1. If you had braces, this was the scene of a regularly occurring nightmare:
2. And this thing was the scariest shit of all:
3. Because it always led to some serious gagging:
4. You became weirdly well-acquainted with molds made of your teeth:
5. And you were always secretly afraid you'd end up with headgear:
6. Changing colors was the most fun part, of course:
7. And if your orthodontist had those glow-in-the-dark ones, you became IMMEDIATELY cool.
8. At one point, you thought clear or white brackets would be a good idea...
9. And you carried this little guy around with you everywhere:
10. If you were really fancy, you brushed your teeth with a toothbrush shaped like this:
11. And if you had rubber bands, you remember the pain all too well.
12. And you collected the bands afterward in a little ball:
13. You weren't allowed to eat ANY of this stuff, but of course, you still did:
14. Unless you had one of these things:
15. The inside of your mouth always looked like this:
16. And you always wondered if this could ever actually happen to you:
17. When you finally got your braces off, you IMMEDIATELY did this:
18. Only to be told that you still need to wear a retainer — or else you'd have to do it alllll over again.
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This post was translated from Spanish.