Because the photos taken when I just took off my braces were not clear, I made up this one now, that is, when I wore the retainer for three months. I took the photo myself, and the doctor took the photo, but they didn't give it to me, so I didn't want it.

Let's start writing now. The article is very long and divided into three parts. In the first part, I read my whole dental process. The second part is the focus, talking about the whole tooth effect (good and bad aspects), involving tooth demineralization and retention; The third part is some thoughts caused by orthodontics, such as the adjustment of facial morphology by designing orthodontics, whether orthodontics is needed or not, and so on.

It is long and fragmentary, but I also hope that some of the contents in the article can be used as a reference for everyone to discuss together.

I was born with only 25 teeth, and my teeth are bigger. I always feel ugly and dare not show my teeth. I don't think my teeth are particularly bad. It should take a short time to adjust my teeth. Anyway, I finally decided to go to orthodontics. But I didn't expect it to take almost two and a half years to get it.

The first time I went to 30 1 orthodontics, the doctor said I could wear braces tomorrow. I'm at a loss because you have to choose what to buy. I thought orthodontics was a big deal, so I should go to several hospitals to listen to the plan and shop around. But for the sake of the signboard and price of 30 1, it's settled directly.

My mother always tells me that I can't eat when my whole tooth is thin. Don't delay what to eat or grind your teeth during orthodontics. It's no use buying orthodontic wax. But because I didn't know what to eat, I dropped something on my braces two or three times and had to go to the hospital for repair.

This refers to the process of waiting for a call in the hospital. Waiting in line for 1-2 hours is normal. Of course, doctors are also very hard. But public hospitals should be like this. I have a friend who makes an appointment for orthodontics in a private institution, so I don't have to wait long.

I feel that the waiting time may be related to the doctor's style, because after changing to a second doctor, I feel that I have to wait longer every time. But the new doctor is gentle and often tells you what to do next, so it may take longer. The previous doctor didn't have much to say, so he hurried away.

After changing doctors, the first time I went was to make a film. When the second doctor started to look at my teeth, he said this. I refused to accept anyone, so I brought XX (my first doctor). I think the implication of this sentence is that the operating methods of different doctors are still very different.

In fact, I am satisfied with the whole. At the beginning, my purpose was simple, that is, to grind my teeth. I'm worried that the three missing teeth won't close properly. The doctor said no, but you can see from the renderings of my finished teeth (the left below) that there are still cracks in my upper teeth, which appeared when I took out my braces for the first time. However, I don't think this can be attributed to bad teeth, which has a lot to do with the shape of my teeth. Some people are born with square and beautiful teeth (right), while my teeth are born with short and sharp teeth, which are ground like this. Anyway, the shape of natural teeth is not beautiful, so the overall effect is definitely not as good as that of people with natural teeth.

But after wearing braces for more than three months, I think I still wear braces seriously. However, I feel that the gap between the lower teeth is obvious (this one is not obvious in the picture, but you can see that there is a obvious black gap between the two teeth). I wonder if it has anything to do with braces. This continues in the lower retainer section.

After taking off my braces, I asked the doctor if he wanted to wash his teeth. She said I did (I always wash my braces when I take them off). I said there was something white on the teeth (see the picture, the white part of the teeth), and she said it was demineralization. In the process of tooth shaping, I read articles about demineralization, but I didn't expect demineralization. Besides, I have to press my teeth when planting them, so my teeth are very big. I wore a hoop on my whole tooth, and that tooth was badly demineralized. If I hadn't asked curiously, I didn't even know that I had demineralized myself, and the doctor didn't take the initiative to tell me. Actually, I don't even understand this when I think about it now. Why didn't you tell me? Don't you think demineralization is not important?

Maybe some friends don't know what demineralization is. Let me see the picture on Weibo, a dentist I care about, and I can see it more clearly.

White is demineralization, and continued demineralization is dental caries. I won't introduce it here. If you have any related questions, check for yourself. Fortunately, demineralization is reversible, and the solution I see is that fluoride toothpaste and tooth protector can slowly make it return to normal. It is said that GC tooth protection is good, but it is useless after I bought it; I have used the Lion King tooth protector intermittently before (I always forget to use it), but the effect is not obvious at present. Although demineralization is reversible and can be improved, it does not mean that it will be effective soon. Well, it is better to be prepared for a protracted war than to deteriorate into dental caries.

