At last update page 2 (with pics)
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:25 am
Well I figured that since I will be getting my braces in just a few short days, I would post my story. And I will be posting before and after pics on the day that I get it done. Anywho here goes...
I spent the majority of my life hating my smile... I notice that the first thing I look at with anyone else is their smile, so heaven knows what other people see when they look at me. All I see is a mess. In the last few years, I have become more open about the fact that I hate my smile whereas before I would change the subject even when the word tooth was mentioned. It was one of those things were your face gets all hot and probably red and your heart starts racing all in fear that someone will say something about your teeth in particular. No one ever did, but I still feared it. People are constantly commenting on the fact that I never smile in photos and what not and before I would avoid the situation, now I will respond with a "ummm would you?" Or I would make a joke about it. Anyway sorry for the rambling, I am just trying to show how much I hate them... The thing that is hardest for me to understand is when I do bring it up with someone, their response is your teeth are fine, you dont need braces. And all I can think is are you kidding me? Obviously these people just love me to pieces and refuse to acknowledge my flaws... lol and I do love them for that... but I can see.
So I decided to see what it would take to get something done about it. My mom was a single mom and so she could never afford to put me or either one of my sisters in braces... lucky for them, their teeth turned out ok. I on the other hand have been cursed with big teeth and a very very small mouth. Everyone comments on the size of my mouth and it sucks. I used to get so mad at my mom cause she would shrug it off like it wasnt a big deal when she could see how much it mattered to me... I did understand the money situation and tried to make the best of it, but sometimes the inner child got the best of me.
I went on three consults. I knew that I wasnt really a canidate for invisalign and two of the orthos confirmed that... the third one said it could be done and basically just told me what I wanted to hear... so I sctrached that guy. I want honesty and someone that wants to help me, not someone that is just looking to get a buck. I really liked the first doc, but I chose the second one because of convience and the two docs told me basically the same thing. I dont know the exact problems that I have but there is crowding and rotation in the front. I have already had two top teeth pulled when I was younger and a bottom front one so I suppose that my alignment is going to be a little off, but he doesnt want to extract anything because I am already missing so many. I also had my wisdom teeth taken out about a year ago so all in all I am missing seven teeth already. I think that I will be just fine with an alignment that is off after living this long with no alignment at all... anyway that is basically it in a nutshell (a big one I know)
Looking forward to spending the next eighteen+ months here with the rest of you... this board is the greatest thing ever invented on earth!!
I spent the majority of my life hating my smile... I notice that the first thing I look at with anyone else is their smile, so heaven knows what other people see when they look at me. All I see is a mess. In the last few years, I have become more open about the fact that I hate my smile whereas before I would change the subject even when the word tooth was mentioned. It was one of those things were your face gets all hot and probably red and your heart starts racing all in fear that someone will say something about your teeth in particular. No one ever did, but I still feared it. People are constantly commenting on the fact that I never smile in photos and what not and before I would avoid the situation, now I will respond with a "ummm would you?" Or I would make a joke about it. Anyway sorry for the rambling, I am just trying to show how much I hate them... The thing that is hardest for me to understand is when I do bring it up with someone, their response is your teeth are fine, you dont need braces. And all I can think is are you kidding me? Obviously these people just love me to pieces and refuse to acknowledge my flaws... lol and I do love them for that... but I can see.
So I decided to see what it would take to get something done about it. My mom was a single mom and so she could never afford to put me or either one of my sisters in braces... lucky for them, their teeth turned out ok. I on the other hand have been cursed with big teeth and a very very small mouth. Everyone comments on the size of my mouth and it sucks. I used to get so mad at my mom cause she would shrug it off like it wasnt a big deal when she could see how much it mattered to me... I did understand the money situation and tried to make the best of it, but sometimes the inner child got the best of me.
I went on three consults. I knew that I wasnt really a canidate for invisalign and two of the orthos confirmed that... the third one said it could be done and basically just told me what I wanted to hear... so I sctrached that guy. I want honesty and someone that wants to help me, not someone that is just looking to get a buck. I really liked the first doc, but I chose the second one because of convience and the two docs told me basically the same thing. I dont know the exact problems that I have but there is crowding and rotation in the front. I have already had two top teeth pulled when I was younger and a bottom front one so I suppose that my alignment is going to be a little off, but he doesnt want to extract anything because I am already missing so many. I also had my wisdom teeth taken out about a year ago so all in all I am missing seven teeth already. I think that I will be just fine with an alignment that is off after living this long with no alignment at all... anyway that is basically it in a nutshell (a big one I know)
Looking forward to spending the next eighteen+ months here with the rest of you... this board is the greatest thing ever invented on earth!!