2019-09-22 16:48
My purpose for this blog was (and still is) to remember and celebrate the braces experience throughout the years. Orthodontia has changed dramatically over the decades, but throughout every… Read More
Blog Directory > Life Blogs > My Life Blogs > Braces Memories my-life Blog >
2019-08-20 01:28
Some athletes and entertainers with braces. Gwen StefaniSerena Williams (above, both pictures) and her sister Venus Williams.A young Chris Pratt Read More
2019-07-29 01:29
In one of my recent internet searches for all things orthodontic, I found this interesting discussion on a high school forum for for alumni of that school. The discussion was all about brace… Read More
2019-07-20 16:17
https://crookedteethstraightface.tumblr.com/post/146613913507/larstheyeti-site-httptheawkwardyeticomHere's a cartoon about braces from this personal braces blog Read More
2019-07-10 12:33
Here's a braces sighting dating back to 1939, on a photo on the cover of an issue of Life magazine from that year.The cover featured a young braces-clad footballer. Inside the front cov… Read More
2019-06-23 14:50
"Bad Luck Brian" has become one of the most well-known internet memes: a nerdy-looking teenager in a school photo sporting a geeky sweater and a goofy braces-clad smile. The pic has be… Read More
2019-05-31 02:35
Here's Annabel Andrews from the 1976 Disney movie "Freaky Friday," about to get her braces off. (She's played by a young Jodie Foster, and the braces were actually just a movie prop… Read More
2019-05-24 15:35
Actor and comedian Brian Posehn, in his bio Forever Nerdy, described being a nerdy kid in the '70s and '80s. He had gotten glasses early, and later, as you can see by his pic… Read More
2019-05-17 18:33
The perils of having a mouthful of metal on school picture day Read More
2019-05-11 01:04
Following up on my last post about '80s braces, here's another artifact from that decade featuring braces: an '80's era promotion on a cereal box.Another '80s orthodontic patient holdi… Read More
2019-04-27 04:38
While on the topic of '80s braces, here are some real metal-mouthed celebrities of that period. Above is that classic eighties Brat Pack tingrin, Anthony Michael Hall.Drew Barrymore al… Read More
2019-04-17 02:48
Here's a previously posted scene from the '80s TV show Police Squad! I love those wacky braces! Read More
2019-03-31 13:37
There are braces horror stories from the movies, but there are real braces accounts of shock and torment as well. Here are some orthodontic nightmares for your viewing and reading pleasure… Read More
2019-03-17 18:36
Check out this cool comic series about braces:Braces Hell p. 1 I posted the whole 6 part series on Braces Memories Google Plus! Check it out, and check out the personal brace… Read More
2019-03-10 22:35
Back in 2017, a video clip of a distraught braces-clad basketball fan became a viral sensation. Dubbed the "Northwestern Braces Kid," the metal mouthed sports enthusiast was often note… Read More
2019-02-24 16:52
Poly Styrene, the singer for the pioneering '70s punk band X-Ray Spex, wore braces at the time of her band's breakthrough. Her '70s era banded braces are prominent in this 1977 interview, an… Read More
2019-02-16 16:22
Here's a video about getting braces put on, which is featured among the real life braces accounts on Braces Memories Google Plus! Read More
2019-02-01 04:26
Check out this funny orthodontic commercial. Check out also the archived real life braces accounts on Braces Memories Google Plus! Read More
2019-01-19 16:51
#TBT: Check out this 70’s billboard! For years, customers have gotten loans for important things — including braces! pic.twitter.com/mGNkA3ji4e— Wells Fargo (@WellsFargo) A… Read More
2018-12-30 17:56
Marcus tells about his braces experience Read More
2018-12-17 16:00
Here's probably the most well known orthodontia associated with the Holiday Season: the braces worn by the bully Scut Farkus in the classic movie A Christmas Story. I wrote about… Read More
2018-12-07 23:57
Here's a site that shows various braces color schemes for various occasions and interests, including the holidays. Pretty cool. Here's an example of a Christmas tree color scheme:https… Read More
2018-11-28 03:03
