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Would you wear braces forever?

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Offline Bracesagain

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Would you wear braces forever?
« on: 11. September 2024, 18:58:31 PM »
If you could wear real metal braces forever, would you?

Let’s say hypothetically there would be no medical damage to your teeth and no additional risk of cavity or decay. You also have to have appointments every 4 weeks and you still feel the soreness from tightening and adjustment. If you decide to wear braces, they are permanently attached to your teeth for the rest of your life and you can’t change your mind and take them off ever.

Reality wise (not just fantasy) could you do it?
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Offline surfreak

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #1 on: 12. September 2024, 02:51:04 AM »
I am relatively close to getting braces again, with 54 years of age.
We‘re just waiting for an answer from my insurance, to schedule the glueday.
Currently, before they are in, I would love to wear them forever.
I definitely will ask the orthodontist to keep them on, as long as possible.
also for retention.
In my teens I already had to deal with brackets and for some time also with
headgear. The hate in the beginning ended up in some kind of love for all of it
and I also had some „tears in my eyes“ even being happy to get them to off.

Now they should stay forever - al least for as long as possible in any way.
Let’s see, what the experience will make out of this idea over the months.
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Offline TrainTrack

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #2 on: 12. September 2024, 03:02:24 AM »
This would be awful. Brutal. In real life, no. In fantasy, no. It was good while my treatment lasted, but I was glad to get rid of them.
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Offline Bracesagain

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #3 on: 12. September 2024, 05:59:43 AM »
Interesting answers!

I myself have real metal braces and am loving it. It has been a couple of years now and I am thinking if I had the choice to keep them on forever, would I do it? I think I would. I am such a sucker for braces  :-X my obsession with them has not died down at all. Actually, I think every day I get more and more turned on by my braces!
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Offline duncombec

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #4 on: 12. September 2024, 10:52:17 AM »
Interesting question.

I have to answer it in my usual way - would I wear them myself? Absolutely not. But could I see myself enforcing it on someone else? Very tempting.

It would have to be 'deserving' though: someone with an attitude problem, for example, or the sports jock... Not just any old person I happened to find.
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Offline Bracesx3

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #5 on: 12. September 2024, 20:54:38 PM »
I’ve had my braces for 2 years now. I’m so used to them and they’ve become a part of me that having them forever wouldn’t be the end of the world. I notice the tightness of them, but that’s about all. I certainly wouldn’t want something like headgear forever though.
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Offline Libra

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #6 on: 13. September 2024, 07:34:12 AM »
I’ve had mine so so so long - largely unintentionally - that I basically have had them forever
I wouldn’t want this to go forever and my orthodontist will be removing them relatively soon but I can’t say I’ve regretted it
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Offline anonymousllama5

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #7 on: 13. September 2024, 15:36:27 PM »
I certainly wouldn't say no to the idea
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Offline silver-moon-2000

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #8 on: 13. September 2024, 16:38:00 PM »
I would say: If there would be such an opportunity, I would not hesitate a single second: Yes I would.

Quote from: Bracesx3 on 12. September 2024, 20:54:38 PM
I certainly wouldn’t want something like headgear forever though.

Here, I would say yes as well. Permanent headgear? Where do I have to sign?
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Offline pesp

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #9 on: 13. September 2024, 17:08:56 PM »
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Offline silver-moon-2000

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #10 on: 13. September 2024, 19:25:48 PM »
Quote from: pesp on 13. September 2024, 17:08:56 PM
SPOILER ALERT:  Hate to shatter the dream 

Nah, you do not shatter our hope and dreams. After all, we DO know that wearing braces for an extended period of time isn't the best thing you can do to your teeth.

That is why, the thread-starter proposed
Quote from: Bracesagain on 11. September 2024, 18:58:31 PM
Let’s say hypothetically there would be no medical damage to your teeth and no additional risk of cavity or decay.
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Offline duncombec

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #11 on: 13. September 2024, 23:58:22 PM »
Quote from: pesp on 13. September 2024, 17:08:56 PM
SPOILER ALERT:  Hate to shatter the dream  https://dereferer.me/?https://abcnews.go.com/Business/boy-wears-braces-11-years-sues-orthodontist/story?id=17091081

Ah, this old chestnut...

The lawsuit was withdrawn a just under a year later for being "frivolous". It transpired that said patient had regularly missed appointments, including a 10 month gap at one point, and had been checked with no issues 6 months before removal. It seems the "problems" only occurred after braces had been removed!
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Offline TonyBracesandSpecs

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #12 on: 14. October 2024, 19:36:28 PM »
My first answer was 'no' becasue forever is a very long time, but the more I think about it, and especially as there would be no risk of cavity or decay, why wouldn't I want braces forever? I love going to the dentist/orthodontist so appointments every four weeks would be fantastic. Can I sign up for the optional headgear option as well?
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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #13 on: 15. October 2024, 23:37:32 PM »
As a teen in the 1970's, over three years in braces was forever.
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Offline jay82

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Re: Would you wear braces forever?
« Reply #14 on: 16. October 2024, 06:26:03 AM »
Probably not forever, but maybe, maybe, for a long time, like three or four years, and then at the end, you have to decide, get them off then and there, or another keep them for three or four years, and so on, indefinitely.
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