King_George
06-01-2014, 09:02 AM
(Hi, I'm new).
Does anyone here feel anxious (insecure is probably a better word) about their teeth? How do you deal with it? Special shout out to anyone with particularly bad teeth (and I don't mean having braces or an out of place k-nine, I mean, your smile is a mess).
I have really bad teeth because of a couple of accidents when I was young, it has left me with front teeth that have gaps, are chipped, and the worst thing being one of them has grown curving backward (not out of the gum, but the tooth itself curves). The dentist has tried countless times to hide the chip, but all of the fillings have been transparent. Plus other painful, yet ultimately useless procedures. As for the rest of it, the only thing that's been recommended to me is grinding them all down and getting false teeth. That is not something I want to do for purely cosmetic purposes (other than how they look, I have no problems with them).
I've struggled with my teeth my whole life, and I know for a fact, that the second I open my mouth, it impacts how people think of me in a negative way. I have social anxiety disorder so you can only imagine how much it impacts my life. I just hate my teeth and there's nothing I can do about it.
How do you even deal with it? I need to not hate them, but how can I not when they're hideous?
Does anyone here feel anxious (insecure is probably a better word) about their teeth? How do you deal with it? Special shout out to anyone with particularly bad teeth (and I don't mean having braces or an out of place k-nine, I mean, your smile is a mess).
I have really bad teeth because of a couple of accidents when I was young, it has left me with front teeth that have gaps, are chipped, and the worst thing being one of them has grown curving backward (not out of the gum, but the tooth itself curves). The dentist has tried countless times to hide the chip, but all of the fillings have been transparent. Plus other painful, yet ultimately useless procedures. As for the rest of it, the only thing that's been recommended to me is grinding them all down and getting false teeth. That is not something I want to do for purely cosmetic purposes (other than how they look, I have no problems with them).
I've struggled with my teeth my whole life, and I know for a fact, that the second I open my mouth, it impacts how people think of me in a negative way. I have social anxiety disorder so you can only imagine how much it impacts my life. I just hate my teeth and there's nothing I can do about it.
How do you even deal with it? I need to not hate them, but how can I not when they're hideous?