As many of you know I hate my diastema. I\u2019ve put \u201cget braces\u201d on my to-do list since I was old enough to feel nervous when I didn\u2019t want to smile in my school picture. Since then I\u2019ve also been dealing with the hassles of having crossbite and occlusal issues. I\u2019m constantly biting my lips while eating and now some other things that I\u2019ll describe in a moment.<\/p>\n
I went to the dentist on Thursday. I thought I had cavities. I don\u2019t have any pain, but I\u2019ve noticed two or three pits on the occlusal surfaces of my lower molars. To my surprise these were not diagnosed as cavities but results of my (apparently at night) clenching. Since my teeth are already out of order when I clench my upper teeth are drilling holes in the bottom teeth. <\/p>\n
Great.<\/p>\n
Well I wanted braces anyway\u2026 <\/p>\n
I put a down payment on orthodontia Thursday. $400. My total treatment will cost $2,700. Which sounds like a lot until you consider the usual cost for someone of my advanced age and condition would go into the upwards of $7,000. So working for a dental appliance company will come in handy after all.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll get my braces put on in late February or early March and then have a \u201cmetal-mouth\u201d for two years. Even then I may need veneers to fully close the diastema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As many of you know I hate my diastema. I\u2019ve put \u201cget braces\u201d on my to-do list since I was old enough to feel nervous when I didn\u2019t want to smile in my school picture. Since then I\u2019ve also been dealing with the hassles of having crossbite and occlusal issues. I\u2019m constantly biting my lips […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}