Step Three of My Bite Correction Quest: Optimistic Trip to Smile Outlet for Orthodontic Consultation

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Following the recommendation from Dr. Hill at Teeth on Ferry, I make my way to Smile Outlet in Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast, full of anticipation that this might wrap up my efforts to fix my malocclusion. Join me as I step into the reception, a blend of anxiety and hope buzzing through me while I take off my earrings and necklace per the scan prep instructions. The staff captures precise images and performs a comprehensive digital scan of my mouth to evaluate the issue. Once I'm back in the fresh air, I give the latest: they're still deliberating, since they specialize in lighter to average severity treatments, and my condition requires a group discussion to decide on metal braces suitability. The anticipation builds, yet I'm edging nearer to aligned teeth and that assured grin. Hit subscribe and the notification button to stay tuned for more in this teeth transformation saga!  #orthodontics #biteissues #bracesjourney #dentalupdate #goldcoastsmiles #toothcorrection #confidenceboost

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00:00Welcome to another episode of my ongoing dental journey which is never going to end.

00:07I'm hoping this is the final stop though in my quest to get the malocclusion fix basically.

00:13Dr David Hill at Teeth on Ferry recommended this place.

00:17He said it comes, he highly recommended it basically.

00:20It's probably the cheapest on the coast.

00:22Might be a little bit of a sort of factory outlet type place for envisor liners and metal braces

00:28which is fine because budget is a real consideration for me at the moment

00:32and we've got some noisy crows behind us.

00:34They're probably going to swoop me in a minute.

00:37But basically getting your malocclusion fixed will definitely have health benefits

00:42because malocclusion causes difficulty swallowing, difficulty chewing

00:46and you can do more grinding at night and that can lead to headaches and all sorts of things.

00:53So getting it fixed is good.

00:55I'm a bit disappointed that I'm not going down the envisor line track which is what I was hoping

01:02but I'm also really grateful to Dr David Hill for recommending them saying no.

01:09For a jaw that's not growing, metal braces are the best option

01:13and those of you that follow this channel probably know that Luke, my hubby, is a medical doctor.

01:18He did his own research too about straightening your teeth with envisor line or metal braces

01:25and he also said all the research seems to point to the fact that for a jaw that's finished growing

01:31which mine definitely has, metal braces are the way to go

01:34which wasn't happy, really happy news for me

01:37because I don't know how I'm going to feel about having metal braces in my mouth

01:41and what that's going to feel like.

01:42So I have been arming and arming to be honest quite a bit about whether to actually go through with it or not

01:48but I'm here now so I'm going to go in and I'm going to see what they have to say.

01:53They'll be taking their own scans and probably an x-ray

01:56and importantly as well giving me their price point as to how much this is all going to cost.

02:02It is a commitment if you do commit to getting the metal braces, it's months I guess

02:08and then for the rest of your life you have to have nightly retainers to sort of keep that shape

02:12but I am really sick of grinding just on these back teeth.

02:16There's probably about four teeth on each side that I do all my chewing on

02:20and it can be a bit painful sometimes.

02:23They're right worn down.

02:25These at the front haven't worn down at all because I'm not using them

02:28so I do think that I will probably go through with it but let's go inside

02:32and let's see what they have to say.

02:34So I've just gone to the front desk.

02:49So the first appointment is complimentary, I think it's under Medicare

02:52and I'm going to be seeing a patient coordinator who's going to then start examining what's going on there

02:59and go from there and I'm a bit nervous.

03:04So for the x-ray, I have to take piercings out, they've just told me.

03:10So hopefully I don't lose these earrings.

03:16I've actually lost a really good pair of earrings at Gold Coast University Hospital after my seizure.

03:21Really nice gold earrings.

03:24I'll have to try and look after these.

03:26I have to take my necklace off too.

03:34All righty.

03:46First photo is no smiling.

03:49Just going to do that.

03:50A bit cheesy smile for me.

03:52Perfect.

03:52Yeah, perfect.

03:54Now no smiling there.

03:56Perfect.

03:56Would you like to turn and face this way for me?

03:59Perfect.

04:00Now a big cheesy smile there.

04:02Perfect, thank you for that.

04:04All right, you can take your seat there.

04:06I like mug shots.

