As you can see...I need work!!
I first went to the dentist for the first time in ..oh God...5 years?!? For the purpose of wanting a Orthodontist referral. I finally have the funds to get the one thing I have always wanted to fix about myself..fixed.. The dentist told me I would need a deep cleaing before anything went on my teeth. I was scheduled for a deep cleaning, first on my right side than my left..The right side I had done a couple weeks ago..which hurt so bad I wanted to cry (doctor said my gums were pretty bad) They numbed me with shots (ouch)let me repeat..(ouch). Second half I go in this friday (halloween hehe) to get the final cleaning. I saw two orthodontists durning this time period because I was told I have to wait 2 weeks after the cleaning before I can have the braces. The first orthodontist kinda gave me the creeps, but told me I had a crossbite that braces probably would not be able to fix by itself and that also the crowding in the front of my mouth would buck out I i didnt have 2 teeth on the top removed (extracted) I do not want my teeth pulled!! 
this made me sad..but was like ok I could do that, however the crossbite would still be lingering even after the braces were removed..sigh. I went for a 2nd opinion about a week later to a different ortho, who i liked a little better. She said alot the exact same thing and I hadnt even mentioned what the other doctor said. She told me that the crossbite could only really be corrected with surgery and that if I didnt want teeth extracted I could have a jaw realigned( for the crossbite and also the overbite that would follow the braces) . I am meeting with a surgion on this thursday, just to see what he says, so im informed of all my options! What are you opinions on my story? Does anyone have any suggestions on which opition I would take!!!??? any advice would be very must apperhiated!!!! My boyfriend(of almost 4 years) thinks I would go for the surgery, because he says that pulling teeth is putting a band aid on the problem, where as putting the jaw where it belongs is the fix. Now let me say, I did ask the ortho what would happen if i just left the crossbite the way it was, all she said was it might cause problems later in life but thats about it, probably because I didnt ask much have that about it hehe. Thanks for reading everyone!!!!!! Hope to post more soon!!!!Sarah
