Well, "want to" and "going to, out of necessity" are two different things, but in the end I guess I want to buy it, regardless of need.
I've mentioned that I'm getting my teeth fixed. Not that I'm particularly self-conscious of the baby tooth that I still have which forced my adult canine to grow into the position the lateral tooth should have been. Or the peg-lateral tooth on the opposite side. Or the gap in my front teeth. My teeth have been like this since I was a teen. I'm used to them.
BUT the combination of all of that with the fact that I've now got an overbite that is causing increasing wear on my lower teeth has made me look at options on correcting EVERYTHING. If I'm going to do it, I want to get it all done in one go. Even if that one go is going to take about a year of work. And braces.
Ugh.
I really didn't want braces and K is not really thrilled about the option either. I get it, I mean, who wants to kiss a metal mouth? I kid. I kid. I didn't want braces because it seems like such a teenager thing. It's what you do to prepare your mouth for a perfect smile as an adult. I kinda passed up the season of opportunity. Or so I thought.
In fact when I walked into the orthodontist office today, there was a sign on the wall that said "Dentistry for children and teens." I walked up to the receptionist desk and announced that neither was I a child nor a teen, but I was there for an appointment. The befuddled woman behind the desk looked at me and said, "I think you want that receptionist (pointing across the waiting room to ANOTHER desk)...they do teens and adults." Ha! Yeah, that's better. I'm not an idiot. :o/
So, I'm getting dental imaging done tomorrow and following up with the three men that are going to be my dental gurus through this process in the next week or so. Maybe in a year's time I'll have a cheesy Hollywood smile. All three of them keep telling me it'll be worth every dime, the problem is, I don't know how many dimes it's going to take yet. I'll keep you posted...
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- Does this really matter? Who reads this anyway? Seriously. Okay, fine. I'm probably the only Poli-pino you'll ever meet and I: like to cook up a good meal (but if given the choice I'd rather eat out); watch TV and films from here and there; love to laugh and try to do it often; hate to cry but end up doing so...and often; believe we ALL make a difference to SOMEONE at SOME POINT; love long walks on the beach, it's cheesy, I know, but I do love them especially with my family; wish I was as erudite as Stephen Fry, as cleverly comedic as (too many to name here) and as oblivious as Mr. Bean. Obviously I could go on...that's why I started the blog!
5 comments:
Very exciting - I support you if you want to do it but I think your smile is fabulous as is!
I know I sound very wishy-washy about it...and it's probably even a bit vain, but I really do want to fix my teeth before they wear down to nubs. I guess I'm just worried that people will think I'm ONLY doing it to get the Hollywood smile. I'm kinda gonna miss the gaps in my teeth, I think. I was just hoping the process would be quick, easy and not as expensive as all of this is sounding. But once they started looking at the real issues, I guess I need to get it done more for purpose rather than polish.
Just be sure and take a picture of your smile "as is" so we can all remember it - beautiful as it is! (But I'm excited for you and definitely think a new smile will be worth a party....)
Miss Bee, I like the way you think! Speaking of parties, when's YOUR big grad school graduation celebration?? Are you waiting until it's "official"??
I love your smile no matter what it looks like. :) And I promise to read your blog more! I always forget! xoxoxoxo
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