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Best Orthodontist for Adults

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  Over the last few years, I’ve deliberately avoided going to the dentist, ignored reminder emails to book my next check-up, and consciously turned my head away while walking past my dentist. I avoided it not because I feared the dentist – but because I just cannot stand the dental drilling sound. What’s more, it had been such a long time since I had been to the dentist that now I was too embarrassed to go. Although, knowing that feeling ashamed will not change a thing, I finally braved a visit to the dentist. And while my teeth were in perfectly good shape otherwise, I needed no fillings or extraction, I did need braces. When I was a teenager, I religiously wore retainers to correct my overcrowding and overbite issues. For at least 2 years, I would wear my retainers to school every day, do homework in them, sleep in them and basically wear them all day except for when I was eating. I was well aware of the fact that these retainers were just a temporary resort and that I would need...