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I'm sort of in the same boat right now...I'm 28 and just got braces on to treat and underbite and a ton of gaps. Dental care wasn't the greatest of priorities for my family. I got a handful of preventative checkups but in spite of my self-consciousness about my underbite and crooked teeth (not to me...

As far back as I can remember, I had a large gap b/w my teeth. It never bothered me but the flaring incisors ended up pushing my bottom teeth, creating an underbite. Which I never even noticed until I started getting teased about it. Early high school was the worst of it and I felt horribly self con...