Braces: Stories

"Nice teeth" got the highest rating of things that men and women notice about the opposite sex, per this article. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/top-qualities-single-men-and-women-seek-in-the-opposite-sex/ Pretty eye-opening!

I believe it. Not only do men and women notice this, but employers too. I once worked at a place that hung a sign that said "If you have bad hygenie or teeth, don't apply here." OMG, that's hurtful but true.

Wow, I definitely thought it would have been taken into consideration, but I  thought it would have been on pretty level ground with hair. Oh well, at least grammar rated high to, err too rather. ;)

Yes! All three of our girls had braces. The first two only needed 18 months' treatment; the youngest needed a tongue crib, then an expander, then tons of elastics, and finally temporary anchor devices (TADs) with more elastics. The process took 6 years; after three years, one day she said, I want a caramel apple. I said no, but she didn't like that answer. So, she went off, peeled, cored and sliced an apple, then put caramel ice-cream topping in a small bowl, and showed me how she could dip the apple slices. She said, It tastes just like a caramel apple, but it won't hurt my braces. I said, What a great idea, and she replied, There should be a whole cookbook of ideas like that. So, we spent a year on research and development fo soft/tender foods, found no one else had done it, and published The Braces Cookbook. Having my own braces three years later convinced me to write The Braces Cookbook 2 of mostly main meals for adults in braces; I had the great luck to make the acquaintance of a professional chef who helped put "gourmet touches" on my basic ideas. Who knew what all those trips to the orthodontist would inspire?