so confused. should i keep my braces on?

Choco2712
Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:14:51 +0000

Hey all.

argh, here goes. So, I’m an incoming freshman this year. I’ve had braces on for two years,
and my orthodontist was planning on getting me a retainer pretty soon and I would take them off in another month or so.

Here’s the problem. My mom wasn’t really satisfied with what my teeth look like now (my mouth sticks out A LOT), and she told the orthodontist that she doesn’t see much progress.
Orthodontist gets offended (he didn’t say or anything like that, but it was pretty obvious), and calls my stepdad who then gets mad at me because apparently I’ve been so indecisive and whatever, when actually everytime he asked me how I liked my teeth were looking, I said that I didn’t see any progress…

But anyways, I really don’t know if I want to keep my braces on for another year, at least. I was really self-conscious during my high school year because I was basically the only senior with braces at my school. I had to wear my braces to prom and graduation. hated it.
I was really looking for starting college without the braces, and it looks like I’ll have to pull out my teeth and wear them at least until I’m a sophomore.
My stepdad told me to decide whichever I wanted, but when I told him I was kind of leaning towards keeping them on because I do think that my teeth should be pulled back more, he looked ****ed.

I really don’t know what to do. If I keep my braces on, my parents would have to spend more money and I’ll probably most likely be self-conscious about my braces, but to take them off I’m too unhappy with it. It seems like everyone’s mad at me when I had no say in this. What should I do?