In fact, there is no age limit for orthodontic treatment, as long as the periodontal health is good. On the contrary, there are many psychological limitations. There is nothing that you can’t do as you get older. You must know that no matter what you do, today is always the earliest day.

The following is the personal experience sharing of the 42-year-old sister who has braces and the 38-year-old sister who has braces

The 42-year-old braces aunt’s feelings for 83 days...

Wearing them till today It has been 83 days since I had braces, and I would like to talk about my feelings along the way.

I went for consultation in 2015. When I heard that I needed to have my teeth extracted, I gave up for a while. It wasn’t until September of 2017 that the idea came back to me. In October, I started going to Peking University for dental registration consultation. After several doctors’ arguments, I decided to undergo 5-reduction orthodontics. My dental arch is relatively narrow and my teeth are crowded, so my front teeth are everted, pushing up my upper lip. When the labial muscles are relaxed, my mouth cannot be closed when viewed from the side. If you insist on closing it, the muscles of the lower lip will be tense, and it will appear that the upper lip is forced upward, thus affecting the curvature of the chin. Therefore, the goal of orthodontics is to align and recover the convexity.

Front and profile before orthodontics

I did a lot of homework at the beginning, including braces, black triangles, retainers, what kind of braces to wear to achieve the best results, etc. After eliminating all kinds of doubts, I finally made up my mind to start the long orthodontic journey at the age of 42. First, it was divided twice, and nearly two months later, all four teeth were extracted. After another 10 days of tooth separation, I finally wore the braces I had longed for at the end of 2017.

The first day of splitting teeth on the left side and the first day of braces on the right side

I chose the ceramic self-locking, tomy from Japan, the price is around 5180, and its self-locking door is It is made of metal. The doctor thinks that the force of ceramic itself is not as good as that of metal. This self-locking door is made of metal and will work when force is applied.

In fact, doctors are willing to do metal ones, and the force application is more effective in all aspects, but even for super old aunts like us, it is really a bit overwhelming!