Braces for Kids Cost Sydney: Your experiences with braces as a kid

Seniors, if you had teeth braces as a kid, what were your experiences with them?
Did you get teased at school? Were they uncomfortable? I had them and I had to wear this extra attachment at night (I think the Orthodontist called it a night brace). Some days my teeth hurt and sometimes not. They sure are different today! Some are almost invisible.

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I had the complete "metal mouth" experience.
The most painful day was before getting the braces put on. The orthodontist inserted the spacers to make room to insert the braces between the teeth. He Rx'd aspirin for the "minor" pain that I'd experience that night. OH! I don't even think a morphine drip would have helped! I can't stand mouth pain & that night I couldn't sleep b/c every time my jaws closed, it was excruciating.
I had many oral ulcerations during my 6 years of wear. Awkward, bumped kisses meant bleeding.
I still have nightmares about those things.
But my teeth were so straight when finished. It was nice to have a smile I didn't have to hide.
Before braces it looked like I had too many teeth. The DR said I had my dad's horse sized teeth in my mom's tiny jaw. The only good thing that he found was that all of my wisdom teeth were in exact alignment. They would break through w/o any impaction. I never had to have any of them removed. But that's probably what jacked up the way things looked in the front of my mouth. I had the vampire fang look before that became "cool." That's what I was teased about, my "monster mouth." ("Don't upset *E-ma,* she'll suck your blood when your asleep.")

I was so relieved to get that "retainer." I hadn't chewed gum in years. I was on a date and took the gum offered me. I was talking & found it more difficult to speak. That gum was wrapped all over that retainer. Finally, I had to excuse myself & spit the whole appliance w/ gum into a hanky. So that was a few more years away from gum.

Dreadful times, but alas, worth it in the end.

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I've never had braces but a lot of my friend have had them and no one made fun of them. (source: Yahoo! Answers)