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"   Faith Hill shocked everyone when she stepped onto the red carpet at the Grammy Awards and revealed that she got braces. Having a mouth full of metal as a tween or teen makes sense, but as an adult? It can make your appearance more juvenile than you&amp;#039;d like. Either way, I love how confident Faith Hill looks showing off her pearly whites. It&amp;#039;s like she&amp;#039;s saying &amp;quot;so what&amp;quot; to having braces as a grown-up. As someone who had braces for about seven years (it&amp;#039;s a long story), I can say that having tiny brackets and wires take over your mouth is annoying. Flossing takes twice as long, and after you eat, you have to check to make sure there are no pieces of food stuck in your teeth. And should a wire go loose, you could scratch the inside of your cheek. Or, how about when they tighten your wires for whatever reason? Hellooo, intense headache. Now that I think about it, braces are the worst. I really don&amp;#039;t know why Faith Hill would put herself through that much torture. She should opt for something easier like Invisalign. Or am I wrong? Is Invisalign just as tough? Faith did say she had braces as a kid, but never wore her retainer. Yikes. Wearing your retainer is key to keeping your choppers straight. I still wear mine every night, but I&amp;#039;m in the minority. Hey, if you had to wear braces for seven years like I did, you&amp;#039;d never want risk the chance of having to go back to wearing metal all the time. Also, I didn&amp;#039;t want so many years of hard work to go to waste. Want more from Dara? Follow her on Twitter @dadeeyo. Photo: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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