Braces again after 23 years

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Texas Teacher
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#16 Post by Texas Teacher »

I have had a problem with my bite for a long time, not being able to chew food and avoiding going to get it checked. I thought i only had a cavity, but the dentist said it is a problem with my bite being out of align and a problem with crowding. They referred me to the ortho and assured me based on what they saw he was going to put me in braces. The dentist was voted best in the city of over 220,000 by the people in a local newspaper readers poll the last 4 years, so I am pretty sure they know what they are doing. I am of the mindset that if I have to get braces I want the treatment to start as quickly as possible so maybe i can get them off by my 40th birthday (i turn 38 in two weeks). No point in sitting around a month thinking about what is going to happen, make it happen. Orhto said they could get me in and speed up the process.

I think the dentist was thinking I was not going to get the treatment, but when i told them i wanted to get this done quickly they put me on the fast track and the fact that I have really good insurance makes a big difference.
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#17 Post by iBorg »

You seem to have thought this through much more so than your first couple of posts. Good luck! I also teach at a college. Students are much more supportive than you'd expect.

Mike
I wore braces (this time) for 1294 days or 3 years, 6 months and 17 days.
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#18 Post by Texas Teacher »

Yeah the dentist told me basically I could do nothing and keep feeling the pain and the condition worsens or get it treated and be pain free.
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KLC
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#19 Post by KLC »

Hi Texas Teacher,

Just wanted to see where things stand now... are you braced? Hope everything is going well!
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