Personal Braces Story: "Smile and have fun!"

Here's a new reader contribution from the Tell Your Braces Story survey, this time from another anonymous reader:

Have You ever had braces? Yes

BEST AND WORST: What is the best thing about wearing braces? What is the worst thing about wearing braces? 

Best: seeing my teeth straighten

Worst: flossing

FIRST REACTIONS: What first reactions to first seeing someone in braces have you experienced? (You could be the one in braces, the one who reacted, or a bystander.) 

Smiling widely at them to reveal my own braces

MOST INTENSE TREATMENT: What is the most intense braces treatment you have seen? (Intensity could involve amount of metal, use of unique appliances, length of treatment, etc.) 

A friend had her braces for five years (roughly age 26-31) with a palatal expander, lots of elastics, and orthognathic surgery

COOL BRACES EXPERIENCE: Have you had any cool, funny, interesting, or memorable experience involving your braces? What was it? 

I work in a group of people with several brace-faces currently. It's fun to compare notes about our braces 

ADVICE FOR OTHER BRACES WEARERS: What advice would you give to someone just getting braces, or thinking about getting braces? 

Smile and have fun!