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Subject: Say Cheese!

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Stacey

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Date Posted: 03:53:30 07/06/04 Tue
In reply to: I saw that.... 's message, "Re: Invisalign advertising to teens" on 20:02:19 07/05/04 Mon

I had crooked teeth for *my* grad pics... but I never smiled to show my teeth... I just smiled with my mouth closed like I have done for 30 + years... I think it's sad that they have to aim at a younger population's fears of rejections like that... oh and look, I survived! lol

>Hi
>
> Well, to start off im 16 and have ceramics on my
>top front 6 and the rest are metal. At first when my
>parents FINALLY got me into an ortho i didnt really
>know what i was in for. I was given the option of
>gold, ceramics(later finding out only for the front 6)
>metal or invasilign. I saw the advertisement for
>invasilign and the teen you are talking about. She
>says how she doesnt want "Ugly metal braces" for her
>senior pictures and prom. It almost made me cry
>because i then realized that i would have to go
>through my senior pictures and other high school
>functions up untill november 2005 with braces. At the
>time it was a big deal for me, all started by that
>commercial. After i got my braces on tho I found that
>i am so glad that i did it. My ortho even said they
>he almost always has to finish with braces for
>invasilign patients for a few months. If it comes
>down to having senior pictures with braces i will just
>have to deal with it. Also i have found out that you
>and get the braces airbrushed off, which i might do
>for some, but not all.
>
> If someone just wanted to spend all that money for
>invasilign for a few pictures without braces, in my
>opinion, they are crazy!
>
> Also, i found this site and if all of you can do
>this as adults, i can do it at 16!
>
>Lauren

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