40 And Braces!

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#1 Post by **bouncintigger96** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:16 pm

Hi! I'm so happy to have found this site! Im a 40 yr.old mom of four and I have one grandson.
I'm excited about getting my braces this Monday! I have a pretty bad overbite that causes my two top teeth to rest on my bottom lip.Hurts pretty bad at times

I wasn't able to go to the dentist until this yr. due to financial reasons(no ins) After 11 fillings and three extractions,I'm getting braces!
I have one spacer right now,luckily it has just started to irritae me(day four) and I can't wait to have it removed!

#2 Post by **BraceFace2o1o** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:40 am

Hi bouncintigger96 and welcome to the forum!

Congrats on the start of your braces journey! You must be very excited... I am too, and I haven't even had my consultaion yet LOL

#3 Post by **rhomboid** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:05 am

Glad that you guys are excited, it's an experience worth getting excited about and welcome.

#4 Post by **bouncintigger96** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:13 am

Thank-You!

#5 Post by **Lakester** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:21 am

Welcome bouncintigger!

I have had my upper braces on now for a little over 2 weeks. I'm still excited about getting my lowers put on -- then I'll feel "complete". I have an overbite as well. I can't wait until it's corrected. That's part of what makes me self-conscious when I smile.

Keep us updated on your journey and best wishes!

#6 Post by **bouncintigger96** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:29 pm

So HAPPY! My mouth is a bit sore now,and my top lip gets irritated(dry)but I know it'll all be well worth it in the end

I have a bumper guard on top because there's a space.

#7 Post by **Theresa48** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:50 pm

Good luck! Your teeth will be moving in no time!

#8 Post by **SilverGirl** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:00 pm

I'm also 40 and just got braced last week! I have a slight overbite that will be about halfway corrected with braces (full correction would have involved breaking and resetting my lower jaw - no thanks!), along with a front tooth that overlaps the other a little bit. I'm having a hard time coming to grips with the braces - I'm hoping that I will adjust soon! It's difficult to talk, and I don't like the "restricted" feeling. This year cannot go fast enough!

So glad I'm doing it now, though - I've put it off for over 10 years.

Good luck!

Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:37 pm

Go Bouncing Tigger Go!!!!!!!!

I'm 43 and I have had my top braces on for a little over 11 hours. I have been very fortunate that the pain is mild. Have resisted the urge to take anything at all for the discomfort. I am enjoying the sensations I am feeling in my mouth.

I had a very bad accident a few years ago, and rehabbing my leg and ankle was far more painful than what I'm experiencing now and that wen on for months and months and still causes me problems. To the point at hand though, I never once thought about driving to the doctors to have them remove it.

I could wake up tomorrow and sing a totally different song of course, but for the moment, I am finding a spiritual release in every little twinge. I've been running around for thirty years hating the way my smile looked.

I got my eight year old daughter and we went and had a milkshake and a long talk about how we're going to have to live without Gummi Bears for a while. She pointed out to me very forcefully that it is far better to have straight teeth than to have gummi bears and I felt such a sense of joy hearing her little voice being so stern.

I hope you and your children are making a fun go of it. They'll think you we're pretty cool for doing it. Even if they don't tell you so.

If you can find a way, enjoy the discomfort from time to time, the broader emotional transformation all of us late in life bracket clad folk are undergoing is something totally lost on a reluctant twelve year old.

Bravo Tigger Bravo!