Even in the '70s, braces could be a cool accessory.A groovy set of tracks from the banded braces (pre-bracket) era Read More
2018-11-19 02:45
Check out this cartoon about braces with super powers! Read More
2018-11-04 13:22
A magazine ad from 1975 with an orthodontic theme. The ad extolled the benefits of brushing with Colgate when wearing braces.This was back when braces had bands, rather than brackets. T… Read More
2018-10-30 01:25
Here's a quiz about the foods you can (and can't) eat when you have braces. This derives from the usual food choices most orthodontists tend to recommend.However, when I had bra… Read More
2018-10-19 17:29
Even for those who have never had braces, they can provide interesting memories. Often friends and acquaintances will undergo orthodontic treatment. Here is a true account of being an observ… Read More
2018-10-11 02:17
October: the spooky, scary month of Halloween, Trick or Treats, and chewy candy.And appropriately also Orthodontic Health Month. Seasons Greetings to all my readers!! Read More
2018-10-04 11:24
Here is a true account of getting braces, as told to Storycorps by a young orthodontic patient. This present day account has many similarities with older experiences of orthodontia.&nbs&hell…Read More
2018-10-01 19:35
A braces oriented work on Wattpad Read More
2018-09-26 18:17
Although braces have become much more accepted in recent years, some parts of the orthodontic experience remain the same. Here is a phone commercial from around 2010 featuring the trepidatio… Read More
2018-09-13 01:52
Here's are examples of braces appearing on television commercials in the '70s and '80s. This post is put together from two previous posts on this blog.When I was young kid, braces were much… Read More
2018-08-26 14:38
Here's some interesting news in the literary world. A writer named Jamie Ghione is writing a young-adult novel in a diary format, and one of the scenarios in the story involves the protagoni… Read More
2018-08-16 02:09
Of course, you can have a few laughs at your orthodontia. Here's some stand up comedy about having braces Read More
2018-07-06 00:35
Here's an anti-braces viewpoint Read More
2018-06-06 13:51
Here's the classic braces episode where Marsha Brady gets braces. As was the case in the 1970s, kids dreaded getting braces, and often were nervous about being seen wearing them. These was t… Read More
2018-05-15 00:57
Here's some orthodontic science for you Read More
2018-04-25 17:31
Here's a fun short film which does a great job of describing what high school was like. And one of the characters has braces.The guys braces might be a little bit exaggerated, but they… Read More
2018-04-07 15:30
2018-03-17 02:34
A short film about about braces, delivering pizza, and life Read More
2018-02-25 14:30
An animated example of the hazards of teen braces Read More
2018-02-03 17:54
In the 1980s, braces were more common than they were in prior decades, but they were still worn by a minority of young people and mostly in cases where really needed. Wearing braces was stil… Read More
2018-01-13 16:04
One of the most enjoyable accounts of the orthodontic experience of a kid during the 1950s and early 1960s is found in Tales from a Free-range Childhood by Donald Davis. Davis is a prof… Read More
2017-12-04 10:16
Here are probably the most famous braces associated with the holiday season: those of Scut Farkus in the '80s classic movie A Christmas Story. In the classic fight scene in this v… Read More
2017-11-03 12:12
A commercial that highlights the dangers of headgear wear. Brace yourself (so to speak) Read More
2017-10-20 12:19
I went on Reddit and posted the following question: "Does anyone else secretly wish they had braces on their teeth, or envy another person's braces?" Here are some of the answers poste… Read More
2017-10-06 11:11
A Happy Orthodontic Health Month to all my readers!!(Any coincidence that its the same month associated with spookiness, horror, and chewy candy??) Read More
2017-09-22 07:40
2017-09-15 20:28
I've been checking out a website called Quora, which provides forums for readers to provide informative answers to questions from other readers. I answered a question about "What does it fee… Read More
2017-09-08 23:01
