Identiy crisis?

[chaudi]

Do you feel strange now that you look different? Do ever miss the 'old you?'

[MsMichelle]

I am still the same person. I don't feel that my teeth defined who I was. I am just making a cosmetic change but nope I still feel the same.

[coconut]

Pretty much the same person here.

Although I did have occasion to reflect on physical changes when I had my driver's licence renewed recently, and for which a mug shot is required. Certainly, I do look different to the way I did pre ortho treatment. But I'm happy with it.

[livelavalive]

I kind of liked the way I looked with braces. For some reason I felt older, and the glimmer of better results was still possible.

[Sunny]

No change ... teeth are just teeth ... it's what's inside the person that matters and defines that person in this world.

Good luck!

[mariahfromchicago]

I didn't really like how I looked when I had my brace. My teeth weren't even that crooked in the first place. I kind of want my teeth to move back because I liked that my smile was more unique looking before.

[Vess28]

I didn't really like how I looked when I had my brace. My teeth weren't even that crooked in the first place. I kind of want my teeth to move back because I liked that my smile was more unique looking before.

So are you thinking of not wearing retainers? I also didn't mind how my teeth looked before putting braces. Do you think teeth will go back the way they were if we don't wear our retainers?
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Btw, I don't have any identity crisis.
But I did go through a period of intense fear and depression, caused by my mistaken interpretation of dentures (English is my second language, so I thought dentures meant braces. Then I read on Wiki that the longer people wear dentures, the less bone they have in their mouth, hence their sucken-in appearance. You can imagine my panic after wearing braces for 7 years! Thankfully, it was just a misunderstanding, but I was shaken some time after still).

Another huge blow to my moral was when I got Hawley (after taking off braces to fix my tiny overbite). I REALLY wasn't mentally prepared to wear Hawley (upper jaw), nor Essix Retainer (lower jaw), because I felt like I was exchanging one 'torture device' for even worse. It took me some time to accept my fate, but I'm ok now

I'm considering leaving both Hawley & Essix after a month or so. I really don't want to dedicate my whole life to my teeth's minor problems.