I had braces in middle school. I don't think I needed them but I guess they helped.
why don't you think you needed them? I had mine for six years
My teeth weren't that crooked but I did have an overbite.
oh yeah i had an overbite too, but when they fixed it it didn't feel natural and my jaw was very uncomfortable
Well I'm sure brace technology has gotten better since its use in ancient times!
haha i would hope so! Dental pain is so bad i hope they didn't suffer too much back then!
Yup today they have meds like paracetamol, or acetaminophen. I wonder what they used back then.
I don't think they used anything. Reminds me of the movie cast away where he had to knock out his own tooth and he passed out
Cast Away
Cast Away is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. The film depicts a FedEx employee marooned on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific and his attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo.
The film was released on December 22, 2000. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $429 million worldwide, with Hanks being nominated for Best Actor in
. Their father had given an interview in 1959 when he said, "I guess I didn't do very well bringing my boys up. I think I failed them by giving them too much work and discipline, too much money, and too little time and attention. But I did my best and so did their mother." Lindsay responded by saying "I don't know how our dad could feel he's failed us as a father. Reading that he had said that in an interview really shook me up.