Tim's getting braces - McCovey Chronicles

He should definitely get the clear ones, I think they are much better now-a-days than when I had them.

Who else on McC had braces growing up? You can join my BRACES KREW if had ’em.

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by xanthan on Nov 14, 2008 6:32 AM PST 0 recs

I HAD THEM!!

Back in the olden days when they were made out of dinosaur bones.

Seriously, I did have them. They sucked. When they got tightened I couldn’t eat for days.

by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2008 7:42 AM PST up 0 recs

I was strictly a bite plate / retainer / head gear kind of guy. Once I had my bite aligned, braces would have just been cosmetic and, even though I asked for braces for my birthday, that was just too much money to put into my already impressively good looks..

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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2008 8:17 AM PST up 0 recs

I had braces for many many years. My teeth were ghastly.

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by Natto on Nov 14, 2008 11:16 AM PST up 0 recs

I assume they eventually evolved in Haunter.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2008 1:51 PM PST up 0 recs

Yeah, but I lost some of them. I put them under my pillow, and the tooth fairy brought my Gengars.

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by Natto on Nov 15, 2008 11:22 AM PST up 0 recs

I never would have thought to pull a trade with the Tooth Fairy. Was that done Wi-Fi or local?

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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2008 11:56 AM PST up 0 recs

Rockin’ the old-school link cable, baby!

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by Natto on Nov 15, 2008 4:30 PM PST up 0 recs

Nope

My teeth were naturally beautiful.

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by groug on Nov 14, 2008 11:45 AM PST up 0 recs

And now…?

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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2008 1:51 PM PST up 0 recs

Don’t smoke crack, kids.

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by groug on Nov 14, 2008 3:28 PM PST up 0 recs

I had them.

I had quite the overbite. Now remember I’m a bit older than all of you here. I had the headgear, all the accessories. Luckily I was in the 6th grade at the time, so I didn’t really care what the boys thought and if I didn’t like the comment I would hit them. Needless to say the 6th grade teacher had a talks with me. She also said I shouldn’t wear baseball caps ‘cos "you’re a young lady now" , yada yada yada.

Definitely go with the clear.

by timmeh on Nov 15, 2008 12:42 AM PST up 0 recs

Without getting a good look, I don’t think Timmy’s eligible for the clear Invisalign. I’m kind of a dentist so I know that the clear ones can only move/shift/rotate teeth a certain amount. If he has overlap/rotation over a certain amount, he becomes ineligible. What he CAN get are the traditional metal brackets except put them on the insides of his teeth. The only downside to that is tongue blockage which will probably affect his speech/eating and other normal habits. But good for him. If he thinks he’s getting the a ton of pink taco now, imagine when he’s got the straight pearly whites to show off to the ladies.

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by dw4848 on Nov 16, 2008 11:02 PM PST up 0 recs

I had the whole package growing up; braces (top and bottom), retainer, rubber bands and neck gear…can I be in the club? obviously with regards to the mouth hardware I wasn’t in a whole lot of ’em growing up, haha.

by Keenlow on Nov 14, 2008 6:41 AM PST 0 recs

I had the whole package growing up; braces (top and bottom), retainer, rubber bands and neck gear…can I be in the club?

I think you can be president of the club!

I only had top braces because I had a David Letterman gap-tooth thing going on. Thankfully my parents shelled out the dough to fix it.

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by xanthan on Nov 14, 2008 6:46 AM PST up 0 recs

I also had a retainer, too.

BRACES KREW!

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by xanthan on Nov 14, 2008 6:47 AM PST up 0 recs

I, too had the complete braces package (with the full array of accessories!). Luckily, I had them in 5th grade and was done with them by 7th grade.

Some good the bottom ones did though. One of my bottom teeth went crooked again almost immediately after I got them removed, and no retainer in the world could prevent it.

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 14, 2008 8:39 AM PST up 0 recs

They told me I needed the headgear, but it never materialized. I had the rest of package, though.

The worst part was that I had them all through high school. So, I was obviously one of the cool kids.

by Gumbercules86 on Nov 14, 2008 8:50 AM PST up 0 recs

I think he shouldn’t get the clear ones. It will make things that much more hilarious when he dominates.

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by oldjacket on Nov 14, 2008 6:42 AM PST 0 recs

May I suggest the pink inserts?

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by xanthan on Nov 14, 2008 6:47 AM PST up 0 recs

my braces had orange and black bands. oh yeah. that impressed all my fellow junior highers.

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by kennv on Nov 14, 2008 7:04 AM PST 0 recs

I’m noticing a high correlation between brace wearers and internet posting.

Surely this is a coincidence!

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by xanthan on Nov 14, 2008 8:44 AM PST 0 recs

I’d laugh but I don’t want to stir up my asthma.

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by Natto on Nov 14, 2008 11:17 AM PST up 0 recs

/wheeze

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by xanthan on Nov 14, 2008 11:22 AM PST up 0 recs

Sucks to your ass-mar!

In other news, was I the only one who hated that book?

