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I guess the other thing that I'm a bit worried about it getting my first premolars extracted. Since it was kind of sprung on my ortho that I did not want the surgery at the last appointment (I'd met with surgeon that morning), I didn't really have too much time to ask questions and was a bit caught ...

Yeah the money part is tough. We're starting to finish our basement now -and the cost of the ortho treatment is basically the cost of finishing our basement!

luchababe - There's a medical issue involved, in the sense that my jaw does pop and has gotten stuck when open (always resolved within a few seconds, when the panic dies down!). That said, I'm not getting headaches or pain or grinding. So the "optimal" ortho solution is surgery. Which I'm ...

Thanks for the comments. There are definitely functional issue - severe overbite. Also, my top front teeth are angled to the back and my canines overlap towards the front (causing vampire-ish teeth.. IMO!). My jaw is also back, which prompted orthos to suggest orthognatic surgery. The surgery is def...

So I've been going through with consults for ortho and feeling pretty unsure about what to do. Everyone I talk to about it (colleagues, mainly) exclaim surprise and tell me they never noticed anything wrong with my teeth! This reaction has taken me aback because I have been self conscious about my t...