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    So I had braces for 7 years when I was a teenager. After all that time, my orthodontist told me the braces had stopped working, but I still had an overbite. He said to correct it, he'd break my jaw, reset it, and wire it shut for 3 weeks.

    This was around prom time, I was stupid and 17, and so I basically laughed in his face.

    Of course, I now realize I should have done it then.

    I recently had a ton of dental work done, and I guess it's made me hyper-sensitive of my teeth; I never really paid them any mind before.

    It's just occurred to me that my overbite is pretty severe, and it's made me super self-conscious. I feel like a freakin chipmunk, and now I'm hyper-aware of how my teeth sit in my mouth.

    I can't afford to have anything done about it. Most treatments I've looked into have been in the 7,000-20,000 range, way outside my budget.

    So I guess I'm just looking for sympathy and commiseration. Anyone else with an overbite or teeth issues? Or really, any physical hangups you can't get over?

    What do you do to make yourself feel pretty? Right now, I just feel disgusting.

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    I had an underbite (after just as many years of braces as you) and I broke that shit and reset it when I was nineteen. I'm extremely glad I did. If you decide to do it now, you may not have to get it wired shut, depending on the surgeon and your specific needs. I wrote about what I experienced in response to Fawn on this thread http://forum.stripperweb.com/showthr...ight=underbite

    If it really bothers you that much (and I can understand why it would--I didn't care about mine when I was younger either, but by the time I got it done, I was extremely self-conscious), you should get a consultation and an estimate of how much it will cost you.

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    If I had a hope of affording it, I would, but I don't, so I'm just stuck coping. Thanks for the insight though.

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    I was a thumb sucker until I was 14 and had braces to attempt to correct some of the damage until I was 19. I have a pretty severe overbite too, and on top of that I procrastinated on getting my wisdom teeth pulled, colclusively my teeth which were perfectly alligned despite my overbite have shifted around a bit. So basically, because of stupidity during my years of young adulthood I need to get braces all over again. I'm not really bothered by my teeth because anything compared to thumb-sucker's hideous bucked teeth is relatively straight in my book.

    If it is something that you feel like you need to look into, maybe you could check out Thailand as an option. They charge a fraction of what the US charges for dental work. I've had several friends go out there for implants, for example.

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    Google Neurocranial Restructuring. I had really bad TMJ and it changed my life in so many ways.

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    I have a similar issue, and it's why I don't smile with my teeth much to anyone in person or on cam. Guys tend to notice this after a while. My mom got me braces when I was young, but I felt so embarrassed, and I told her to take them off. I regret telling her that, but as my mother I am sort of still upset she listened to me. I mean my kids will need them too unfortunately I can already tell, but If they told me to have them taken off I would say hell no. I mean it's actually more embarrassing as an adult. There is an excellent dentist in my area, and I would want him to help me but no matter what I choose I would have to get at least braces. Which would be $5000 or I could get jaw surgery and braces $10k. I would use the braces a lesser amount of time, and the surgery would make me look 1000 times better. If I had that kind of money laying around, I would have done it by now. Maybe I can do it next year if I get a decent tax return, I don't know. It's that I never really have enough to save, I always just make enough to cover my bills which is about $2k a month. Another thing is that my whole immediate family has perfect teeth. Like everything is straight, sits right and everything. I don't understand why I got so unlucky with this issue, but that's why I always say no one is perfect. lol At least not me. I haven't had issues getting boyfriends, and dating, guys tend to not care, but I do. I hope one day I can fix it. I would like to get it fixed before my kids need braces. Hopefully their father will help me take care of theirs and insurance usually covers kids. Adults is another story.




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    ^ Amen. Even if I save, it would take me forever to get the money together. I have ENOUGH cash, just not a lot left over for extras.

    I'm extremely conflicted. On one hand, I don't like my smile or my awful overbite...even though I never noticed it before.

    On the other, I didn't how my face looked when the orthodontist told me where my jaw SHOULD be. It gave me a more jaw-heavy look.

    Idunno. I think I'm just a self-conscious mess. My boyfriend has perfectly even, straight teeth, and he never even had braces. It makes me feel like a chipmunk.

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