I'm going to do it! So far I'm so happy with my decision! I'm on my final wire and they will possibly come off in August! It's all part of self care. I eat healthy, work out, why not have a great set of choppers too! #itsnevertoolate

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  • hud54014
    hud54014 Posts: 3,777 Member
    My boss has them and I do not make fun of her. :D
  • CaptainFantastic01
    CaptainFantastic01 Posts: 9,558 Member
    hud54014 wrote: »
    My boss has them and I do not make fun of her. :D

    Call her tracks

  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    I pictured something differently when I read Adult Braces....carry on.
  • hud54014
    hud54014 Posts: 3,777 Member
    CaptainFantastic01 wrote: »
    hud54014 wrote: »
    My boss has them and I do not make fun of her. :D

    Call her tracks

    She may actually appreciate that, but ill err on the side of keeping my job.
  • CaptainFantastic01
    CaptainFantastic01 Posts: 9,558 Member
    hud54014 wrote: »
    CaptainFantastic01 wrote: »
    hud54014 wrote: »
    My boss has them and I do not make fun of her. :D

    Call her tracks

    She may actually appreciate that, but ill err on the side of keeping my job.

    That was a test. You passed. Great job
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  • Caporegiem
    Caporegiem Posts: 4,297 Member
    LMNOP55 wrote: »
    @Caporegiem wrote: »
    I pictured something differently when I read Adult Braces....carry on.

    Forrest Gump or PornHub?

    A combination of both
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Good for you for getting them! I never had braces and I'm happy with my smile, but I do have a front tooth that kind of overlaps, ugh. I've had several different dentists tell me "you should have worn that retainer after braces and it wouldn't have shifted!"

    Anyone else hate that their health insurance covers like $10,000 of orthodontia for each dependent child but $0 for adults? Ridiculous IMO.
  • RastaLousGirl
    RastaLousGirl Posts: 2,119 Member
    I had braces when I was younger, but I pulled them off when I was 14.. in the garage.. with plyers..

    As an adult, I had told my dentist the story, he laughed and said at least they did the job first..
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    Good for you for getting them! I never had braces and I'm happy with my smile, but I do have a front tooth that kind of overlaps, ugh. I've had several different dentists tell me "you should have worn that retainer after braces and it wouldn't have shifted!"

    Anyone else hate that their health insurance covers like $10,000 of orthodontia for each dependent child but $0 for adults? Ridiculous IMO.

    I have a PERMANENT retainer on my bottom teeth from when I got my braces off at 14 and the front teeth shifted :| Top ones are good though, I wore my top retainer for years after wards (mainly just at night)
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  • GaryRuns
    GaryRuns Posts: 508 Member
    I have to have some crowns placed and the dentist said that if I don't get my bite corrected first there's no guarantee they'll last. No way am I spending that kind of money on crowns only to have them crack or break because I was too vain to wear braces for a couple of years. So at 52 I'm joining the braces club. My kids are already laughing at me. :neutral:
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    It's been worth the investment! I was originally told my treatment time would be 18 months. Now it looks like they might come off in August which will only be one year!
  • babysaffy
    babysaffy Posts: 232 Member
    I'm getting braces in a few weeks and I'm 41! Can't wait I've been wanting them since I was a teenager. Will be expensive but totally worth it in my opinion.
  • babysaffy
    babysaffy Posts: 232 Member
    Day three of wearing braces. It's not as painful as I was expecting. Takes forever to brush my teeth now though.

    I'm in the early days of discovering food nonos and I definitely won't be eating pea and ham soup again :D The one I'm currently eating isn't fully blended and I'm feeling pieces of pea skin and ham chunks getting stuck all over my brackets lol

    I won't be back in my office until Thursday so I have time to try and get used to talking and trying to close my mouth without looking and feeling too uncomfortable.
  • artlover47
    artlover47 Posts: 76 Member
    I had braces when younger, and I just got them again as an adult (age 40). They didn't extract any teeth to ease crowding before, so the teeth just got crooked/overlapped again over time. AND my parents never bought me a retainer. This time, I am having a tooth pulled from lower and upper teeth to make spacing and bite better. I did have to get bite blocks (bump turbos) on my upper molars, so I am making use of a blender now. Braces do force you to eat healthier if you care about taking care of your dental hardware and not having stained teeth when your brackets are removed. Good luck to all on a straight teeth journey!
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I have braces as a young teen and when my teeth shifted enough to create dental difficulties, I did Invisalyn. I finished in 2013. DD did Invisalyn too and both of us were really happy with our results.

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