Krwhite777's Story
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:14 pm
Let us begin...
Since I was young like 5 or 6 have been told that I have a perfect smile, perfect teeth, and perfect spacing. That was until I met adulthood at age 21. I met that little problem called stress with a little habit called Grinding. Needless to say it and I wrecked havoc on my Perfect Smile, with the perfect teeth and spacing. Unannounced to me my mouth was sore all the time as was my jaw. So came into play my Dentist. Went in for my cleaning in October of 2005 and updated my history, as it had been quite a while since my last cleaning. Dr. asked me if I had had any changes in my bite or any pain in my jaw and I told him yes. He scheduled me for an Occlusal Guard fitting in a week. He told me to journal about when and where the pain was, AM/PM Etc. Journaling for a week and then went for the guard fitting. He prescribed a day guard since I am conscientious of when I guard and cinch. Got my guard in a week, wore if all the time for the first week or so. I then got a coupon for a free evaluation at the ortho which included x-rays and dr. exam. I took heed and scheduled an appointment for December 23 2005.
THE DAY ARRIVES
On the morning of the 23 I woke up early, not just because of my 8:30 appointment but because I was feeling nervous and was wondering if my teeth were really that bad. I got to my appointment early to have them double check my paperwork and get signed in. They knew I was nervous and they really put me at ease. Everything that day was painless except for popping my Occlusal Guard in and out about a million times for the orthodontist to check various planes in my mouth. He said that my mouth wasn’t the worst he has seen nor was it the best. He told me originally in the chair that I would only need tops but later decided that bracing the bottom instead of relying on my Occlusal Guard to protect my teeth was a better idea…for who me or him????
On the morning of my appointment I was again up early and again nervous. But thanks to their no down payment policy I was more at ease knowing I was going to be able to earn some more “extraâ€
Since I was young like 5 or 6 have been told that I have a perfect smile, perfect teeth, and perfect spacing. That was until I met adulthood at age 21. I met that little problem called stress with a little habit called Grinding. Needless to say it and I wrecked havoc on my Perfect Smile, with the perfect teeth and spacing. Unannounced to me my mouth was sore all the time as was my jaw. So came into play my Dentist. Went in for my cleaning in October of 2005 and updated my history, as it had been quite a while since my last cleaning. Dr. asked me if I had had any changes in my bite or any pain in my jaw and I told him yes. He scheduled me for an Occlusal Guard fitting in a week. He told me to journal about when and where the pain was, AM/PM Etc. Journaling for a week and then went for the guard fitting. He prescribed a day guard since I am conscientious of when I guard and cinch. Got my guard in a week, wore if all the time for the first week or so. I then got a coupon for a free evaluation at the ortho which included x-rays and dr. exam. I took heed and scheduled an appointment for December 23 2005.
THE DAY ARRIVES
On the morning of the 23 I woke up early, not just because of my 8:30 appointment but because I was feeling nervous and was wondering if my teeth were really that bad. I got to my appointment early to have them double check my paperwork and get signed in. They knew I was nervous and they really put me at ease. Everything that day was painless except for popping my Occlusal Guard in and out about a million times for the orthodontist to check various planes in my mouth. He said that my mouth wasn’t the worst he has seen nor was it the best. He told me originally in the chair that I would only need tops but later decided that bracing the bottom instead of relying on my Occlusal Guard to protect my teeth was a better idea…for who me or him????
On the morning of my appointment I was again up early and again nervous. But thanks to their no down payment policy I was more at ease knowing I was going to be able to earn some more “extraâ€