Welcome to my first blog – they’re going to be short, hopefully sweet and will accompany a regular vlog showing me undergoing Eunique’s 6 Month Smile treatment.
I’m not a huge egotist who wants to share my amazing dental journey with the world. It’s more a case of dispelling the mystique that surrounds braces, particularly for an older age group (I’m 53 – can’t believe I’m sharing that with the world).
Why now?
Well, firstly, to stop the pain that gappy teeth brings (food gets caught each and every time I eat, it’s immensely embarrassing). Secondly, to ensure I keep my own teeth for as long as possible (caught food leads to gum disease) and thirdly, for once in my life, I’m in a financial position to place my teeth first and can clearly see the benefits. I grew up in a family where false teeth and Steradent was the norm; Dad lost his teeth at 50 and seemed to accept the loss without complaint. Seems madness now but back then, tooth decay was inevitable (at least for a Glaswegian) and you just got on with it. Fortunately, times have changed, the 6-Month Smile treatment has been developed to correct teeth movement (at whatever age) in a relatively short space of time and the cost is do-able if I give up shoes and party dresses for a while.
My braces are fitted on 30 September so that means by end March 2017, I should be smiling. Touch wood.