By the way, I saw someone on the Internet saying that he was going to have his teeth cleaned, and the demineralized part was washed away as dental calculus, making his teeth look like apples that had been chewed all over the floor. I feel horrible. Please pay attention if you go to wash your teeth.

To have a good orthodontic effect, you must wear a retainer. I have two brackets, one transparent and the other traditional. Because when I first wore the retainer, I broke the lower tooth retainer when I ate fruit yogurt with the traditional retainer. Khan, I am a living example. You'd better take it off when you eat it.

But in fact, I still think that the traditional retainer is not so fragile, but my retainer is special. Because I am missing teeth, the doctor suggested planting teeth, so in order to prevent my upper teeth from growing too long, there is a part on my traditional retainer to prevent my upper teeth from growing out. I just bit that part, but in fact, the whole retainer is not broken and can still be used. But in short, I always wear a transparent retainer for my lower teeth.

As for the upper teeth, I always wear traditional retainers on my upper teeth because I feel that my transparent retainers are extremely loose. So far, I think my upper teeth are still like that, but the gap between my lower teeth is getting bigger, so I wonder if it's the retainer. I am also struggling, because I see that the traditional occlusal adjustment is good and the transparent fixed tooth position is good. I didn't expect transparency to be more effective in tooth neatness in theory, so I don't know why the gap between teeth will expand.

Recently, I learned for the first time that traditional braces can be tightened. After the doctor tightened it for me, my teeth are still a bit like before, and it hurts a little. Finally, there is nothing to say. Let's put on braces. I have a friend who went abroad after high school dental surgery, but she said that she didn't wear a retainer properly and her teeth shrank back a little. She had an examination abroad, and the doctors abroad said that she should wear the retainer for life. My doctor said to wear it all the time in the first year and half a day in the second.

When I started to get my teeth fixed, I just wanted to close them. The first time I saw my teeth, the doctor said that my upper teeth were a little crooked. I've never noticed that I have this problem before. It's a windfall of my whole tooth. It took me a year to straighten my teeth before I began to notice the shape of my side face. On the one hand, the thickness of braces should make my mouth more convex. On the other hand, I have seen many people look better after pillow correction. For example, I found the following picture in Weibo @ braces home, so I began to expect orthodontics to make my profile look better.

But I don't think my profile seems to have changed after dental surgery. At least I don't feel any obvious changes. I didn't take a profile before dental surgery, so I didn't take it. These two photos were taken recently without a retainer. They all look positive, but they look very different, don't they? It also makes me feel that the influence of camera angle is still quite great.

I don't think my profile has improved because of correction, and I think my mouth is still a little convex, so I began to study this problem. It is estimated that many netizens will think it looks not convex. Actually, I don't think it's too convex Don't worry, listen to me in detail. In fact, I think I have a prominent mouth. I really don't think I'm picky, but it's a common problem. A few days before I took off my braces, I basically watched the WeChat push of the braces home every day. I found that many people have the same question. For example, the following girl posted for help, saying that she felt her mouth protruding and asked if she could wear braces to change her face.

Many people replied that they thought it was good, and I also thought it was convex rather than convex. However, these comments are not important. The important thing is that I saw such a word for the first time in my reply: nasal base. I found that it may not be a tooth problem, or even a mouth problem, but an overall facial bone problem.

I remember reading that my upper lip may protrude more. I forgot whether it was short or long, so it looked a little convex. In short, it's lips, not teeth. Also, when the chin retracts, it will appear that the mouth is convex, which everyone can understand.

Let me talk about the influence of nasal floor on facial morphology in my understanding, because I think my own face has nasal floor problems. In fact, speaking of this, I still saw it on a plastic account. In order to prove that I am not the holder of the plastic surgery number, I put the watermark on the map and make do with it.

Have you noticed that this girl's mouth seems to be convex rather than convex, but the decree pattern is heavier. The plastic surgery number says that her condition is a sunken nose root (circled part). So I studied it again. Of course, my "research" is based on research like Baidu, which is not professional at all. What is said in the article is just my personal feelings, which is very simple and not authoritative at all. I also hope that everyone can correct me and discuss it together. As I'm not a professional, I won't show you what "the root of the nose" and "the middle of the face" really mean. I'm afraid I'll make a mistake. Do your own research when you have time.

