My problem is that I have a severely bad overbite. My two front teeth stick out a lot. I have always wanted braces but my family could not afford them, therefore I suffered name calling during high school. So I learned to hide my smile by covering my mouth or just giving a small grin. But after high school when I went to college, people hardly noticed my smile, (maybe b/c college has more mature people there), SoI started smiling again. You really cannot tell that my teeth are "bucked" unless you are really looking in my mouth. Even when I take pictures they are not noticeable. I think it is because I have learned how to move my jaw and make my teeth touch to make my smile look sort of even.
I was told about 2 years ago that I need to have jaw surgery before I could get braces and it was going to cost $4400 UP FRONT out of my pocket (he said insurance would pay me back LATER) and this cost is not including the cost I would have to pay for the anesthetist, or the braces. So at this point I was like forget it. But this past September I got married to a wonderful man who has had braces before (along with his brother and his sister, so he completely understands my feelings) who told me that we were going to get it done no matter how much it cost. AND our financial situation is very good now. So I went back to the ortho and he told me that instead of the jaw surgery I could have 4 teeth extrated and two "anchor screws" put in the bone of the mouth. These screws would achieve almost the same result of jaw surgery.
So tomorrow is the big day for the surgery. He put separators Monday, I
will be so glad when I get them out, they feel like I have a piece of meat
between my teeth. Then next Monday is my BIG DAY TO FINALLY GET BRACES!!!! I am really excited the closer the day gets, the less sleep I get
I am sorry for making this out to be a book, but I just wanted to tell my story in hope that it might help someone else in a similiar situation.
