Vanity or/and stupidity?

[Ani Tefillah]

When I was a child, my parents (my mom or/and dentist?) decided that I should have "tooth braces" (🇳🇴 "tannregulering"), because one (or two?) of the incisors up where a little bit crooked.

 

I remember that I hated the tooth braces, and if I had the opportunity to chose, I would rather have been without it! I don't exactly remember how long I had to wear it, but I think it was a couple of years or so (?).

 

Today I'm 🔜 56 years old, and one of the teeth which was in the tooth braces back then, has started to "live its own life", struggling to become as it was before the braces(?). 😂I can only laugh 😅 about it, and it don't mind me at all to have a few crooked teeth, as I'm not vain, and I love my crooked teeth as much as I love my graying hair. 😊

 

Do you have any experience with such "tooth braces", and what do you think about it all?

I encourage you to love yourself as you are, as you are made by the Creator! Because you are so VALUABLE! 🌹 🌼 🌹 🌼 🌹 🌼 🌹

 

[plavious]

26 minutes ago, PrayerWife said:

When I was a child, my parents (my mom or/and dentist?) decided that I should have "tooth braces" (🇳🇴 "tannregulering"), because one (or two?) of the incisors up where a little bit crooked.

 

I remember that I hated the tooth braces, and if I had the opportunity to chose, I would rather have been without it! I don't exactly remember how long I had to wear it, but I think it was a couple of years or so (?).

 

Today I'm 🔜 56 years old, and one of the teeth which was in the tooth braces back then, has started to "live its own life", struggling to become as it was before the braces(?). 😂I can only laugh 😅 about it, and it don't mind me at all to have a few crooked teeth, as I'm not vain, and I love my crooked teeth as much as I love my graying hair. 😊

 

Do you have any experience with such "tooth braces", and what do you think about it all?

I encourage you to love yourself as you are, as you are made by the Creator! Because you are so VALUABLE! 🌹 🌼 🌹 🌼 🌹 🌼 🌹

 

Anxiety kills. Life itself is vanity, man is vanity, Plavious is vanity. I learned this the hard way. I am glad i finally accepted the truth. Permit me say this. I have been so worries about my security and food and accomodation and health and that have been traumatizing me. At one point, i lost hope of everything and i felt better. I was angry with God but till date and forever he remain God, the i am that i am and the prince of peace. Today i am still what God wanted and God still supreme. Vanity is vanity

[Keturah 123]

Amen.

[grahampaul]

3 hours ago, Slibhin said:

I read the title and thought "We can only pick one?"

 

 

 

 

And/or slibhin.

[teddyv]

I did the full retainers and braces as a kid. From 12 to 17 years old. Even had the atrocious headgear 

It did correct my overbite and made space in my upper jaw but it was not a fun ordeal. My teeth have since crept out of place at bit along the bottom row.

Two of our kids so far have had a short stint with braces and now have permanent retainers.

[Marathoner]

Teeth and the structures supporting them are a complicated affair. Dentists work at correcting issues with children which can lead to serious problems later in life. Braces are not used to address matters of vanity. They serve a practical purpose. 

For example, crowded teeth can lead to conditions which can result in tooth decay (it's virtually impossible to clean them properly)... decay leads to infections... infection leads to bone loss... and bone loss causes the loss of teeth. Oral infections have been causatively linked to heart disease and arterial plaque (arterial blockages).  

I learned more about this subject than I ever wanted to know. As a child, I had "perfect" teeth. I developed problems which grew worse over the years and the source was an enduring mystery. No matter what I or dentists did, I kept showing up with a mouth full of abscessed teeth. A course of antibiotics would cause them to disappear, only for the abscesses to appear all over again. I lived with constant pain. 

During my early 40's when I came close to death, I lost my teeth due to bone loss. Those that didn't fall out on their own had to be removed later by a dental surgeon. Believe me when I say that this was a wonderful blessing, for those abscesses I lived with for so long were exerting constant pressure on my sinuses, compounding my misery. It was atrocious. 

Recently, the mystery behind it all was revealed: granulomatous disease, a genetic deficiency which robs the body's immune cells of the ability to destroy bacterial and fungal invaders. Issues which the immune system deals with easily in others were catastrophic for me. A CT scan of my torso done for a different purpose revealed what was happening inside of my body all those years ago: lymph nodes next to my heart are calcified... my lungs are extensively scarred... the remains of granulomas were observed inside of my lungs... and so the evidence led the reviewing radiologist to diagnose past granulomatous disease. The calcification of lymph nodes is a classic symptom of granulomatous disease. 

What was going on in the mouth reflected what was happening inside of this body, my friends. My brain was also damaged by infections. So, oral health is far more important than anyone knew in years gone by. 

Just so the reader will understand what the Lord did when He raised me up to live and not die, He reversed the course of those infections that were killing me. The Lord rejuvenated my brain, reversing the damage that was done. Jesus Christ raised me up and set me on these two feet again.  

Edited February 17, 2023 by Marathoner
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[Ani Tefillah]

23 hours ago, Marathoner said:

Teeth and the structures supporting them are a complicated affair. Dentists work at correcting issues with children which can lead to serious problems later in life. Braces are not used to address matters of vanity. They serve a practical purpose. 

For example, crowded teeth can lead to conditions which can result in tooth decay (it's virtually impossible to clean them properly)... decay leads to infections... infection leads to bone loss... and bone loss causes the loss of teeth. Oral infections have been causatively linked to heart disease and arterial plaque (arterial blockages).  

I learned more about this subject than I ever wanted to know. As a child, I had "perfect" teeth. I developed problems which grew worse over the years and the source was an enduring mystery. No matter what I or dentists did, I kept showing up with a mouth full of abscessed teeth. A course of antibiotics would cause them to disappear, only for the abscesses to appear all over again. I lived with constant pain. 

During my early 40's when I came close to death, I lost my teeth due to bone loss. Those that didn't fall out on their own had to be removed later by a dental surgeon. Believe me when I say that this was a wonderful blessing, for those abscesses I lived with for so long were exerting constant pressure on my sinuses, compounding my misery. It was atrocious. 

Recently, the mystery behind it all was revealed: granulomatous disease, a genetic deficiency which robs the body's immune cells of the ability to destroy bacterial and fungal invaders. Issues which the immune system deals with easily in others were catastrophic for me. A CT scan of my torso done for a different purpose revealed what was happening inside of my body all those years ago: lymph nodes next to my heart are calcified... my lungs are extensively scarred... the remains of granulomas were observed inside of my lungs... and so the evidence led the reviewing radiologist to diagnose past granulomatous disease. The calcification of lymph nodes is a classic symptom of granulomatous disease. 

What was going on in the mouth reflected what was happening inside of this body, my friends. My brain was also damaged by infections. So, oral health is far more important than anyone knew in years gone by. 

Just so the reader will understand what the Lord did when He raised me up to live and not die, He reversed the course of those infections that were killing me. The Lord rejuvenated my brain, reversing the damage that was done. Jesus Christ raised me up and set me on these two feet again.  

Thank you for sharing this, as I learned that some have "tooth braces" of necessity (?). I'm sorry to hear about all that you had to endure, but I am so grateful to Abba Father that you are healed now! 😊