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I thought I would go ahead and start my own story
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Well back in January I had a bubble/bump to form on the gums under a lower front tooth. It was very sore to touch so I went to the dentist (not my regular dentist as I am an army wife so my dentist is back at our "home" where family is). So I see this dentist and she has no clue what this could be after she sees the x-ray it is a dark spot on my root
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So she sends me to and Endodontist. He was an amazing Dr.
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So now I have this nasty gap missing a bottom front tooth. I am now back "home" seeing my regular dentist. So I went anticipating a bridge. But as you can see in my picture below I have a very crooked tooth beside the gap that would have to be a post for the crown of the bridge. Well the angle of this tooth would mean that my nerve would be exposed and need a root canal when they grind it down for the post. This would cost me my tooth and extra money. My dentist suggested I get braces to move this tooth to fill the gap and well to save my teeth also. The thought of having 2 more teeth IN THE FRONT grind down wasn't sounding very appealing to me. I just didn't think braces would be in our budget to even consider but my dentist was determined about it and set up an appointment. I was thinking ok I will go to this free Orthodontic consult just to please my dentist then go back and talk him into a bridge as it would be cheaper....
I went to the consult with the Orthodontist. One of his assistants had braces and they looked really cute lol this made me start thinking "man I should do this." Well I go back and the Orthodontist was so generous (I guess because of the referral) he gave me and AWESOME deal of nearly half off the treatment. At this point I was really liking the idea of saving my teeth and the price was very reasonable. Now I had to convince my husband
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I will have 16-18 months of treatment with the Damon braces.
I am worried about the resorption happening again that is so scary
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I don't have many teeth left, I have had a lot removed and I am only 26 years old. I am SOOO excited to get my braces!!! I get to save my teeth and fix alot of other problems I have (cross bite) and have a beautiful smile. I never knew my back teeth show when I smile like that either til I took this picture. I will add more with braces on Thursday when I get them
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Heres is my smile now
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and heres is a view of all (scary I know)
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4/12/2007
I got my braces today all went GREAT!!
Here are some pics I got green and pink ligs
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Also you can see the ortho built up the teeth around my gap with glue to help fill the gap some
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5/12/2007
My teeth have moved SO much in the last 3 days my "glue" is now touching in my gap its GREAT!! Here are some pictures a month into braces.
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