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Wonky teeth, afraid to smile, teenage face an utter disgrace
Sweating otherworld monster dentist arrived in all haste
Impressions taken, device fitted: an orthodontic brace
25 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Brace
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As somebody who had to visit the orthodontist quite a bit when I was a kid, I can really relate! Nice one, Crispina!
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Yea, me too. It was almost autographical
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We all have childhood memories of dentist 💜💜
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Mine started early. My mother didn’t like milk, and I was the 3rd child. Her teeth crumbled during the pregnancy–which didn’t give mine a very good start
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Oh! my goodness that’s not a good start 💜
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No, tell me about it. To my credit, I could drink milk till the cows came home
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Well done you I like it too but it doesn’t like me 😞💜
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No allergy or sensitivity to it, thankfully. But then my dna shows strong northern European ancestry
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Thats lucky 💜💜
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I have enough food sensitivities, it’s nice to have one that doesn’t affect me
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I know what you mean 💜💜
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I’m not sure we’re right to blame the food, per se. How about all the chemicals used, if not as part of the growing, then during packaging and storage. Ok, pull myself back before I go off on one!
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i agree 👍👍
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Fun verse and perfect accompanying image.
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It always take me ages to find the right image. There’s a gif on twitter that would have been perfect. But then maybe a teenager would have found it offensive. At least this one is species-neutral 😂
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Yikes! Epic image. My sister spent a lot of time at the dentist. No fun.
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I think most people can identify with it, either personally or within family or friends
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Dentist has all the solutions
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The dental practices have changed so much since I was a child 😁
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Oh yes, they have. Became less painful too.
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Thankfully.
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Yup 👍🏼
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I feel this one, Crispina! From the ages of 10 to 16 I visited my orthodontist!
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Thanks to my mother’s total dislike of milk (all her teeth crumbled during pregnancy of me, the 3rd child) I had almost all my first teeth extracted, one after another, and thereafter numerous fillings. Thankfully, as an adult in charge of my own diet, no more fillings!
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Oh dear. Thanks to mine, who used to give me juice, all my teeth were rotten. They even put caps on my baby molars because they were so bad. Needless to say, this affected the adult teeth…
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Similar. But at least I got to adult teeth before the crowns went on
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Mine were so rotten, it was that, or pull them out.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one!
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Definitely not 🙂
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hahaha, an all too real feeling!
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Yep, it’s affected us all at some time
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