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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2008 1:52 PM PST up 0 recs

I don’t hate it, but it’s not my favoritest book ever.

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by Natto on Nov 14, 2008 4:11 PM PST up 0 recs

It pretty much sucked

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by FairweatherFan on Nov 14, 2008 7:51 PM PST up 0 recs

I kinda liked it. But most people I talk to hate it.

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by jponry on Nov 14, 2008 10:22 PM PST up 0 recs

I’m actually surprised, because before this I was the only person I knew who had read it and didn’t love it.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 15, 2008 8:41 AM PST up 0 recs

that book

sucked.

Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Nov 15, 2008 4:45 PM PST up 0 recs

I was going to confess to wearing braces and join the Krew, but Xanthan’s post about braces/posting correlation makes me reluctant.

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by can of corn on Nov 14, 2008 9:57 AM PST 0 recs

JOIN USSSS

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by xanthan on Nov 14, 2008 10:12 AM PST up 0 recs

had em

happy to say I never needed glasses (knock on wood)

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by NeifiChicken on Nov 14, 2008 10:25 AM PST 0 recs

OH NO!

I liked Timmy’s weird tooth deal going on, it made him look like any number of my deadbeat drug addict friends.

by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2008 10:39 AM PST 0 recs

I had braces twice, and the terminator thing once. Well, people called it the terminator because it was two metal rods that connected my bottom teeth to my top and it had a metal plate across the roof of my mouth. That sucked.

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by marcello on Nov 14, 2008 10:48 AM PST 0 recs

Fourth grade to ninth grade

freakin’ sucked. i had head and neck gear for two years, a retainer for the rest of high school. i even had those zigzag rubber bands you put on when you weren’t eating that made it so you couldn’t open your mouth. I had my own drawer in the orthodontist’s office.

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by Takimoto on Nov 14, 2008 10:50 AM PST 0 recs

I had braces from around sixth to eighth grade. This was before photography was invented, though, so there’s no visual evidence of it.

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by Kitspool on Nov 14, 2008 12:05 PM PST 0 recs

I would have liked to have braces as a kid. I’ve been kicking around the idea to get them now, but I’m not sure I like the idea of having braces in my mid twenties.

by chilibean_3 on Nov 14, 2008 12:12 PM PST 0 recs

Been there...

From age 6 to 15. Palette expanders, retainers, head gear, braces for 3 years, rubber bands, more retainers. ugh.

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by rhys on Nov 14, 2008 1:11 PM PST 0 recs

DENTAL PLAN...

Timmy needs braces…

by rightcenterfielder on Nov 14, 2008 2:53 PM PST 0 recs

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by chilibean_3 on Nov 14, 2008 3:18 PM PST up 0 recs

Gah. Came in here to post that. Thought I’d be a hero…instead, just beaten to the punch.

by Grant on Nov 14, 2008 4:54 PM PST up 0 recs

Braces..

3 years worth top and bottom.

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by WalrusMan on Nov 14, 2008 3:33 PM PST 0 recs

So, basically everyone here had braces at one point?

Next question!

How many of you still live in your mothers basement!?

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by xanthan on Nov 14, 2008 5:00 PM PST 0 recs

No! I was gifted with perfectly straight teeth. They still are to this day. Crumbling, yeah, but straight.

by satyricrash on Nov 14, 2008 5:42 PM PST up 0 recs

I live in your mother’s basement.

by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2008 5:57 PM PST up 0 recs

Euphemistically speaking…

by Lars The Wanderer on Nov 14, 2008 7:33 PM PST up 0 recs

I SAID I DIDN’T HAVE BRACES TRY READING JERK!

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by howtheyscored on Nov 14, 2008 7:12 PM PST up 0 recs

We don't have a basement...

But I’m moving back into my room in January if that counts.

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by WalrusMan on Nov 19, 2008 1:05 PM PST up 0 recs

I need braces and yet, I cannot get them. Isn’t it a bitch when you finally get a permanent job with the benefits and they don’t cover orthodontia for those over age 19?

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Nov 14, 2008 7:35 PM PST 0 recs

I never had braces....

I had a failed attempt at a retainer that even my 11 year old self could have told you wasn’t going to work. You can’t move one tooth past another tooth if it is physically blocking the way.

As a result, my teeth are currently pretty fucked up. I’m also going bald.

Anyone got a problem with that ? :)

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by FairweatherFan on Nov 14, 2008 7:53 PM PST 0 recs

I DO

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by Natto on Nov 14, 2008 10:17 PM PST up 0 recs

YEAH, SOMEBODY GET THIS NERD OUT OF HERE

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by xanthan on Nov 15, 2008 6:22 AM PST up 0 recs

I've already had braces twice

And I’m gonna have to get them again. I’m not sure if my teeth suck or my dentist sucks.

by Sammy Danger on Nov 16, 2008 4:24 PM PST 0 recs

it could be many things. I had mine rather young 4th grade – 6th grade, but then my wisdom teeth came in and the bottoms moved and some crossed again. So it happens.

by timmeh on Nov 16, 2008 6:42 PM PST up 0 recs