04:07Yeah, they're definitely like mug shot photos. It's so funny.

04:13So I was told this x-ray isn't too strong.

04:16No, no, no, no. So it's a digital x-ray, so there's barely any radiation.

04:20I know.

04:21So it's very good like that.

04:22Because I've been radiated so many times.

04:25Yeah.

04:26I've had a CT recently.

04:27Okay.

04:28Yeah, okay.

04:29All right.

04:30Look, you're going to pop in a warm mirror and it's going to the backs of your teeth, okay?

04:35So you can pop your back there for me.

04:37Oh, so you're going to put a mirror in my mouth?

04:38Yeah.

04:39Oh, wow, okay.

04:46Pop in with this.

04:47Now, would you like Tim, would you like to hold this up to the top?

04:50Perfect, thank you.

04:51All right, yeah.

04:52So it's just a bit warm and it's going to the backs of your teeth.

04:55Is that okay?

04:56Hang on.

04:57How's this for me?

04:59Yeah.

05:00It just goes like that.

05:01I hope you open up nice and wide for me.

05:09Would you like to take that out, flip it around, put it at the bottom?

05:12Yeah, that's great.

05:13I'm just going to help you with all that here if that's okay.

05:19I'm just going to do that kind of like that if that's all good.

05:22I'm going to take that, okay?

05:24Was that it?

05:25Was that the x-ray?

05:26No, no, no.

05:27That's just photos.

05:28Sorry.

05:29All right.

05:30Pop in with some stretchy things, okay?

05:31They don't hurt at all but they do stretch.

05:32How's it?

05:33How's it going?

05:34Bite together back for me.

05:35We'll try to hold on to these and pull them if that's okay.

05:36I can help you there and do that.

05:37Perfect.

05:38Ah, this is why I hate the dentist.

05:41Right, I'm just going to see if you can pull it, like that.

05:44Is that okay?

05:45Yeah.

05:46I'm just going to do that if that's all good.

05:48Try to bite together for me.

05:49Start with this.

05:51I'm just going to do that if I do it.

05:54I'm going to.

05:55I'm just going to do that if that's all good.

05:59All right.

06:00Bite together for me.

06:01Okay.

06:02How's it going?

06:03I'm gonna hold on to this side okay I'd like you to loosen that side for me and

06:16back together. I'll hold on to this side. Thank you so much. Quickly pull in here, I'm so sorry.

06:24One more photo. Would you like to hold on to this side for me? Very large photo over here.

06:31Would you like to loosen that side all the way? I'm just gonna quickly pull here, light together for me.

06:38Perfect, sorry. Quickly go in there. Perfect, you did great. Thank you so much.

06:45That is so awful. Why I think it's a dentist. It's all more uncomfortable, isn't it?

06:56You did great. Thank you.

06:59Well, now we're gonna go take that extra, okay? Perfect, thank you so much.

07:04Sorry. I cannot leave my bag there.

07:06You can have it with you if you like. Thank you.

07:09Do you have any earrings, piercings or jewellery at all?

07:12I've taken them off, so I did have two gold earrings and a necklace but they're off.

07:17Oh, does this lower on me? Oh, I had that at ClearSmiles and I actually started getting scared.

07:22Really? Yes, because the machine, I felt, what if it doesn't stop?

07:26No, no, no, no, no.

07:27But that's totally I got scared.

07:29So I just do it like that and then I go up like that, okay?

07:31But if anything feels weird, let me know, okay?

07:33Yeah, but it is gonna lower down on me.

07:35Just a tiny bit, but if you'd like.

07:37That's a really scary feeling.

07:39Okay, well I'm gonna get you to go behind that and face it because they're gonna go in your ears, okay?

07:44Oh, really?

07:45Yeah, they're just gonna sit there, nothing at all is gonna hurt.

07:48If anything feels weird, let me know, okay?

07:49Okay, well it all feels weird already, but so it's not gonna come down too much on my head.

07:55No, no, no, no, no.

07:56Because I wanted ClearSmiles, I was sitting under this machine and I had, and it just kept coming down and down and down.

08:01I know this is a bit scary.

08:03I'm just going to sit forward for me.

08:05Sorry, I'm just going to get a bit more forward there.

08:08Perfect.

08:09So these, you feel right there?