Here's a flashback, with an '80s news report on the latest in orthodontia. Read More
2017-09-02 01:22
Here's a few memories for former braces wearers! Read More
2017-08-25 23:23
Here's the classic orthodontic horror scene from Poltergeist II: The Other Side, where Robbie's braces attack him. Poor Robbie really had a traumatic braces experience. This look… Read More
2017-08-19 01:17
SHORT FILM: Brace Yourself from Eoghan Synnott on Vimeo.Continuing our orthodontic film festival, here's an orthodontic love story called "Brace Yourself." Read More
2017-08-13 15:19
Check this podcast. A philosophical and humorous talk about adult braces: Read More
2017-08-04 18:04
Here's a braces-related short film that came out in 2002. Its a Dutch film called "Samuel, veroordeeld tot de beugel." The title has been translated "Samuel, Condemned to Braces." Acco… Read More
2017-07-30 00:22
The new one question Quick Poll asks " Which of these things did you do with your braces?" and one of the choices is "Put a battery up to your braces to feel the electric charge."  &hell…Read More
2017-07-22 01:37
Check out these orthodontic Public Service Announcements from the 1970s. In this one, it looks like braces were really catching on with adults. But I remember the '70s, and braces weren't al… Read More
2017-07-18 15:09
Gearheads - AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com: "Who makes three siblings commemorate their headgear wearing days? My mom, that's who! What teenagers agree to have a professional picture taken in said… Read More
2017-07-13 15:17
Here's an excerpt from my old Foureyedmetalmouth blog, about one of my fave braces movie moments: Saturday, 26 June 2004Hey, I just saw Poltergeist II again. Thats the one where the Fre… Read More
2017-07-09 09:39
When I underwent my adult braces experience back during 2003-2005, I used to blog about my experience. I also had (and still have) glasses, so I called my blog Foureyedmetalmouth. The blog n… Read More
2017-07-02 23:51
This is what this blog is all about. If you have braces, you can have some fun with all that metal gadgetry inside your mouth. For example, here's a braces themed prank!! Read More
2017-07-02 04:06
Back in the late '90s and early '00s, there was a site called Braces In . . . which listed television shows and movies which had characters who wore braces. The site changed its name t… Read More
2017-06-19 01:48
I have had the honor to interview Catherine Aimes, the writer and publisher of Intraoral Press, a publisher oriented around braces-oriented fiction and orthodontic topics. Aimes has herself… Read More
2017-06-09 00:20
Okay, these are mostly not real. Its a clip from the early '80s sight-gag heavy comedy sitcom, Police Squad, showing a scene from an 80's era orthodontic office. The clip does sho… Read More
2017-06-05 00:45
The winner of the Real Braces survey for the coolest looking braces in TV and movies is Kim Fields, who wore her real braces when she played Tootie in the '80s sitcom The Facts of Life… Read More
2017-05-24 11:20
Not all braces you see in the movies or television are real. Many of them are fake acting props. For example, the braces you saw on Marsha Brady in The Brady Bunch and on Jod… Read More
2017-05-21 22:38
Here's a new reader contribution from the Tell Your Braces Story survey, this time from another anonymous reader:Have You ever had braces? YesBEST AND WORST: What is the best thing about we… Read More
2017-05-18 02:32
Check it out: Disney Raps Braces! This is the Bracey Girrlz from the 2011 show So Random Read More
2017-05-13 00:19
Cleaning your braces in the morning. Does this look familiar? Actually, this did kind of resemble me when I had braces. I was pretty intense in trying to keep them clean. The bra… Read More
2017-05-11 09:30
Here's another anonymous reader with his braces story.Have You ever had braces? YesBEST AND WORST: What is the best thing about wearing braces? What is the worst thing about wearing braces?… Read More
2017-05-06 10:29
Here is another contributor, Laura from Denmark, providing a interesting account of her braces experience:Have You ever had braces? YesBEST AND WORST: What is the best thing about wear… Read More
2017-05-03 10:20
