Sunday, April 13, 2008 / 9:17 PM
teeth woes

I AM PREGNANT WITH WORRIES AND TROUBLES!!!

Whoa seriously everything has escalated out of control. I feel so so strained now, with all my thoughts poured into deciding whether to go for JAW SURGERY or not. Information is so easily obtainable and processed, but i am unable to come to a decision. SIGH. I am really very troubled and rather frustrated and annoyed that i am being thrown with this now.

I am really really lost, at my wits end.

Ok i have 2 options, or so i think.
  1. Go for braces, straighten my teeth and try to make both rows of teeth symmetrical. To get the center line, i can opt to remove one teeth from my lower jaw and just to straighten teeth out.
  2. Go for braces for at least 6 mths to 1 year, then go for jaw surgery. Recuperation needs about 1 month, after that it is the slow journey to the complete healing of my jaws, which could take up to 1 year. Then resume braces to fine-tune my teeth.
Both options are do-able, and do not seem that difficult. The only flip side to option 2 is that i have to choreograph my surgery and everything according to the school semesters and exam periods. I gotta wait for a nice time where we will have a long hols in uni so that i can go fix my jaw. I prefer option 1 cos it is simpler and less troublesome. But my jaws remain asymmetrical, so the condition is still present, just that it looks like it has been corrected.

My dentist and orthodontist and oral surgeon at Jurong Medical Centre has told me to choose wisely. The option is of course 2, cos it would be the most ideal and i can get the most obvious and dramatic results. However, my 2nd opinion obtained from NUH is that braces and jaw surgery are optional, and since i have survived thus long with this condition, it should not pose a problem unless i am keen on fixing this and correct my teeth and smile. Otherwise it is pretty unnecessary since it really doesn't affect me much in eating and speaking, except in the self-consciousness i experience.

SO WHAT THE HELL SHOULD I DO???

Perturbed, disturbed, troubled, upset, stressed and really pissed. It all started with a visit to the dentist with the hope of extracting my impacted wisdom tooth, then escalated and snow-balled into such a big issue. WHOA WHOA WHOA. I have more than i can handle on my plate now.

Everything is going to be long-term. I cannot turn back or regret once something is done. Irreversible changes. Permanent modifications. Superficiality? Plastic-ness? Clinical look? I don't know man. Something inside tells me that people place more focus on appearance than the "feel". Even if i may feel comfortable with the way i look and am, others may think in another way.

Haiyo, so fed-up with everything.

Looking at my pictures, i hope u guys give me some advice or your two cents worth. SHOULD I GO FOR JAW SURGERY OR NOT??? I believe that since you are my friend and spend time perusing my blog, you would so kindly leave me a tag at the tag box. It is the 3rd diamond on the top left hand corner of my entry. They look a little invisible though.

TAG AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!

Thanks!




see how the center lines don't meet in one straight line? my lower jaw is a little seng yek to the left i.e. grew a little faster on the right, causing the right to be longer than the left.



my teeth seems crooked.


side profile of me on the right, showing a slightly weird and puffer-fish like mouth shape

sigh.

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