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Cherry-Blossoms-scaled

July 5, 2019 By Lynn Schneider; Editor, ArchWired.com

Haiku About Dental Braces

ArchWired Readers worldwide waxed poetic about their orthodontic braces. Here are some of their best efforts: from Dexter in Illinois: My brackets they poke He told me it wouldn't hurt I'll kill that ortho ** Food

Filed Under: Just For Fun

Comic-Man-Eating

August 12, 2019 By Lynn Schneider; Editor, ArchWired.com

The Diner 

by Dave from NY, NY - ArchWired Reader There I was, Monday, day 4 of my treatment. Braces are on and I’m dreading the first official meal in public with some co-workers who can best be described as barracudas. As background,

Filed Under: Humorous Reader Stories, Just For Fun, Reader Stories Tagged With: Embarrassing Braces Stories

rendered

August 16, 2019 By Lynn Schneider; Editor, ArchWired.com

The Backwards Retainer

by Matt69 from Tucson, AZ  - ArchWired Reader   I got braces when I was a junior in college.  Most of my friends did not know I was getting them until I happened to run into them and show them.  Those incidences were

Filed Under: Humorous Reader Stories, Just For Fun, Reader Stories Tagged With: Embarrassing Braces Stories

Splashed-with-Water

August 16, 2019 By Lynn Schneider; Editor, ArchWired.com

The Possessed Waterpik 

by Kevin from the USA - ArchWired Reader So... as I do twice a day and rather nonchalantly now, I broke out the Waterpik one night, and after going through this little ritual of running the water till I can make it

Filed Under: Humorous Reader Stories, Just For Fun, Reader Stories Tagged With: Embarrassing Braces Stories

Hands-Over-Face

August 16, 2019 By Lynn Schneider; Editor, ArchWired.com

School Daze

by Sophie from Leuven, Belgium - ArchWired Reader I'm Sophie from Leuven, Belgium and I'm 21 at the moment. At the time of my 'embarrassing' braces story, however, I was 13 years old. It was the first day that I had my

Filed Under: Humorous Reader Stories, Just For Fun, Reader Stories Tagged With: Embarrassing Braces Stories

Oops-Woman

August 16, 2019 By Lynn Schneider; Editor, ArchWired.com

Rinse and Spit 

by Jennifer from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada - ArchWired Reader I attended a local birding festival in a provincial park last May and ended up having to eat lunch at a picnic table. There were no washrooms with running

Filed Under: Humorous Reader Stories, Just For Fun, Reader Stories Tagged With: Embarrassing Braces Stories

Paper-Bag-Over-Head

August 16, 2019 By Lynn Schneider; Editor, ArchWired.com

The Cycling Class

by Mary from Oregon - ArchWired Reader Everyone stresses if they should tell friends about getting braces or not before the day they go on. I agonized over this decision. I decided I would tell my closest friends and

Filed Under: Humorous Reader Stories, Just For Fun, Reader Stories Tagged With: Embarrassing Braces Stories

Orthodontic-Headgear

August 18, 2019 By Lynn Schneider; Editor, ArchWired.com

Headgear Hell (A Funny Story)

by Dave from NY, NY - ArchWired Reader Nobody grows up dreaming of wearing headgear. Nobody even has nightmares of wearing headgear, either. They always figure that it’ll happen to someone else, or that modern dentistry will

Filed Under: During Braces, Humorous Reader Stories, Just For Fun, Reader Stories Tagged With: Embarrassing Braces Stories

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