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Last night I dreamt that I woke up from a night of sleep and all of my upper brackets had detached from the teeth ! So I removed them along with the arch wire and then was in a panic thinking that my teeth would quickly move into an even worse position than they are now ! Making matters worse, I was out of town visiting my parents so didn't have access to my orthodontist !
I'm wondering what other nightmares are in store for me. I'm sure some of you have had similar nightmares. I suppose the orthognathic surgery people have had some bad ones !
Nov 1960: born
1973 ?: palate expander
1973-1977: braces
Aug 1981: Le Fort I, posterior impaction to correct anterior open bite and class II malocclusion
Aug 2007: braces again to correct various alignment issues and class II malocclusion
I never had a dream about braces yet( probably because I will not get mine on until Sept 19th). I do however have another type of tooth related dream. I constantly dream that my teeth are falling out. It is the weirdest/ scariest thing. In my dream I am talking and all of a sudden I feel something small and hard. I spit it out and notice it's my tooth!!!! At first I think that it's OK (it's only one right?), but then it keeps happening. It freaks me out soo bad. I wake up making sure my teeth are all still there. Crazy, I know!
I have had a few braces-related dreams. The best one was where my braces slid (unaided) off my teeth into a pile of junk in my mouth, leaving my teeth flapping in the breeze.
LOL !!!! It's really amazing what the mind comes up with. And it all seems so incredibly real.
Maybe this will be a good thing for me, perhaps braces nightmares will replace my current repertoire: dangling elevator (always at some severe 45+ degree angle) and carpet of worms.
Nov 1960: born
1973 ?: palate expander
1973-1977: braces
Aug 1981: Le Fort I, posterior impaction to correct anterior open bite and class II malocclusion
Aug 2007: braces again to correct various alignment issues and class II malocclusion
So I removed them along with the arch wire and then was in a panic thinking that my teeth would quickly move into an even worse position than they are now ! Making matters worse, I was out of town visiting my parents so didn't have access to my orthodontist !
