I was originally told when I was a kid I would need braces, but the dentist back then said wait until all my adult teeth had come through. And financially I dont think my parents could afford it. When I was 21, i was about to move to sydney to start working for a bank and just prior to going down I had a dentist appt and he said to me "when you get a little bit of money behind you I would seriously invest in getting some braces" So this was always in the back of my mind.
Later that year, for some reason I decided I wanted to learn to fly and make a career out of it. I started learning to fly and this took 5 years of lots of money to pay for the lessons to get my commercial license. Eventually I got work as a flight instructor but as you are starting out the wages are very low and continued to be for the next several years. I got into a small regional airline back in 2005. I went for a consult with an orthodontist probbaly early 2006.
He basically told me I had overcrowding, I still had one baby tooth and an impacted canine. The diagnosis was 2 years in braces with canine exposure surgery. He gave me a referal to an oral surgeon, which I couldnt get in with the bloke for about 3 months, so left it.
Then I started chasing a job with one of the big airlines in oz and got accepted. This was going to cost $30,000 for an aeroplane endorsement for the job but was also going to more than double my pay.
Now that Im settle in this job and debt free (apart from a mortgage) I decided to get the braces. I rang up in april and eventually got an appt in may, this ortho told me he would take out 9 teeth, including the 4 wisdoms, the baby tooth and the canine. He said as I wasnt 16 anymore pulling the canine down may or may not work or could take quite a long time.
My oral surgery was scheduled for the 12 nov, so I had the 9 teeth pulled under a general. I got spacers in on wed 3rd dec and BRACES TOMORROW!!!
So for now thats my story. I have taken pics but I have to work out how to upload them onto here, so bare with me.
I felt like a right twit. But, i thought it had popped out as I hadnt really had a good look at the braces when i felt the sudden sharp pulling and then my friend i was having lunch with noticed that the wire wasnt in place and the lig was off in one corner. Oh well. 
Just thought I'd let ya know! I was just stopping in to say hello before bed!
