Do I need braces?

I'm 16 years old....Look at the picture of my teeth. DO I HAVE TO HAVE BRACES?





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Would invisilign be better for me If I had to have braces at all? I'm a bit worried about their cost and If my parent could afford it?





PLEASE ANSWER ALL!


Thanks

Do I need braces?
Look at yor teeth, they are perfect?


Much better than mine - mine are quite crocket :( :( , so i know what it is like to always have to cover my teeth when i am smiling, because my teeth aren't pretty. And that makes me sometimes really unhappy ): ):


I don't think you should worry about braces AT ALL!!





be happy, and use your smile. Cause your teeth are really really beautiful. I would do that if I had your teeth!!
Reply:are you insane????? you teeth are perfect. Why put that money into fixing what is already beautiful!! Now, if you have a bite issue, that is another story but from the look of your picture, you have a beautiful smile!!!
Reply:ur teeth are fine.


go buy a lolly pop
Reply:Girl Please. You don't need no braces.
Reply:Your teeth look fine to me, but if you're unhappy with their appearance, then I would recommend invisalign, so you can still show off your pretty smile. Most dentists offer monthly payments so it's easier to pay.
Reply:ummm no.... those are perfect. why invest like 4000 dollars into something minor like that??? i certainly wouldn't do that. use the money to go to Abercrombie instead!
Reply:A lot of people will tell you that your smile is perfect because compared to theirs, it is. People who need braces have really crooked teeth going in all directions and interfering with their eating efficiency…and making them ugly in the process and therefore self-aware and shy, feeling insecure or awkward. Some people cannot even smile…those people need braces…you do not need braces.





Some kids in middle school need braces to prevent problems down the line..the mouth is too small for all the teeth, they get some pulled out and the others repositionned. The process can last until the end of High School so they can have enough room in their mouth for all their teeth and never have the “crooked ugly teeth” syndrome.





I looked at your smile and since you’re 16, I understand what you mean: you are concerned because your smile is not 100% perfect. One of your two front teeth (maxillary central incisor) is about 1 millimeter longer than the other (which is about 1/25th of an inch) plus other slight imperfections, like the canine (the 3rd tooth from the middle) on the right (your left) which is slightly out.





If your smile were 100% perfect (I’ll give you a 96%…) , then, it would be blown up on big posters in dental offices around the country to advertise toothpaste, teeth whitening and braces…It would be on the smiling faces of those models in the magazines advertising those same toothpastes and teeth whitening.


I have a question: can you remember those faces? I don’t think so because those faces are too perfect to be original. The real beauty of a smile is its originality, its uniqueness. When I see your smile, I want to see the rest of your face because your smile is unique and I want to see the rest of it.





If your smile is perfect, it is because it was straightened or the picture itself was enhanced, digitally or whatever.


Nowadays, magazines have pictures of people who do not exist. They have a beautiful woman, a known supermodel even, and they give her a perfect skin (she could have wrinkles or pimples, it would not matter…they would be gone). Even if she’s thin, they will make her thinner on the picture. Her friends will ask her if she got a boob job, no, she did not, they just gave her bigger boobs in the picture. Even pictures of real old actress (over 50) do not show any wrinkles. Everybody has a perfect smile with extremelly white unatural teeth and you can have a tan skin, any eye colors or hair color.


Do you know who else has perfect teeth? old people with dentures…





The fact is, a perfect smile is not what you really want. What you really want is your smile. Your unique smile that your boyfriend (or girlfriend) would recognize amoung others. You’re 16 so maybe you like Johnny Depp, I hope, so here what he said : “When I see people with perfect teeth, it drives me up the wall. I'd rather swallow a tick than have that! (1995)” It is the very last quote on that link:


http://www.deppimpact.com/quotes.html





Johnny Depp does not have perfect teeth but I think he has the perfect smile.





My advice is as follows:


If it would make you feel better, go see an Invisalign doctor. You can find one in your area at this link (for a group of doctors who have achieved an exceptional level of Invisalign experience)


http://www.invisalign.com/generalapp/us/...


The first consult is usually free. So he/she can tell you that you do not need anything at this point.





Maybe down the line, if your teeth stray further, you'll just have to straighten them a little.



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