Sparkles61785's Story Updated with new & better pics
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:53 am
Hi, I'm new to this forum. My name is Alexis and I'm 20 years old. I will post more about myself in the other section. I just wanted to tell you guys my story. I have been in a struggle with my teeth since I was 9 years old. It was discovered that my jaw was too small (both top and bottom). So they expanded my jaw, and then put braces on. My dentist decided that I should take out 4 permanent teeth to make room in my mouth. I was scheduled to do two each visit. My mom didn't know that I should've went to an oral surgeon to get it done. But my orthodontist was the one who did it. While doing it, the pain was unbearable. I was screaming, even after a dozen needles. It took him almost an hour to take out one tooth. So we couldn't do two each time. He also didn't stitch my mouth up, so I was bleeding for hours. It turns out that he broke a bone in my mouth. After that I was traumatized, and even though I had the brackets on my teeth, I stopped going to my orthodontist for years. When I was 17 I took it out. Yes I had my braces on for that long. I also still had two teeth that needed to be taken out. It wasn't until recently when I went away to college that I became self-conscious about my teeth. I couldn't even smile because my teeth were so horrible. It also seemed as if all the college students had perfect teeth but me. So I made a resolution that this year I would do whatever it takes to get my teeth fixed. I got a new orthodontist and he recommended braces. I told him I wanted clear braces because I didn't want people to notice that I had braces. He also recommended that I take the other 2 teeth out. He also recommended jaw surgery because my top jaw got small again, and there is no appliance that could fix it. I put on my braces on January 20th, 2006, 3 days after I got my two teeth extracted. I went to an oral surgeon to get my teeth extracted this time. He did an amazing job. I had sweet air because I was still traumatized. But this surgeon had both my teeth out and had me stitched up in less than two minutes, literally. My mom didn't even get a chance to sit down when she left the room, and he was finished. And it wasn't painful this time. So these braces will be on for 18-24 months, depending on how well I take care of them. Here are pics of my teeth 2 months, 1 week and 6 days later. My front teeth straightened out a bit. My teeth look horrible, but I have faith that the braces will do its job.
These are cell phone pictures, sorry for the horrible quality. Please bear with me:
Here's the front view:
Left View where I got the extractions:
Right view:
These are cell phone pictures, sorry for the horrible quality. Please bear with me:
Here's the front view:
Left View where I got the extractions:
Right view: