Those with braces, do you care what color the bands are?

[Anonymous]

My teen has chosen some of the most ridiculous colors in the past 2 years of having braces. During football season, it's here favorite team colors, Christmas gets green and red, etc. Sometimes it's cute, sometimes its awful. Never once did I care. She has to walk around with it, not me.

[Anonymous]

As long as it's not a full set of lime green or lime green and yellow alternating (those look like food caught in the braces), I don't care. One always does a rainbow, takes a new picture each time to compare the pattern.

[Anonymous]

DD just got her braces on today. She's a little later in getting them at the age of 17 because I couldn't afford them before. However, I wanted to make sure she went off to college with a beautiful smile and all the confidence in the world.

Because she's so much older than most kids I opted to spend the extra money for the clear brackets. I figured they wouldn't be so noticeable and she wouldn't have the emotional impact of having a mouth full of metal.

I laughed when she came out sporting teal and purple bands! She's got her colors picked out for the next year!

SO glad I spent the extra money to hide the treatment from her friends *sarcasm!* Oh well... I'd rather see her having fun with them instead of feeling embarrassed for needing them. They're her teeth. She can pick whatever color she wants!

[Anonymous]

My kid changes the color everytime he goes -- up to him -- his mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as it's not a full set of lime green or lime green and yellow alternating (those look like food caught in the braces), I don't care. One always does a rainbow, takes a new picture each time to compare the pattern.

LOL! Mine is sporting yellow now. It does look like food stuck in there....oh well

[Anonymous]

I had braces for two years....this was the ONLY redeeming quality about those awful, awful office visits (well, that and having straight teeth!).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way! The kid is stuck with braces, let them have some fun with them!

+1

[Anonymous]

I love the colorful bands! My DD always does something in line with the season (Easter colors, Christmas colors, homecoming colors). She's a rising senior, and her class color is yellow, so she just asked for all yellow bands. I think they look strange, but I don't care. She has fun!

[Anonymous]

If you're having trouble with the color of her braces bands, you're going to have some tough years ahead.

[Anonymous]

I let my kid choose her colors, but I did gently suggest no yellow because they looked like yellow teeth.