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@Autumn_Rose

Stunner

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Posted: 4 years ago

#511

Originally posted by: ssttuuttii

4 years is a very long time. The dentist told me I would need it for 1.5 years and that already sounded like long enough to me 🤔. There are no other teeth-related issues except the alignment... but you're right that it can cause problems later on.
I think I'll wait it out a bit.. perhaps go for a clean up after 6 months and see what's the status by then. If correcting my other habits and taking better care of my teeth helps, I might just continue with that.

I agree that women aren't that good at self-care... I personally suck at it. I only start taking things seriously after getting wake up calls such as these. Not a very good habit of course

Did you get an X-ray done? To see condition of the roots?

Also pain bhi hota hai.. depends on case to case though.

You might be able to take care and cleaning up etc done frequently. But think about few years from now - job, kids, family, parents.. how much time will you have for yourself in the future.

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Love.life2

@Love.life2

Rocker

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Posted: 4 years ago

#512

Perhaps having braces at a younger age would have helped. At 25, I feel like I'm past the age for braces.

More importantly... and what I told the dentist and my family as well... I love my teeth the way they're. Yes, they are a bit uneven... but beauty lies in these imperfections. I've personally never liked even teeth because it seems... well artificial... for the lack of a better word. Natural things aren't perfectly aligned and all... but this is just my take on life in general 😆. Got quite philosophical that 😆

Anyway, the dentist has proposed clean up every 6 months if I don't get braces... might go with that one. And I have started correcting my other habits which were being quite detrimental to my teeth- like gritting / clenching my teeth unknowingly for most of the day and also while sleeping. Never realized I was doing this and how harmful this could be for the teeth enamel (constant wearing down) 😳

@Raji I'm surprised to know about braces being a status symbol there. Shows the differences in culture. No one here would get braces willingly.. as it kinda spoils their appearance - that's the outlook here and that's what the dentist thought was making me reluctant 😆. I reassured him that looks aren't what I'm worried about... anyway with the mask on, who's going to see the braces 🤣

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I agree our natural teeth are much better. I was also wary of wearing braces too.

At least if you can get a clean up every 6 months then you can avoid it.