I was recommended for the cut-jaw-apart surgery by an orthodontist and then saw a specialist in orofacial pain management and didn't actually need surgery after all, which has left me with a rather hammer-nail skepticism to orthodontists.
Yeeeah. I can see how that would happen. Glad you got to skip the surgery!
But my normal bite isn't the problem and wow, that just all sounds like it sucks, I'm sorry.
I'm just hoping it works and does what it's supposed to. I really don't care if my teeth aren't flawlessly aligned and spotless, I just want not to be told that at their current rate of wear I'm looking at having all the front ones replaced.
(I was initially recommended a much shorter course of Invisalign just to straighten out the front teeth so that they'd clash less. By the time the molds were being sent off to the company, the estimate had been revised to include the fact that my molars are also at weird angles to one another, crowding and accelerating the problem. Basically, I thought my teeth were worn but sound; I've never had a cavity in my adult life. Apparently, no; they're really fucked up. That has also been upsetting. I spend a lot of time actively trying to persuade myself that my body is not disintegrating around me, reflecting the total deterioration of my mind, and I should give up on both of them. The new health problems of this winter haven't helped, and finding out I have a long-term issue with my teeth, really not.)
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Yeeeah. I can see how that would happen. Glad you got to skip the surgery!
But my normal bite isn't the problem and wow, that just all sounds like it sucks, I'm sorry.
I'm just hoping it works and does what it's supposed to. I really don't care if my teeth aren't flawlessly aligned and spotless, I just want not to be told that at their current rate of wear I'm looking at having all the front ones replaced.
(I was initially recommended a much shorter course of Invisalign just to straighten out the front teeth so that they'd clash less. By the time the molds were being sent off to the company, the estimate had been revised to include the fact that my molars are also at weird angles to one another, crowding and accelerating the problem. Basically, I thought my teeth were worn but sound; I've never had a cavity in my adult life. Apparently, no; they're really fucked up. That has also been upsetting. I spend a lot of time actively trying to persuade myself that my body is not disintegrating around me, reflecting the total deterioration of my mind, and I should give up on both of them. The new health problems of this winter haven't helped, and finding out I have a long-term issue with my teeth, really not.)