My name is Laticha and I am new to the board. I live in the dirrty south, Arkansas and will be braced on Jan 23, I will get spacers on Jan 16. I am soooo excited
I have wanted braces all my life to fix my crooked teeth but my mom was a single parent and could not afford them. Now that I am out of grad school and actually have an income. I deceided to get them and fulfill my lifelong dream of having pretty teeth and a normal bite.
It is funny, I always knew my teeth were crooked but my ortho gave me a long list of things that were wrong with my teeth.
1. anterior open bite, 2. skeletal deformity that has my midline off
(which will require lower jaw surgey at the least). 3. 2 impacted wisdom teeth, 4. a gummy smile, a tongue thrust (which I have no idea of how to fix, I push my tongue through my open bite whenenver I talk, swallow, and when my jaw is at rest, 5.crowding which will require 4 first bicuspids to be removed.6. I degeneration of my tmj on the right side which gives me a pop every 3-4 times I open my mouth.
oh the list just goes on and on.
I am getting 2 crowns on my bottom right molars so that is why I will not be getting braces until the end of January. I cannot wait to see my teeth improving. I am so glad to have found this wonderful site full of you wonderful people who trully care and give great advice.
