METAL Mouth no more?

[roxybisquaint]

Sarah Connor will soon be pleased with my teeth. Why? Because the metal got an eviction notice. Translation: I'm getting my braces off!!!!!!!!

Wait. Halt. Stop cheering.

Those exclamation points of excitement were a bit premature. See, there's a slight problem with this celebration: I'm not happy with my top front teeth. Just one top front tooth

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Re: Left Upper Incisor

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My central incisors do hang lower than the lateral incisors, just not anywhere to near the extreme that they did before. There's an illusion that they're up too high now because my laterals are undersized (the tiniest of my tiny teeth). If you google search pictures of people after braces, you'll find central incisors either end up even with the laterals or just slightly lower. I think it depends on the size and shape of the individual's teeth.

I'm surprised your dentist would want to file your teeth. I asked my dentist to file my front teeth years ago and he refused. He said you should never file away enamel. Yet people do it all the time. And after braces, I think it's pretty common. Years of uneven teeth cause years of uneven wear and when you spend a few years with metal brackets on your teeth and all the discomfort that goes with it, you start to get a little pickier about the finished product than you ever thought you would. And when I say you, I mean me ;)

I want as little filed as possible, though. That's kind of my reason for wanting this one tooth adjusted. I think if it stays where it is, it'd require more filing of both teeth to make them look similar. The same would be true if it was back in its original position (relative to the other tooth, I mean).

Anyway… I feel more comfortable now about delaying my braces removal and talking to the orthodontist about moving this tooth. I thought I needed other people to agree with me, but what I've discovered instead is that I'm solid on how I feel about it regardless of what anyone else thinks. I guess that revelation is what I really needed :)