Here is another personal braces story from one of my anonymous readers:Have You ever had braces? YesBEST AND WORST: What is the best thing about wearing braces? What is the worst thing abou… Read More
2017-04-30 11:51
I've been collecting true personal accounts of braces experiences in the Tell Your Braces Story survey. Thank you for all who have contributed their story. I now have enough to start posting… Read More
2017-04-29 15:09
Here's another '80s era commercial, this one featuring both braces and glasses. It brings up again the sense of stigma that existed back then for these corretive devices. Before the '90s, br… Read More
2017-04-22 11:31
The recent Braces Fan Survey on this blog is different from previous surveys. All of my previous surveys involved experiences of wearing braces. (See the survey results on the right pan… Read More
2017-04-08 01:22
I have a request for my readers. One of my hopes for this blog is for it to serve as a place where people could share their experiences with braces and orthodontia. So, I'm lookin… Read More
2017-04-04 02:06
Back in the late '90s and early '00s, there was a multifaceted orthodontic related site on the internet called M's Mouthwear. One of its features was an archive of braces-related stories, in… Read More
2017-03-30 21:48
When I was young kid, braces were much less common, and being told you needed braces was something that was dreaded by kids and teens who had to undergo orthodontic treatment. This too… Read More
2017-03-25 16:55
My most recent set of surveys investigated the extent people liked or disliked wearing braces, and why they felt that way. I did two surveys, one which was titled LIKED WEARING BRACES… Read More
2017-03-24 18:58
Check out this cool commercial featuring a tin-grinned cola drinker Read More
2017-03-17 23:42
One thing I haven't mentioned is that when I had my braces as an adult, back around 2003-2004, I actually kept a blog about my experiences. Since I also had glasses (and still do), I c… Read More
2017-03-09 23:29
Here is another contribution from one of my readers, Kilian, who provided his account of growing up with braces, and photos from his time undergoing braces treatment.&nbs&hell…Read More
2017-03-04 14:33
One of my readers, Geo, has been reading my account of having adult braces, and has asked me some questions about my braces experience. Here are the questions:How was your romantic life effe… Read More
2017-02-26 18:04
One of my readers, Jonny 12, has provided me with his own braces story to share. I appreciate his contribution, because I'd really like to make this site one where people can share their bra… Read More
2017-02-23 19:32
I was digging around my house to see if I could find some artifacts from my orthodontic treatment. I located the retainer I received after finishing two years of fixed braces on both upper a… Read More
2017-02-18 04:16
The survey of people who wore braces during the 50s, 60s, 70s and '80s has concluded and the results are ready. You can either click here to go to the results, or access them on the right ha… Read More
2017-02-10 12:12
I had gotten my braces on in two sessions, one for the top and one for the bottom. I seem to recall that I intentionally did it during a vacation so that I would have time to adjust to them… Read More
2017-02-03 17:11
I've just concluded the Adult Braces Survey, which had questions from people who went through orthodontic braces treatment as an adult. Since I've had braces as an adult myself, I also… Read More
2017-01-20 18:42
I have a new Adult Braces Poll up. If anyone has had braces as an adult, I encourage you to share their experiences. Its easy and completely anonymous. I would like to shar the results of my… Read More
2017-01-13 00:21
I had been waiting a bit to see if I could pick up more traffic to my blog before I started posting. I'm a bit disappoited in the lack of response so far, but I'll just start my story and ho… Read More
2016-07-15 02:38
My Braces(Or How I Got Adult Ortho And Was Inspired to Do This Website)A few years ago, I embarked on an orthodocntic journey as an adult with braces. I started my treatment following a year… Read More
Subscribe to Braces Memories
Get updates delivered right to your inbox!