Tocky on 11/3/2006 at 04:27
Then you are missing out on the fun of it. You really know you are good when you can steal braces right off someones teeth. Damnit now I'm going to have to read this thread. And then tomorrow read what I said because I won't remember.
Edit: Side by side my hairy ass. The Brits obviously don't hire out website designers.
MsLedd on 11/3/2006 at 10:01
Now who's missing out on the fun of it, hmmmm? :)
Cookie Dough on 12/3/2006 at 01:55
Quote Posted by Tocky
Then you are missing out on the fun of it. You really know you are good when you can steal braces right off someones teeth.
Well now that's a whole other thing.* Good luck getting braces for free, they shall forever be ridiculously overpriced, most likely.
*They always squirm too much.
D'Juhn Keep on 12/3/2006 at 08:56
Braces cost money? :confused:
Lazarus411 on 12/3/2006 at 13:53
Quote Posted by Havvoc
No kidding. Brits rock. (and no, I'm not kissing British ass)
You've never been over here before have you? ;)
Sneaky Acolyte on 12/3/2006 at 18:17
Thats damn funny, MsLedd. :laff:
But seriously, I've been blessed with perfect teeth. I did have to pay the price when I was younger. I had baby teeth that pointed in every direction 'cept straight up or down. Once my adult teeth came in though, they were right were they should've been. No braces needed. :cheeky:
And England would be a right jolly place to visit one day. I wouldn't really want to live there for too long, but it'd be nice to visit. I feel the same way about NYC actually...
Wyclef on 12/3/2006 at 21:37
Quote Posted by D'Juhn Keep
Braces cost money? :confused:
Are braces commonplace and a rite of passage (at least for middle class children) in Britain and other industrialized countries with socialized medicine, as they are in the US?
I'm told orthodontics is a lucrative venture in the byzantine US medical system, since it's considered "cosmetic" and therefore not subject to HMO cost control. Or something.
Ulukai on 13/3/2006 at 14:57
I'm British and I had braces on my teeth. Courtesy of the NHS, too.
Jenesis on 13/3/2006 at 15:44
I'm British and I'm about the only person I know who didn't have braces at some point during the school years.
scumble on 13/3/2006 at 16:17
I also avoided braces. The practical reason the orthodontist I saw gave me is that it would mess up my bite. My teeth are a little wonky round the back but they bite together properly.