Anyway, I continue to study by Baidu, and I found that there is a saying that "Asians are generally flat-faced, and the middle face is underdeveloped". The middle face is underdeveloped, the bottom of the nose is low, and even sunken ... Will you feel desperate? All Asians have problems, and it is a bone problem, and the bones are underdeveloped. Then what should I do ... it seems that I can only say that what you need is not a whole tooth, but a facelift. I saw a case of rhinoplasty. Look at the picture below.

Do you think this girl's nose bottom doesn't feel depressed after plastic surgery? Although I don't think she felt so depressed before, she still felt more fulfilled. Of course, the girl in the picture also had a rhinoplasty, because it is said that the filling of the bottom of the nose will make the nostrils bigger and so on, so this operation is usually done together with rhinoplasty. The plastic surgery number says that the bottom of the nose is just like foundation. Even if the nose is high, the nose root depression will not make the nose high.

Hey, what can I say? Anyway, after learning blindly, I think I may have a new understanding of myself. In fact, when I first fixed my teeth, I didn't consider whether I could change the feeling of beauty on the side. After blind research, I think my side hasn't become beautiful after my teeth are fixed, and I probably can't blame the bad effect of my teeth. It seems that this pot should not answer blows with blows at all. In short, I am satisfied with the effect of my whole tooth, so I will wear a retainer in the future.

Of course, I don't mean to go by myself or encourage everyone to solve the problem of profile modeling. Let's wear a retainer for the whole tooth for a long time, plastic surgery will be more troublesome. The follow-up effect of plastic surgery such as cutting a double eyelid doesn't seem to be too much, but according to my superficial understanding, the nose part is still prone to sequelae, not to mention the shape of the bone, not just the double eyelid cut on the skin.

I think many people are like me. Before reading, there is a popular standard to distinguish beauty from ugliness, saying that the connection between mouth and chin and nose is beauty.

I also think that most of these people look pretty, but if you look at the street, in fact, most people should not meet this standard. Just as I think my mouth is convex, I think most people, including myself, are not beautiful, but this is not a problem. Maybe, as they say, most Asians have this problem, so it's best not to take it too seriously. If you have time to worry about whether your mouth is convex or not or even whether you want plastic surgery, it is better to keep your mouth shut and take your legs and lose ten pounds first. Losing ten pounds may be more useful than plastic surgery, don't you think?

Finally, I want to tell my thoughts to those friends who haven't decided whether to have their teeth filled or not. I think friends who have had their teeth repaired don't look bad at first sight. Of course, if the teeth are really bad, they may start as early as a very young age. However, I still think that if you have the heart to fill your teeth and are not short of money, it is better to do it as soon as possible, and it is more troublesome to save half if you want to go abroad or exchange in the future.

In the process of orthodontics, in fact, I always felt that my whole teeth had not changed much, but when I was going to write this article and then dig out the photos before orthodontics, I still felt that the effect was quite obvious. In fact, when people around me heard that I had a dental restoration, they were all surprised. They will say that they don't think there is anything wrong with my teeth, but in fact they will pay special attention, including not laughing.

I went to orthodontics before because I thought my teeth were ugly and I didn't even notice it. My teeth are a little forward, and I didn't realize it until the doctor said. Maybe at first, we all fixed our teeth for aesthetic purposes, but we may also make some adjustments to the practicality of your teeth, such as occlusal relationship, so I even think that the teeth look good but there is something wrong with occlusion, which may require dental fixation more than ugly ones.

I really think the whole thing is simple and troublesome. As simple as I think I really don't have any uncomfortable process during dental surgery; As for the trouble, I think the process of wearing braces is only a part, and a large part is whether you can listen well and wear a retainer. I know a person who has the best orthodontist in Peking University, but he doesn't wear the retainer correctly. A classmate wears Invisalign but only at night (Invisalign requires to wear it for more than 22 hours a day). I really don't think their correction effect can be good. Of course, if you only care about money and just want to make your teeth better, then I don't think it matters. However, it is precisely because the whole tooth is still very troublesome that many people can't stick to it for aesthetic reasons, so if your teeth are not so bad in the eyes of ordinary people, you might as well be too lazy to do it. Maybe losing ten pounds will make your appearance better.

Anyway, I can think of what I want to say. If you have any questions, please leave a message. I also hope to discuss demineralization, facial morphology and other issues with friends who have the same troubles.