Q

Before braces.

Bunny teeth and distinct canines and a very messy bottom because of small Asian jaw. The spread was also pretty strange, with lots of spaces at the side when i smile.

I’m not sure how I lived 17 years being okay with teeth like that, now that i have them straightened… And I don’t just mean aesthetically. In fact, that’s the least significant difference (to me). Having properly aligned teeth helps in the so many areas: sleeping and breathing and chewing and speech.

Right after getting my braces on. Hurt like a bitch and I had to live on soft food. It was horrible.

They straightened really quickly, this was a few months after. For a long time it was stuck at this gap-tooth stage, which I secretly liked.

After more than a year. Straight but my bite was not yet adjusted. Had to wear rubber bands for awhile to reign in my overbite.

The day I got my braces taken off! I think the last photo I have of me in them.

AFTER. Oh god just compare this with the Before. Also idk why they seem so white here.

YAY.

ALTHOUGH.

I’m still stuck on retainers (at least until end of this semester). Need to have them on almost all the time and it’s a huge pain. They impede my speech more than braces did. Also just really uncomfortable, troublesome and horrible.

Nyeh.