What do you MISS the most??????

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Pepper
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#16 Post by Pepper »

I'm tired of worrying if I have anything in my teeth.
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PrincessMelody
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#17 Post by PrincessMelody »

I really miss easy, threader free flossing. I will truly love the day when I can floss without a threader, just plain old regular floss. I also miss the front of my teeth, can't wait until I can feel them again. Boy did I take it for granted.

As far as food, I eat everything I did before. In fact, I had ribs for dinner tonight (even though its on the no no list). But I will enjoy not having half my dinner stuck in my mouth. Lettuce is the worst with it getting all wrapped around your wires and tangled up in your brackets.
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verticaltrailmix
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#18 Post by verticaltrailmix »

Boy, some of you are really lucky to be able to still eat whatever you want! Hopefully my teeth will get to that stage soon enough :banana: :banana:

To be honest, I'm somehwat thankful for the long, annoying floss & brush process. Only because I know when I get my braces off, I'll be AWESOME at taking care of my teeth cause it will make regular flossing seem like a jiffy!!! I must admit I wasn't an AVID flosser before... :roll: THANK YOU BRACES!!! :dance: :thumbsup: :dance: :-} :-}
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#19 Post by ilovemacs »

Hi again verticaltrailmix,

It's funny, I actually do not own a mac. I'm am in the process of saving up my money to bu a SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM HEY THERE SPAMMER HA HA! My church owns 2 macs (an iMac and SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM HEY THERE SPAMMER HA HA), I use them A LOT!!

Can't wait till leopard!!
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verticaltrailmix
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#20 Post by verticaltrailmix »

Very nice! Gotta luv a church with Macs! lol :lol:

I'm going into Graphic Communications and do a lot with photoshop and stuff so i HAD to switch to Macs... boy am I glad I did! :wink: :dance: Works GREAT for photoshopin' braces off lol :wink: :banana:
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#21 Post by ilovemacs »

Hi again verticaltrailmix,
I want to be a web and graphic designer, so for that mac are the only way to go! LOL!

Is there a way to photoshop braces off in PS Elemets ? Lynn had a link at archwired.com, but the link wasn't there, hmmm.
Thanks!
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verticaltrailmix
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#22 Post by verticaltrailmix »

WOW! Really? I'm going directly to be a Graphic Designer as well! I LOOOOVE it!!! :dance: :banana: :jump:

As far as taking braces off with Elements, I haven't done a whole lot with Elements itself yet. But I DID find a tutorial for it here:

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/articl ... Num=6&rl=1


Looks pretty good. :wink: :D
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verticaltrailmix
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#23 Post by verticaltrailmix »

Wow, graphic designers all over this place! haha :wink: Yeah, you can definitely use a PC for GD... Macs are just supposed to be "faster" I guess. To be honest, I'm just addicted to how simple they are... especially visually. :D

I've only taken braces off pictures for fun really too, and the fact that I'm addicted to tweaking pics and all that good stuff. :thumbsup: :dance: I had actually first started doing it for my brother who USED to have braces and I wanted to perfect it so I could take them off his Senior Pictures... but he got them off just in time for that! :-*
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#24 Post by ilovemacs »

Hi verticaltrailmix,

I thank you very much for that tutorial!
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#25 Post by verticaltrailmix »

Sure thing! Antime :D :D
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HeyTeach
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#26 Post by HeyTeach »

I just decided I don't need to mess with popcorn for a year or so. Such a mess getting hulls out of naked teeth. Don't want to mess with it in braces. I am getting invisalign uppers and that will probably stop me chewing gum. I will miss that. I may not survive...sniff...sniffle...
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#27 Post by lionfish »

Ah, poor possum. :lol:

I'm sure you'll find a way to chew gum.
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Andantae
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#28 Post by Andantae »

I miss taking the first bite out of an apple or carrot before sharing the rest with my horse. He gets all of it now.

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In-Ovation Uppers, Metal Lowers, TPA upper arch, Lower Lingual arch, no elastics.
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L1ittleMissMeeba
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#29 Post by L1ittleMissMeeba »

mmm... Salads and most raw veggies... The crunching is hard. Mostly, I can't wait to tear into something (anything, really!) with my two front teeth. Most stuff I can mash with my molars, but I never really bite INTO anything. I have to place it in the back of my mouth.

Salads. Burgers. Apples... Oy oy oy.
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Nervous
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#30 Post by Nervous »

I MISS gum :( I'd love to chew on a big piece of gum and blow bubbles :lol:
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