Brace Choice? - Underbite Surgery

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#16 Post by **Eeegsy** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:28 am

double post.

#17 Post by **freerideuk** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:26 am

personally i don't see how you can say at this stage in your life you can't wear full metal braces. you are only 21 and why would it nock your confidence. many people alot older than you on this site have full metal brackets its nothing to be ashamed of and really isn't that big a deal. many people are a little nervous before they first get them on about what people will feel about them but if you read through posts made by many people they soon relise everyone around them is way to rapped up in there own lifes to care about you getting braces.

so maybe you should talk to your uni on how it would affect your chances at becoming a barrister
as i think they were wrong in saying it will affect your chances

if it is rubbish then maybe you should just accept visable braces will be required because with lingl braces i see no way that surgical hooks wires or splits could be attached to them post op

and it will only be for such a short period of a few months out of your whole life

is it really worth paying thousands againg for ceramics ?

#18 Post by **pk_girl** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:59 pm

If you were actually talking about an overbite, you would need metal braces I think, as that is what I received. I am 17/18 and I have no problem with them. I have the same amount of confidence that I did beforehand, maybe even more as I know that I am getting 'fixed up'!

Don't worry I thought that I would be 'loserish' if I had full metal, but in reality, I got nothing but good comments and yeh others are too wrapped up in their lives to worry about braces. My Aunty has only just got hers off, and she is 48, she didn't care.

And yeh, talk to your uni about why having a few metal things on your teeth will stop you, it seems weird.

#19 Post by **pk_girl** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:00 pm

bbsadmin, please delete. it posted multiple posts of the above post.

#20 Post by **pk_girl** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:09 pm

bbsadmin, please delete

#21 Post by **HighandLo** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:48 pm

Stateofplay,

I have ceramic braces with clear ligatures on the top and metal lowers and most people don't even notice that I have braces. You can't even see them from several feet away. They don't affect my speeach much; if anything, they encourage me to pronounce words more clearly. My Ortho told me I could have Invisalign up until surgery, but then I'd need to pay extra for metal or ceramic braces to have the surgery. I opted not to do that am glad. I've had braces for a year and am so used to them. No pain at appts. and no soreness with solicone/wax!

Good luck and think of the long haul. There is hardly ever a great time to do this, because life always goes on! By the way, I am 47 and had braces years ago. My surgery should be coming up this summer.

#22 Post by **sec9** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:45 pm

stateofplay

I am in pretty much your exact same position. I have to get the braces on soon AGAIN. This will be my third phase of braces and im only 18. I really really dont want to do the metal braces again, seeing as how I need to make a deadline where I have to have the braces off to join the marines ill do whatever it takes. The most important part for me is surgery to correct the jaw bone. After that is taken care off I will want the braces off ASAP not just for looks or feeling, but I dont want that to be the reason why I cant go to boot camp. Im going to let my ortho/surgeron know that way ahead of time. I wont mind worrying about straightening issues later in life. Hell I will get invysalign or something. This brings me to another question lol...

Would it be possible post surgery to augment from metal or ceramic braces to Invysalygn treatment??

#23 Post by **lindss20** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:13 pm

I'm also 21 and had upper and lower jaw surgery for an open bite. When my braces journey started I talked to my ortho about having lingual braces because I couldn't stand the thought of having braces on my front teeth. He said he could do the lingual but then right before surgery he would HAVE TO switch the braces so they would be on my front teeth. Well, after putting thought into it I realized I was being silly and why would I go through all that trouble just because I cared what people would think. I got the metal braces on my front teeth and i'm so happy I did. Not only is it cheaper than the lingual, it works faster. And once you get the braces on, you will get used to them. And it will all be worth it!!

#24 Post by **stateofplay** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:27 am

Thanks for the recent replies.. they have given me a bit more hope that my surgeon may at give me the choice to retain my lingual or at least opt for ceramics before surgery!

Though of course as it is all being funded by the NHS, you are not really in a position to call the shots.. Its just a bit of a lottery which surgeon I am referred to see next month, I have no idea weather they would even refer me to anyone else if I desired?