Braces 9-volt Battery Challenge

The new one question Quick Poll asks " Which of these things did you do with your braces?" and one of the choices is "Put a battery up to your braces to feel the electric charge."  In case you want examples of this, click here, and here, and here, and here.  Looks like fun?????

If you try this, please be careful.

'70s Orthodontic PSAs

Check out these orthodontic Public Service Announcements from the 1970s. In this one, it looks like braces were really catching on with adults. But I remember the '70s, and braces weren't all too "groovy" with teens, much less grown ups. 

And this one is a reminder to take your pre-teen or teen to see the ortho!

Gearheads - AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com

Gearheads - AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com: "Who makes three siblings commemorate their headgear wearing days? My mom, that's who! What teenagers agree to have a professional picture taken in said headgears?! My crazy family! Embracing the weird!”

Poltergeist II Evil Braces Blog Post

Here's an excerpt from my old Foureyedmetalmouth blog, about one of my fave braces movie moments: 

Saturday, 26 June 2004

Hey, I just saw Poltergeist II again. Thats the one where the Freeling's son Robbie gets attacked by his own posssessed braces!! I swear i just cant get tired of seeing that scene. Thats a braces classic! First he's there in front of his mirror looking at his braces and trying to shave, and then his braces get possessed and wires start coming out, and at the end, he's completely covered in braces wire!! (A muffled cry of "mmmmmmmmph, mmmmmph" comes up from behind the wire.)

Excerpts From My Old Braces Blog

When I underwent my adult braces experience back during 2003-2005, I used to blog about my experience. I also had (and still have) glasses, so I called my blog Foureyedmetalmouth. The blog no longer exists, but I was able to salvage a large part of it from a web archive. I posted an entry from it back in March 17, 2017, in a post called A Professional in Braces (2003).  

Since that time, I have put together a collection of excerpts salvaged from the old Foureyedmetalmouth blog, and have put them together for your reading enjoyment. It shows some of my own experiences as an adult with braces, and as someone who was actually getting a kick out of it. Click Here to go there. You can also find a link to the Foureyedmetalmouth blog excerpts just below the Mouthwear Stories archive on the right column of this blog. ⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒⇒

Here's an excerpt from the blog, about getting my braces off, and receiving my retainer:

BRACES OFF . . . RETAINERS ON!!!                                                              Thursday, 28 April 2005

Some people make a big deal about getting their braces off, and act like its such a big change. I do still remember the way the wires poked me at times, and the feel of that stuff in my mouth, but on the basis of the way it felt, the change for me wasnt really that much to comment on. Its a bigger difference on the psychological side. Being an adult, there was always a self­consciousness about have braces, and that was there when I spoke and smiled. Now, thats off me, and its actually a relief from that standpoint. 

As someone who, admittedly, always thought braces were pretty cool growing up, and who was glad when I was told I needed them as an adult, I'm going to miss the wire and elastics and brackets. But, its cool that I've been able to enjoy a braces journey. And my teeth look great after the treatment. I've been told they look really good now, and I agree. 

After getting my braces off, the ortho gave me a temporary reatiner that looked like a teeth whitening tray.  . . . They also fitted me for my regular retainer. After about a week, my regular retainer came in, and I got it, along with a case.  . . .  

The retainers actually look pretty cool.. theyve got the acrylic part that is formed to fit my mouth behin my  teeth, and its got the metal hard wires that look like bent paperclips which got around my teeth to keep them in place. There is also a small piece of plastic over the wire on my bottom teeth. At first the reatiner had a really bad taste to it, but I washed it thoroughly, and it came off. I've heard peopel complain about their reatiners, but I have to admit I havent had a problem with it. I was told to wear it as often as possible, but I've only done it at night... but it seems to be going quite well notwithstanding that.

Actual original pic from my Foureyedmetalmouth blog.

Fun With Braces

This is what this blog is all about.  If you have braces, you can have some fun with all that metal gadgetry inside your mouth. For example, here's a braces themed prank!!

Braces In . . . TV and Movies

Back in the late '90s and early '00s, there was a site called Braces In . . . which listed television shows and movies which had characters who wore braces.  The site changed its name to Bracesgallery.com at one point, and then ceased to exist. 

I did some searching through an internet archive and salvaged from the old Braces In/Bracesgallery.com the main lists for TV shows and movies from the that site. I am posting it on this site for your reading pleasure. They are at the right hand column⇒⇒⇒⇒ right above the Mouthwear stories. Or you can just click here below:

Braces In . . . TV shows

Braces In . . . Movies

These are the actual lists as they appeared in the Braces In/Bracesgallery.com site during the early '00s. (The background and text fonts are different to conform to this site, but its the same lists from the old Braces In/Bracesgallery.com.) Enjoy!