I'm scared of them. Can you make me feel more confident?
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:41 am
HI
I registered right now but Ive ben digging throuhg posts for days now.
Im a 30 years old female who hates her teeth, for decades now. I have overcrowding, upper and lower. My right upper canine is twisted outwards, and his neighboring inciser is BEHIND the canine. It looks like im missing a tooth. below is not much better. I never smile, hate photos and laugh with my hands in front of my mouth. teeth hinder my social life, i dont like to laugh with friends, i don tliek to watch comedies in company, i dont like to speak in front ot people. which is bad cause i turned down a job as a lanugeage teacher. (english is not my mother tonge btw)
But its fear that kept me from taking the last steps. About 10 years ago I even had my pics taken and was ready to take down the raod, but I chickened out because of 4 (cuspids) extractions they planned....!!
Fate took me a different road and had lessons to learn. About 1 year ago my wisdom teeth startet to cause pain all over the mouth. It was a kind of a pressure pain radiating to my ears. It was on and off all the time, coming in sequences of 2-3 days, then stopping again. I didnt do anything about it - I was scared. But as soon i coudnt eat anymore i went to the surgeon...
I had 4 surgeries with stitches and all the full program. pure nightmare. after the 1st one i wanted a global anesthtetic.... my wisdom teeth grew in a more than 90 degree angle down INTO their neighbors and were fully embedded in the bone. procedure was 2 hours each visit, painless (due to a ton of novocaine) but a psychological nightmare! the days after surgery i lost 5 kg in a week and got almost an overdose of codeine... it felt like im drunk. i was crying the first night without getting sleep.
anything coming near this was an inner ear infection and an abortion with pills (4 hours labour, all pain killers vomited - i had to do it, - medically necessary).
last week a saw 3 orthodonts. they all said -surprise - 90% chance no extractions needed. (one incisor down there is already out, i have only 3 left, still crowded). but what the heck... im not afraid of any extractions anymore... i know this thing!! im scared of the unknown.. spacers, braces...
what should i do?? i always thought orthodontic treatment is painless, but the doctor already said theres pain killers involved....! and it will take 18 months.... how can u survive this?
i am scared to death but i dont want to live another 30 years without laughter and smile.... what a decision.
how bad is it? what kind of pain is awaiting me? is it the same pressure like the wisdom teeth pain (which was just annoying but not killing me) or is it the BONE aching like after my surgeries? is it like a cavity (the worst kind of pain on earth)?? please help me. Im afraid i will chicken out AGAIN.
money is no issue. i have it and i would pay triple for it.
if i do it i will take METAL. i dont care how i look like with braces... the opposite is true.. i would wear them with pride and with hot pink colors all over that shout to everyone: I DID IT!! LOOK AT ME.
help me. i want to win this.
thanks
butterfly (thats what i want to be at the end)
I registered right now but Ive ben digging throuhg posts for days now.
Im a 30 years old female who hates her teeth, for decades now. I have overcrowding, upper and lower. My right upper canine is twisted outwards, and his neighboring inciser is BEHIND the canine. It looks like im missing a tooth. below is not much better. I never smile, hate photos and laugh with my hands in front of my mouth. teeth hinder my social life, i dont like to laugh with friends, i don tliek to watch comedies in company, i dont like to speak in front ot people. which is bad cause i turned down a job as a lanugeage teacher. (english is not my mother tonge btw)
But its fear that kept me from taking the last steps. About 10 years ago I even had my pics taken and was ready to take down the raod, but I chickened out because of 4 (cuspids) extractions they planned....!!
Fate took me a different road and had lessons to learn. About 1 year ago my wisdom teeth startet to cause pain all over the mouth. It was a kind of a pressure pain radiating to my ears. It was on and off all the time, coming in sequences of 2-3 days, then stopping again. I didnt do anything about it - I was scared. But as soon i coudnt eat anymore i went to the surgeon...
I had 4 surgeries with stitches and all the full program. pure nightmare. after the 1st one i wanted a global anesthtetic.... my wisdom teeth grew in a more than 90 degree angle down INTO their neighbors and were fully embedded in the bone. procedure was 2 hours each visit, painless (due to a ton of novocaine) but a psychological nightmare! the days after surgery i lost 5 kg in a week and got almost an overdose of codeine... it felt like im drunk. i was crying the first night without getting sleep.
anything coming near this was an inner ear infection and an abortion with pills (4 hours labour, all pain killers vomited - i had to do it, - medically necessary).
last week a saw 3 orthodonts. they all said -surprise - 90% chance no extractions needed. (one incisor down there is already out, i have only 3 left, still crowded). but what the heck... im not afraid of any extractions anymore... i know this thing!! im scared of the unknown.. spacers, braces...
what should i do?? i always thought orthodontic treatment is painless, but the doctor already said theres pain killers involved....! and it will take 18 months.... how can u survive this?
i am scared to death but i dont want to live another 30 years without laughter and smile.... what a decision.
how bad is it? what kind of pain is awaiting me? is it the same pressure like the wisdom teeth pain (which was just annoying but not killing me) or is it the BONE aching like after my surgeries? is it like a cavity (the worst kind of pain on earth)?? please help me. Im afraid i will chicken out AGAIN.
money is no issue. i have it and i would pay triple for it.
if i do it i will take METAL. i dont care how i look like with braces... the opposite is true.. i would wear them with pride and with hot pink colors all over that shout to everyone: I DID IT!! LOOK AT ME.
help me. i want to win this.
thanks
butterfly (thats what i want to be at the end)