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20 months from now, hopefully, I'll be thinner. Oh yeah. And have somewhat straighter teeth.
The reason why I'm subjecting myself to this is not for vanity purposes. I've never had a "perfect" smile. I'm okay with that. However, I'm not okay with constantly chipping teeth.
The reason would be from what I've known all my life to be an underbite. I know a lot of people have them. It's really not a big deal. However, in my case, it is a bit of a big deal. It turns out that the right portion of my bottom jaw is longer than it should be.
To show you how much it is off, visualize your own mouth. For most people, your back molars line up. For me? My top right molar matches up with my lone wisdom tooth that I actually chew on. I hear the collective, "Oh fuck!"
For the most part, it's not really painful except for when I need to have any kind of dental work done. I can't open my mouth all the way without popping it out a bit and then I can only keep it open for so long before my jaw cramps. Plus, I apparantly can move my lower jaw more than the average person should be able to. And here I just thought I was flexible! LMAO
To fully fix this problem, I need to have corrective jaw surgery. Still toying with that and waiting to see what my insurance company will cover. If I opt not to have the surgery, the braces will align my teeth better so I won't be chipping, but over the course of time (aging sucks) my jaw will continually slip and I'll eventually wind up back where I'm at now with a messed up bite. However, chances are I'll probably be in my 70s and will I really give a rat's ass at that point in time?! LOL
So, I'm still debating on that. Was sort of leaning towards it until I got all of this crap in my mouth. Seeing my smile with the braces, I can really see how messed up it is and I'm so freakin' self conscious about it, it's not even funny. I know lots of adults get braces, it's a common thing, but I truly feel like a freak of nature and I'm wondering what the fuck I got myself into.
Okay, enough self pity. If you wanna see before and after shots of my lovely mess, they're in the ME folder.
