Pucca  +  345137 Fri, 30 Mar 07 12:14 AM What is it called that thing the dentist puts you in the tooth to make them.."perfect"? Brackets? Pucca Joined on Sun, Aug 27 2006 Spain Senior Member 2,972 Images

	Kooyeen  +  345143 Fri, 30 Mar 07 12:25 AM Hey there, I think it's "braces" in American English, maybe in British English it's just "brace" (singular) but I'm not 100% sure. Is that "un aparato dental, corrector de los dientes"? You know what? Spanish sounds cool... http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=aparato Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,969 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts American English, British English, Translation

	Philip  +  345154 Fri, 30 Mar 07 01:18 AM  Kooyeen wrote: Hey there, I think it's "braces" in American English, Correct. I was fifty years old when I got mine, wore them for 32 months.  My teeth look great now (I wish the rest of me did). Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,736 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen American English

	Orpheus  +  345319 Fri, 30 Mar 07 02:21 PM I was fifty years old when I got mine And here's what the OALD says about braces: a metal device that CHILDREN wear inside the mouth to help their teeth grow straight Orpheus Joined on Tue, Jun 17 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia Regular Member 587 'Truth is Subjectivity' - Kierkegaard

	Pucca  +  345332 Fri, 30 Mar 07 03:20 PM Thanks for helping me! Kooyeen, you are right, it's "aparato dental" but if you just say "aparato" people will understand you aswell!. Italian sounds cool too! .. I am going to wear them aswell..I want them to be as perfect as yours, Philip! By the way, is it called "dentist" the one who works on those things? In Spanish there is another way to call.. Thanks for you help once more! Pucca

	Pucca  +  345351 Fri, 30 Mar 07 04:08 PM An orthodontist? I looked it up in my dict but I couldn't find it! In Spanish it's "ortodoncista". Maybe they forgot to write that word in the dict.. Thanks NewPhilologist! Pucca

	Grammar Geek  +  345368 Fri, 30 Mar 07 04:46 PM Yes, orthodonists do the braces. You've got it! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,655 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!