Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Braces? At age 35+???

So...my teeth have bothered me for some time now and I went to get an evaluation at the orthodontist. What I thought was just a cosmetic problem caused by my wisdom teeth is actually much more...problems with my bite, likely lock jaw and jaw clicking in the future if not fixed, blah, blah, blah. I was really hoping the orthodontist would say "Invisalign (the completely clear retainer like braces) will fix your issues in 6 short months." Instead what I heard was "Old fashioned braces for 2 years." Ugh. Really??? I have to get braces for the 2nd time in my life?? But they will do clear brackets (as if that makes up for having a brace face in my 30s). In order to have this:
I have to first get these:
I know you're all very jealous and wish you could have a metal mouth too!! And guess what?!?! You can!! I would recommend seeing your local orthodontist and we'll do it together. Deal?? Then I won't have to go through puberty again at age 35 alone...someone else can be awkward with me! 



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