i hate that my mom made me get braces.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Dental braces (also known as braces, orthodontic cases, or cases) are devices used in orthodontics that align and straighten teeth and help position them with regard to a person's bite, while also aiming to improve dental health. They are often used to correct underbites, as well as malocclusions, overbites, open bites, deep bites, cross bites, crooked teeth, and various other flaws of the teeth and jaw. Braces can be either cosmetic or structural. Dental braces are often used in conjunction with other orthodontic appliances to help widen the palate or jaws and to otherwise assist in shaping the teeth and jaws. According to scholars and historians, braces date back to ancient times. Around 400-300 BCE, Hippocrates and Aristotle contemplated ways to straighten teeth and fix various dental conditions. Archaeologists have discovered numerous mummified ancient individuals with what appear to be metal bands wrapped around their teeth. Catgut, a type of cord made from the natural fibers of an animal's intestines, performed a similar role to today\u2019s orthodontic wire in closing gaps in the teeth and mouth. The Etruscans buried their dead with dental appliances in place to maintain space and prevent collapse of the teeth during the afterlife.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I had braces in middle school. I don't think I needed them but I guess they helped."}, {"role": "user", "content": "why don't you think you needed them? I had mine for six years"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "My teeth weren't that crooked but I did have an overbite."}, {"role": "user", "content": "oh yeah i had an overbite too, but when they fixed it it didn't feel natural and my jaw was very uncomfortable"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well I'm sure brace technology has gotten better since its use in ancient times!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "haha i would hope so! Dental pain is so bad i hope they didn't suffer too much back then!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yup today they have meds like paracetamol, or acetaminophen. I wonder what they used back then."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't think they used anything. Reminds me of the movie cast away where he had to knock out his own tooth and he passed out"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That was a good movie, it takes me back! I remember he had a volleyball named Wilson as his only friend in the island.."}, {"role": "user", "content": "yeah I was very sad when wilson went away... it was deep af"}]