I have always had two front teeth that crossed over, so decided to do something about it by getting a fixed brace with smile stylist in Manchester. The staff are lovely and the cost seemed reasonable for long lasting straight teeth. After seeing Sandeep (the owner) I was re assured that if I followed their advice and guidance I would have straight two front teeth for life.
I could see the difference after a few months of wearing my fixed brace, although it was a pain being in my late twenties and wearing a brace 24/7, eating and cleaning the brace etc, I wanted my two front teeth the be straight so knew it would all be worth it in the end.
And it was! When I got my fixed brace off after about 8 months I felt amazing and like a new women, I loved my straight two front teeth and Sandeep placed a permanent wire retainer in the back of my teeth (this was not visible) and I was told this would keep my two front teeth in place.
However two weeks later while eating half of it pinged out of my mouth! So I went back to Sandeep and he said the shape of my mouth meant a wire retainer would not stay. So I was given a plastic retainer and told to wear this every night and my teeth would stay in place.
So here I am two years later and my two front teeth are crossing over again!
I have been into smile stylist and called a few times and spoken to Gemma,to ask what I should do, should I get another retainer? (At an additional cost of £70 to me) the mould they have for my mouth is where my two front teeth don't cross, so they could order me one, but if I doesn't fit I have wasted £70! And I was told I could get a new mould of my mouth made, but that will be of my mouth now where obviously my two front teeth are crossing again.
When I've asked Gemma how I can make sure my front teeth go straight again she has suggested more treatment e.g another brace
So all in all I have paid a lot of money and worn a fixed brace for 8 months only for my two front teeth to temporarily be straight, now I look at them everyday and think the money and time I spent at smile stylist was for nothing.
So I am looking at either spending more money on my two front teeth, or accepting that these will not be straight, as you can imagine both situations I am not happy with at all
The staff are lovely here, but it all comes down to to treatment and mine didn't last. read more