{"id":196,"date":"2024-08-23T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/?p=196"},"modified":"2024-08-23T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T14:21:46","slug":"5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"A<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Convincing kids that braces<\/a> are cool can be a challenge. While true, a few of their classmates are likely sporting a mouthful of metal too, they may still need an occasional reminder that having orthodontic gear is nothing to be embarrassed about. If you\u2019re looking for ways to help show your child that you can still be awesome while your teeth are being aligned, here are a few pop culture examples of characters who prove that wearing braces might not be so bad after all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Murray (Clueless)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While yes, Clueless is from the 1900s (gasp!) its still a very relatable teen movie, and one of its main characters, Murray, also happens to have a full set of shiny, metal braces. Murray\u2019s fun-loving personality, trendy (well, for the 90s) attire, and carefree attitude make him one of the most underrated characters in the film. His presence shows teens (especially young men) that you can be cool and wear braces, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharon Spitz (Braceface)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This cartoon series centered around a young girl with magnetically charged braces that gave her some pretty cool abilities. While your child\u2019s braces won\u2019t do any special tricks, they will eventually give them a beautiful smile, which is actually kind of a superpower in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When loveable genius Lisa Simpson needs a set of braces, the Simpson family is dealt some bad news: their dental insurance coverage is about to be taken away by patriarch Homer\u2019s employer. To prevent this, Homer forms a union to fight for the benefits of him and his fellow power plant workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darla Sherman (Finding Nemo)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Little kids will likely remember Darla Sherman, the niece of the dentist who \u2018catches\u2019 Nemo while scuba diving. Darla shows up at her uncle\u2019s office decked out in braces and headgear and gets a little too up-close-and-personal with her uncle\u2019s fishtank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Wazowski (Monster\u2019s University)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mike Wazowski is the adorable green cyclops monster that is prone to panic in the Monster\u2019s Inc. movies. In this prequel, the character is seen wearing a retainer to maintain his orthodontic results, reminding kids that keeping up with their aftercare is just as important as the treatment itself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, most kids just want to fit in with their peers. Wearing braces can make them feel different than their friends and who they see represented in the media. Having a few fun, positive examples to share with them can make them feel seen and not so alone in their orthodontic journey, which in turn can make wearing braces a lot more fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Dr. Fitzgerald<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Alison Fitzgerald<\/a> wants to make every patient feel like they\u2019re part of the family. She enjoys getting to know people of all ages and helping them achieve their oral health goals. Whether you need a cleaning and exam, dental implants or restorations, or orthodontic treatment, she and the team at Sweet Smiles Family Dentistry & Orthodontics is here to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To schedule an appointment for braces, please visit our website<\/a> or call us today at 520-338-2980.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Convincing kids that braces are cool can be a challenge. While true, a few of their classmates are likely sporting a mouthful of metal too, they may still need an occasional reminder that having orthodontic gear is nothing to be embarrassed about. If you\u2019re looking for ways to help show your child that you can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool | Dr. Alison Fitzgerald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kids can look up to these 5 cool characters who just so happen to wear braces, too!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool | Dr. Alison Fitzgerald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kids can look up to these 5 cool characters who just so happen to wear braces, too!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sweet Smiles Family Dentistry and Orthodontics Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-23T14:21:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-23T14:21:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/braces-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dr. Fitzgerald\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dr. Fitzgerald\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/\",\"name\":\"5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool | Dr. Alison Fitzgerald\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/braces-1024x683.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-23T14:21:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-23T14:21:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9948cbd57afeaff3509aa11e16793a14\"},\"description\":\"Kids can look up to these 5 cool characters who just so happen to wear braces, too!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/braces.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/braces.jpg\",\"width\":1152,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Sweet Smiles Family Dentistry and Orthodontics Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9948cbd57afeaff3509aa11e16793a14\",\"name\":\"Dr. Fitzgerald\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f53bfb9e993f37399f436afb83195089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f53bfb9e993f37399f436afb83195089?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dr. Fitzgerald\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/author\/sweetsmile\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool | Dr. Alison Fitzgerald","description":"Kids can look up to these 5 cool characters who just so happen to wear braces, too!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool | Dr. Alison Fitzgerald","og_description":"Kids can look up to these 5 cool characters who just so happen to wear braces, too!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/","og_site_name":"Sweet Smiles Family Dentistry and Orthodontics Blog","article_published_time":"2024-08-23T14:21:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-23T14:21:46+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/braces-1024x683.jpg"}],"author":"Dr. Fitzgerald","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dr. Fitzgerald","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/","name":"5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool | Dr. Alison Fitzgerald","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/braces-1024x683.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-23T14:21:45+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-23T14:21:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9948cbd57afeaff3509aa11e16793a14"},"description":"Kids can look up to these 5 cool characters who just so happen to wear braces, too!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/braces.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/braces.jpg","width":1152,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/5-characters-who-make-braces-look-cool\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Characters Who Make Wearing Braces Look Cool"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/","name":"Sweet Smiles Family Dentistry and Orthodontics Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9948cbd57afeaff3509aa11e16793a14","name":"Dr. Fitzgerald","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f53bfb9e993f37399f436afb83195089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f53bfb9e993f37399f436afb83195089?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dr. Fitzgerald"},"url":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/author\/sweetsmile\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetsmilestucson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}