Yep, I remember that everything hurting feeling. He'd take out the metal wires, replace all the bands, put in new wires, and everything would hurt and ache for a good several weeks before things felt comfortable again. Brushing teeth with those was a pain as well. He'd keep complaining I wasn't doing a good enough job, but hey, it's not easy brushing anymore when you've got two railroad tracks all over your teeth. All kinds of crap could get caught and stuck in there. Then I also had to wear this ugly headgear thing and that made everything hurt even more. Plus the rubber bands I had to wrap around these hooks on the braces were weak, always kept snapping, and were really annoying to deal with.

I had them from fourth grade to seventh grade. I think I would have gone nuts if that had to go on any longer. >.<