Starting my Journey
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:26 am
Hello! I have been reading this board for a few months and finally managed to get registered (still can't access through my laptop at home though). Have learned lots and really appreciate the more mature viewpoint on this board, so thought I would introduce myself and my story now.
I'm 46 yrs old and live in Canada. Years ago when I had my wisdom teeth out the oral surgeon told me I would need surgery to fix my overbite. That wasn't happening! So twenty years later my overbite has resulted in considerable wear on my front teeth both upper & lower and it's finally time to do something about it. My orthodontist is hopeful that we can now improve things enough with braces to avoid surgery. He will reassess about 6 months into my treatment. So lower braces (Damon metal) went on at the beginning of August and uppers (Damon clear) two months later. I'm managing quite well so far, not too much pain, more just discomfort and I don't even notice the lower ones at all now the uppers are on. I'm rather excited to finally be working towards having my smile straightened out. Fingers crossed that surgery can be avoided!
I'm 46 yrs old and live in Canada. Years ago when I had my wisdom teeth out the oral surgeon told me I would need surgery to fix my overbite. That wasn't happening! So twenty years later my overbite has resulted in considerable wear on my front teeth both upper & lower and it's finally time to do something about it. My orthodontist is hopeful that we can now improve things enough with braces to avoid surgery. He will reassess about 6 months into my treatment. So lower braces (Damon metal) went on at the beginning of August and uppers (Damon clear) two months later. I'm managing quite well so far, not too much pain, more just discomfort and I don't even notice the lower ones at all now the uppers are on. I'm rather excited to finally be working towards having my smile straightened out. Fingers crossed that surgery can be avoided!