So let me explain why I am getting them.
As a young child, I was a thumb sucker. My mother told me that during ultra sounds, there were shots of me sucking my thumb in utero. Everyone knew I sucked my thumb. I even had a nickname for my thumbs. My right thumb was 'Nilla and my left thumb was Chocolate. I sucked my thumbs so much, I ended up with a sort of sore on my thumb. I also ended up with an over bite and a gap between my two front teeth. The sores on my thumbs disappeared with time after I stopped sucking my thumb. The gap between my teeth went away also as my other teeth grew in.
Years of course have gone by since those days. Random visits to the dentist for cleanings, fillings, and check ups. Not one of them ever told me what my current dentist discovered with a simple x-ray. She told me that I had an extra tooth inside of my gums. The x-ray showed I had a tooth inside of my gums above my central incisors. She was surprised that I never felt any discomfort from it.
Well due to genetics causing crowding of my teeth, my thumb sucking creating an over bite, and the extra tooth pushing my central incisor down, I wanted to get all of that corrected. She suggested braces. I figured, what the heck. My insurance covers it, so lets do it.
First things first. I had to get the extra tooth removed. We were hoping the oral surgeon would be able to get it out. So my husband took time off to take me. We went in, and after he examined my teeth he said that I would need to be put under in order for the tooth to be removed. At this point I thought that maybe I could just get the braces done without having the tooth removed. I mean it hasn't bothered me all these years. Wrong. My dentist informed me that in order for me to get braces, I needed to get the tooth removed.
So now I have an appointment at the end of February to have the tooth removed. Hopefully it goes well. Then after that I can begin the process of getting braces.
I'm so excited...not.
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