| Subject: Fast-forward fourteen years . . . |
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Leslie
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Date Posted: 18:08:05 07/11/04 Sun
In reply to:
Katy D.
's message, "thinking of NOT getting braces :-(" on 15:48:19 07/11/04 Sun
I also am a grinder. I should have gotten braces when I was younger but didn't realize I needed them, etc etc. I'm now 46. Due to the grinding, and other problems, I have five missing teeth, will need twelve front crowns to replace the very short ones that are my own, from grinding. If I didn't do this I'd undoubtedly have to get false teeth in twenty years, god forbid, going through two years of orthodontics is so worth it, i can even say this only three months into treatment.
If I could turn back the clock I'd do this at twenty, or thirty, but it's even OK at 46. Your teeth and your health are important, you don't appreciate them until they're gone.
Bear up and do it, you won't regret it.
>Warning! Whine alert, whine alert!!
>
>I just got spacers last Wednesday and have an
>appointment for next Wednesday to get my top braces
>on. I am 30 years old and have a deep bite. I will
>be in braces for 2yrs to correct this problem and to
>help stop my teeth from constantly shifing (I'm a
>grinder). My ortho doesn't think I will need any
>headgear, expander, or bite plate. My problem is
>this: I am a HUGE baby!! I have done nothing but be
>completely miserable since the day after I got the
>spacers in. I have moaned and complained and taken
>pain relievers and eaten only soft foods but am still
>in almost constant pain. I just don't understand it,
>I gave birth to my son via natural child birth but
>don't think I can handle the pain of braces! I'm
>guessing that because of the way the spacers have
>affected me that this is the way I will feel through
>the two years of orthodontics. Is this the case? Has
>anyone like me actually gotten used to them? I'm not
>sure what will happen if I don't get the braces. My
>guess is I won't be able to keep my own teeth for the
>rest of my life. Any comments on that? I have come
>so very very close to taking the spacers out myself
>and cancelling the next appointment before I put down
>the deposit on my braces. A kick in the butt anyone??
>
>Thanks,
>
>Katy
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