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Has anyone noticed that they've gotten pickier about their teeth the further they go with braces? I remember when I first got mine on and my bottom teeth were semi-straight I thought "Who cares if this is as straight as they get! I'd be happy!" And now that they are completely straight I still pick them apart and think that this and that tooth could be a little more the the left ect. And when I meet people the first thing I look at is their teeth and the first thing I tell my boyfriend about someone is how bad/good their teeth are. This is starting to get ridiculous! I've become OBSESSED!
Yes, this is happening to me too. I always compare my teeth to other peoples like "HOW are her teeth so straight??? I bet they're veneers!!!" etc etc. It's getting annoying, actually.
Yeah, I'm the same. I feel like I've put in so much time pain and effort that I'll accept nothing short of perfection. It's really starting to annoy me, I wish I could just be happy however they turn out but heck it's been 40 months and so I feel like I've put waaaaay too much time into this to just come out with a mediocre result.
I wish I could change that but I can't. It's just like anything else in life, the more you put into something, the more you want out of it.
~eve
Braced September 9, 2002
Debanding: JULY 5!!!!!!!!
Yeah this is happening to me, particularly as my boyfriend appears to have been blessed with the most perfect teeth you've ever seen on a person. Very annoying, but then I look at my teeth and compared to what they used to look like, I;m happy that they have actually improved.
I guess you do get pickier as the time goes by because you wonder "can he get it all done in the time frame he first mentioned or will I suffer the curse of 'just one more month'....over and over again."
Top Braces June 2004
Bottom Braces November 2004
Debanded January 2007
