I had braces when I was 13 but it was only a retainer and after wearing it for 18 months I was told to get fixed brackets for a further 2 years. Well being young and stupid I decided I wanted to meet boys instead and already had straight teeth so I thought he was just trying to punish me so said no and thought nothing of it.
Now I am 25 and the two teeth on either side of my main two front teeth stick out quite far and my bottom teeth are all crowded at the front. It is so good reading about all your experiences as I feel also that I have to hide my smile with my hand every time I laugh and rip up photos of me with my horrible teeth sticking out a mile.
Well I plucked up the courage and have decided to go for ceramic braces on top and bottom, but I am so SCARED. I am getting my spacers fitted today and getting four teeth out over the next couple of weeks and then finally getting my braces fitted on 25th of NOV at 2.00pm. I wll have them on for 18 months.
I was considering cancelling the whole thing until I found this website and cannot believe how supportive you are of each other - like a wee family. It really is so heart warming, I feel as if I know you all. Anyway I have two hours before I get these spacers fitted and have read so many horror stories about how sore they are and how they fall out and that they are the worst part of the whole process.
Wish me luck I feel sick with nerves already.
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