2nd grade: Top braces and spacer put in place.
3rd: Full set of braces and brackets put in place.
5th: Full set of braces and brackets taken off.
6 months later I receive my adult teeth - came in even more crooked than my baby teeth. Canines came in sideways.
End of 5th: Full set of braces and brackets put back on.
Beginning of 8th: All brackets taken off, top braces removed. A wire lining my bottom teeth is connected to the bottom braces. I am given a retainer for my top set.
Middle of 9th grade: Wire breaks off from age (Dr. Mashouf forgot it was in there) during a soccer game. Luckily, I am unharmed. My parents agree that this is the end of my treatment and the bottom braces are removed.
I was told that the second set of braces/brackets was free of charge, but I wonder WHY I was ever given the first set in the first place. Incompetency? The Dr. personally shaved down my canines without my permission, and then he tried for a half hour (I was 13 at the time) to talk me into a surgery where he would break my jaw and realign it - no more overbite. I asked him the medical reasoning, he told me "in case I ever want to become a model." Form your own opinions.
The staff was always nice and all but 1 canine gives me a perfect smile.
out of 5 stars
