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R-track-tive smiles



                                                     By Tom Kidd                              except when  I  smiled.  I felt like everyone  in
                                                   Painful, a hassle, ugly, and a big mess, are all   the room was looking  at me,” said Freshman
                                                   words describing the dreadful times of a per­  Kevin Watson.
                                                   son with braces.                              Some  people,  on  the  other  hand,  think
                                                     Walking  down  the  halls  of  any junior  or   braces  look cute  and even  add beauty  to  the
                                                   senior  high,  braces  can  be  seen  protruding   face.
                                                   from  the  mouths  of  many  students.  The   “I wanted to have braces  when  I was  little
                                                   tracks,  as  braces  are  sometimes  called,  may   because  everyone  else  seemed  to  have
                                                   be considered a teenage problem.           them,” said Sophomore Holly Jostes.
                                                     Braces usually cling to the teeth of the  10-   Cut lips, tightened braces, foods  thou shalt
                                                    18  year-olds,  but  can  affect  other  adults  in   not  eat,  sleeping  and  having  to  brush  your
                                                   uncommon cases.                            teeth  three  times  a  day  are  also  pains  and
                                                      According  to  Omaha  Dentist  Frank  J.   agonies of braces.
                                                   Ayers,  the  reason  braces  are  put on  at  such   “It  really  shoots  your  credibility  when
                                                   an early age is because the child is still grow­  you’re laughing and someone sees  a piece of
                                                   ing  and the teeth will move more easily  into   pizza  in  your  mouth,”  said  Elaine  Ayers,  a
                                                   straight alignment.                        former brace wearer.
                                                      “Causes  usually  come  from  the  mother   Leaders  said  that  you’re  not  supposed  to
                                                   maybe  having  fairly  large  teeth  and  the   eat  hard  food  like  apples,  chew  gum  or  eat
                                                   father  having  a  small  mouth,  thus  the  child   caramel,  and  stay  away  from  sweets,  but
                                                   will have a crowded mouth,” said Ayers.    most of the time he ignored the warnings.
                                                      One  of  the  main  hassles  brace-wearing   “The few  brace  wearers  interviewed com­
                                                   teenagers  face  is  appearance.  Even  without   plained  most  about  their  braces  being
                                                   the braces, kids complain about the way they   tightened,” said Ayers.
                                                   look so it’s double trouble with braces.     A  few  people  thought  braces  weren’t
                                                      “Oh, ya. I think I looked worse. Especially   worth it
                                                   with  all  the  food  stains  and  stuff,”  said   “My teeth  weren’t that crooked for all  the
        Junior Leanne Bartlett shows what perfect teeth are   Freshman Adam Leaders.          hassles  I  went  through,”  said  Freshman  Jeff
        all about.
                                                      “The  looks  weren’t  too  much  of a  hassle  Bridwell.
















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