https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:35:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth/page/2#post-1497978 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 09:11:43 +0000 pui 1497978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a ton of teeth pulled, a headgear, multiple retainers and braces for 8 years and my bottom teeth are still crooked. I have nice straight top teeth though, which are really the only ones people see anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth/page/2#post-1497964 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 09:03:41 +0000 Amelieisme 1497964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces and my teeth are still straight. I had two of my teeth removed and the rest were pulled back. In pictures prior to braces, I had quite the overbite! Thanks Mom and Dad for the braces! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth/page/2#post-1497916 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:44:25 +0000 JerricaBenton 1497916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces through 4th and 5th grade and they're still straight. I have a permanent retainer across my bottom front teeth, though so that prevents shifting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497901 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:40:46 +0000 kjpugs 1497901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a palet expander, braces, and retainer. My teeth are good. Not an A+ but maybe a B+ or A-. DH has pretty good teeth, not amazing but with 5 kids in his family he did not get braces, haha. I used to have a gap in my front teeth and honestly miss it a little. Our ped predicted that LO will have a gap. Hopefully it's just a cute gap and not amazingly braces-worthy teeth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497865 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:33:15 +0000 Rubies 1497865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore retainer from grade 5-6 to straighten my teeth a little because they were so crooked that braces wouldn't fit! Then I was brace-face from grade 7-9 and then I wore my retainer at night until the end of high school. Now, my teeth are relatively straight...Just a little shifted here and there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497859 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:31:08 +0000 autumnlove 1497859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had braces twice but my uppers still aren't as straight as I would like! I wear my retainers every night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497854 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:29:42 +0000 yoursilverlining 1497854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces, retainers, a palate expander, oral surgery to remove several adult teeth (too many chompers, not enough space for them all) and my teeth on the bottom are all jacked and crooked!! :crying: I'm actually thinking about getting Invisalign on the bottom ones, just not looking forward to shelling out the $$.</p> <p>My husband has perfectly straight teeth, never had any work done to them. Needless to say, I really, really hope LO inherits his teeth and not mine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497840 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:25:45 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1497840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces all throughout Jr.HS and maybe until HS. It's been awhile, but I wore them forever. My teeth now do not even look like I've had braces :crying: They shifted completely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497837 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:22:44 +0000 Alivoo01 1497837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces that eventually caused me to have TMJ issues that required surgery a few years later!! No bueno!!</p> <p>My teeth are shifting so I think I'll need to get Invisalign one day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497822 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:17:07 +0000 MoonMoon 1497822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No braces, yes straight teeth :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497812 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:08:55 +0000 snowjewelz 1497812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces when I was in HS, but then my teeth started shifting again after college and I had to get invisalign. Now my teeth are straight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497804 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:04:36 +0000 GrapeCrush 1497804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces on just my front 4 upper teeth, and they are pretty straight. One shifted a little, but considering I was a poster child for how to not wear your retainer, that's good! My bottom teeth are a little crooked/crowded, but it's not too bad. Still not sure why they didn't put braces on the bottom when I had them. </p> <p>We are pretty confident our kids will need braces, since DH had braces as well. And he had them for like 6 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497752 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:20:21 +0000 Ash 1497752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces. My teeth have shifted but not horribly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497748 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:12:45 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1497748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: my ortho told me the same thing back in the mid-90s. </p> <p>I had braces (top and bottom) from 5th-8th grade. I never wore my retainer and my bottom teeth are a smidge crooked but my top are fine. </p> <p>My sister is 22 and still wears her retainer. Her teeth are perfect! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497744 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:09:52 +0000 Mamaof2 1497744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces - my top teeth stayed straight but my bottoms ones didn't. I went to see an ortho about it and she said that they now recommend that once you have braces you continue to wear your retainer 2-3 times a week for the rest of your life!!! WHAT???</p> <p>Anyway I would have to pay OOP so I didn't get them - if it was my top teeth I may have though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497655 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 02:32:23 +0000 lamariniere 1497655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am lucky and have very straight teeth. Just one bottom tooth is slightly crooked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497650 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:47:23 +0000 cyndistar3 1497650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never had braces but I do have one crooked tooth on the bottom by my canine. It irritates me because I know its there but no one can actually see it unless I deliberately show them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497646 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:37:07 +0000 PinkElephant 1497646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't. My teeth are very straight/well aligned, but I have a small gap between my front two teeth. I was super conscious of it as a teen and considered getting invisalign in college, but as an adult it doesn't bother me at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497624 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:26:43 +0000 Purpledaisy 1497624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have braces. My teeth aren't perfect but they're not horrible. My bottom teeth are crowded and my upper could be a little closer together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497566 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:59:31 +0000 MrsSCB 1497566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did have braces and my teeth are straight because I still wear my retainers at night :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497541 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:27:30 +0000 Mae 1497541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope never had braces and my teeth are straight. I have a space between my front two but its not bad and just cosmetic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497539 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:26:18 +0000 mynoahbear 1497539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces. I still wear a retainer at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497523 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:09:12 +0000 Pepper 1497523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had braces. My bottom teeth are terribly crooked. I really, really hate them. I would love to get braces now, but I would feel guilty spending that amount of money on myself when it's not necessary. If LO has crooked teeth, we will definitely get him braces. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497491 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:40:19 +0000 bhbee 1497491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no braces, my teeth are pretty straight, one slightly crooked on the bottom but wasn't worth fixing. I hope LO gets my teeth since DH had braces. then again my teeth have crappy enamel so it's one thing or the other! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497452 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:02:37 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1497452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: I had them twice, too! Top, front teeth the first time to fix all the gaps and then all my teeth w/ rubber bands to bring my bottom jaw back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497427 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:50:21 +0000 hellobeeboston 1497427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did when I was 10-13.... And I'm probably going to get Invisalign next year to straighten my teeth, they have shifted a little and I want to fix it!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497411 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:33:47 +0000 LemonLong 1497411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never had braces, but my teeth were fairly straight- just not movie star straight like the people who had braces have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497358 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:06:23 +0000 MrsStar 1497358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never had braces and have bad teeth plus an overbite. It makes me super self conscious but don't have the $$ to fix them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497345 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:59:57 +0000 Littlebit 1497345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually have braces (well Invisalign) right now. My teeth were really crooked. My husband has perfectly straight teeth and never needed braces..I keep telling him, I hope our baby gets your teeth and your skin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-braces-do-you-have-straight-teeth#post-1497335 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:56:38 +0000 AmandaB8 1497335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had braces 3 times. My top teeth are perfect, but my bottom teeth kind of "squared off". </p> <p>But, I was also really bad about wearing my retainer.. :\ </p>