After seeing the braces on our cousin's teeth, my (then five-year-old) brother informed our mom that when he was older, he was going to have "bracelets" on his teeth just like her. He thought they were a special kind of mouth jewelry.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- when i waz little i used to think braces were jewery you put on your teeth!— emily
- I used to think that if someone ate ice cream with braces, their teeth would freeze.— Alli
- My older brother used to tell me if you ate raw potatoes your teeth would grow long and curly!— Lauren
- Until I was around 8 or 9 years old, I thought dentists took your teeth out and replaced them with new teeth.— Verapamilo
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha