I got braces a second time as an adult (after braces from grades 5-10). My teeth went kablooey when my wisdom teeth came in and after I'd long quit wearing my retainer. My ex started poking fun at my crooked front teeth and I made myself miserable over it, and eventually got braces again. They had to pull 4 teeth, which they didn't want to do when I was a kid cuz, narrow face already. My face definitely looked fuller before the teeth pulling. (I'm verging on collie territory, I fear.) If I had it to do over again, I'm not sure I'd do it. I started grinding my teeth at night so they made my retainer out of the same material as a night guard. It helps prevent headaches in the AM.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Java cat - Jun 04, 2004 5:27:08 pm PDT #350 of 10001
Not javachik
carriwitchet - Jun 04, 2004 6:59:12 pm PDT #351 of 10001
"Her goldfish drowned that day. He tried to kiss her tears away", Frost -- Duo
Okay, I confess I'm British (Yes, we of the bad teeth fame). Could somebody please explain what TMJ is. And why it's so bad anyone would want to break their jaw to fix it (I'm confused, as I'm rather partial to my jaw... and all my other bones come to think about it. So, unless it was life threatening, I'd be rather reluctant to have any breakages).
All I've managed to come up with so far is Too Much Jaw (or Jaws), but even I don't believe that can possibly be correct.
tommyrot - Jun 04, 2004 7:02:42 pm PDT #352 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Temporo-Mandibular Joint. Where your lower jaw is hinged to your skull.
carriwitchet - Jun 04, 2004 7:11:23 pm PDT #353 of 10001
"Her goldfish drowned that day. He tried to kiss her tears away", Frost -- Duo
Temporo-Mandibular Joint. Where your lower jaw is hinged to your skull
Ah... much clearer now. Thanks. So ,it's the bit that makes a clicking sound when I do something strange with my jaw.
The Partyman - Jun 04, 2004 8:00:57 pm PDT #354 of 10001
[insert something funny here]
supposedly my overbite will result in arthritis, eventually. But then, my smoking will result in cancer, eventually. So, there's that.
There is indeed that. Overbites are cute, Cigarettes are pleasing. Where's the justice in that, eh?
Shit, now I'm making a mental list of things wrong with me and things that may eventually kill me. This being particularly relevant since my 'Area Manager' type person today expressed an opinion that I we might be wise to have a separate accident book at work purely to document my mishaps.... I think he's over-reacting, but then I did spend two hours in the Emergency Unit at the Hospital on Thursday... and I was only slicing lemons.
Edited for spelling as I'm having to type with one hand.x
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2004 8:07:01 pm PDT #355 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Edited for spelling as I'm having to type with one hand.
Please, don't explain.
The Partyman - Jun 04, 2004 8:16:10 pm PDT #356 of 10001
[insert something funny here]
Please, don't explain.
HA.
Okay. Won't.
aurelia - Jun 05, 2004 1:29:48 am PDT #357 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Presumably, he's not slicing lemons with the other hand.
sfmarty - Jun 05, 2004 2:19:35 pm PDT #358 of 10001
Who? moi??
My front teeth were terribly out of whack. Buck teeth was a small part of it. They stuck straight out and crossed. I got caps. I still have a complete overbite, but I don't think about it and the teeth look swell.
Mariposa - Jun 05, 2004 3:21:56 pm PDT #359 of 10001
"Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn't suck." -Joss Whedon
I had a terrible crossbite and more teeth than my mouth could comfortably hold. My single-mom couldn't swing ortho, so I had to wait until I was 23 to get my work done. I had to have six teeth removed including one they had to peel back the roof of my mouth to retrieve (TMI?) I wore braces for 3 years (they look lovely in my wedding photos) and I don't regret a moment of the pain or the $5K I paid.
But then again, I didn't have to have my jaw broken. A second opinion is always of the good.