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Today has just been a day FULL of bad news. I'll skip most of it and get right to the great and wonderful fun I had at the dentist's office. One year ago, I got a checkup, and they told me I had NO cavities. Just one year ago. I went in today, and they found FIVE fucking cavities. He says I should floss daily to avoid this in the future. As if that would be bad enough, I decided to ask him about the alignment of my teeth. My teeth don't line up quite right. In the front, the top is narrower than the bottom, and as you get into the further back teeth, The top teeth on both sides sit off to the right of the bottom teeth when I bite down. This is otherwise called a crossbite, and a severe one at that. He's amazed that I never saw an orthodontist to get it corrected as a child. Well, if he had the life I had growing up, he would understand that spending thousands of dollars to fill my mouth full of metal and to put a jaw straightener around my head wasn't exactly feesable for us. Hell, I went at least 7 years without even a single dental appointment, because (I'm assuming) we didn't have insurance coverage to pay for it. Anyway, he recommends that I see an orthodontist to discuss what they could do. He also added that it could get quite expensive considering the extent of the problem. I really don't want to be in braces while I'm in college, and I can't afford it, so if this little problem of mine doesn't land me in dentures by the time I'm 30, I can handle a little abnormality in my wear pattern or whatever the hell he said.

I do need to brush and floss more often, though...

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