08:11Yeah.

08:12Like these, and they're gonna go in your ears, okay?

08:14That's gonna sit at the bridge of your nose.

08:15Oh, God.

08:16Get a bit more forward there for me.

08:18Awww.

08:19Yeah, perfect.

08:21I knew I shouldn't have gotten over there this morning.

08:26Sorry, I'm just going to take that.

08:27Perfect.

08:28That doesn't hurt, that feels fine?

08:29Well, fine.

08:30Fine?

08:31Yeah, I can do it.

08:32Is it an overstatement?

08:33No.

08:34Alright, I'm just going to pop that there.

08:36Would you like to pop your chin down just a tiny bit?

08:39So kind of like, yeah, perfect.

08:41It goes for, I think, about 10 seconds, so it's very fast.

08:44Okay.

08:45Do you mind lifting your chin up just a tiny bit?

08:46Yeah.

08:47That's perfect.

08:48I've seen Terminator 2.

08:50Oh, I don't see that.

08:51Oh, that's true.

08:52Alright, well, all I want you to do is there's going to be a sign behind the door there.

08:55I want you to just look straight ahead, bite down at the backs of your teeth for me.

09:00Keep biting, keep putting pressure.

09:02Stay as still as you can.

09:03We're going to be out here, okay?

09:04I love it.

09:05It was good that it didn't start lowering on me.

09:07That was really horrible.

09:08Yeah, no, it wasn't lower at all.

09:09Alright, well, perfect.

09:10Well, that's it, okay?

09:11You guys are all good to take your seat in the waiting room.

09:14AJ will be with you very soon for the concert, okay?

09:17Thank you very much.

09:18Perfect.

09:19Thank you, Jamie.

09:20It wasn't too bad.

09:24That wasn't too bad.

09:26Like, at ClearSmiles, the machine just came right down onto my head and it just felt ahhh.

09:32But that, I was a bit more scared beforehand than I should have been.

09:37That really wasn't too bad.

09:38But anyway, I'm glad that's done.

09:40With those metal things pulling back, oh, that's why I hate me and the dentist.

09:44Well, as soon as they start working on your mouth, everything's uncomfortable.

09:48Everything pulls, tugs, and sometimes I even get little cuts on the side of my lips, you

09:53know, and then it's uncomfortable for ages, but I just stop whinging.

09:57So, after the x-ray, I was then brought in to see the patient coordinator who sat down

10:06with me and looked at the x-rays.

10:08So, this may or may not be my final stop.

10:12Like, I couldn't believe it.

10:14He pulled up my x-rays and basically, I don't have an answer yet.

10:18He said that they treat mild to moderate cases of malocclusion.

10:23And so, after looking at what I've got going on, like you said, mine's a little bit more

10:27of a complex case because I have worn down the teeth a lot.

10:30I've got a lot of enamel that's been worn because of my habit of having lemon in my tea,

10:36even though I drink my tea with a straw, which is what dentists have said.

10:40But basically, I do have sort of other issues going on because of habits that I do have,

10:46health habits, you know, like, and look, I did know that.

10:50I do know I've got enamel worn off and I do know that because I've been chewing mainly

10:54on these back teeth here, I've got a lot of sort of flattening of those teeth.

10:58So, they've basically been worn away and I did know that.

11:01So, that was sort of, yeah, I just sat there and I said, oh, please help me here

11:08because I've been to so many places.

11:09But look, they're going to, he's going to sit down with the two,

11:12I think there's two dentists here as well.

11:14They were treating other people at the time, so they're going to have a meeting and just,

11:18or at their meeting I think they go through all the patient cases that have come in.

11:22And he said he actually turns away several people a day who come here

11:26because their cases are too complex.

11:28So, I didn't realise that.

11:29I didn't realise that they treat only mild to moderate cases.

11:32So, anyway, he did say that he'd discuss it with the dentists

11:35and they would get back to me probably in a week.

11:38So, who knows where I'll end up like this.

11:41So, this may not be the final stop to getting my bite fixed.

11:45I'm sort of hoping it will be, but who knows.

11:48But anyway, I told you at the beginning, didn't I?

11:50My dental journey will just keep going forever.

11:53So, stay tuned for the next episode.

11:56Stay tuned for the next episode.

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