Hello lemmies,
Yesterday was a bit of a shocking moment for me as my dentists told me I need to get braces to fix the alignment of some of my teeth. For context; as a young kid (11years)I broke my four front teeth, and had them replaced with fake ones (i believe they are known as veneers in English). They are now slowly falling off, as I have had them for a while (I am now 24). But before they can put on new ones, they want me to straighten out the positioning of the current ones, with braces.
Obviously this is the right choice, but I’ve always hated the thought of getting braces, especially this year as I will soon be starting work life and meeting new people.
Was therefore wondering what experiences people have with braces, especially if you had it as an adult / young adult. Anything I should know for upfront?
To add to this as a person who has broken teeth and have had to have fakes in, OP: - those are not your natural teeth and may actually be the cause of the misalignment (if they are even a little wider than your natural teeth were, they could have slowly shifted the natural teeth around them). If you have to get them replaced anyway, I would do that first and let your jaw settle first, then if you/the dentist you saw/a second dentist you might want to ask still think you need braces, you can have them then. It’s definitely not a time sensitive decision, like Vanth says above - if you’ve not had any discomfort and it isn’t actually bothering you, you might not want to spend the money and time in discomfort that braces would cause.