Susan’s Cosmetic Dentistry Story
I play tennis with a group of friends every Wednesday. It’s a lot of fun and I get to meet a lot of new people from different ages and backgrounds. There are about 10 teams (11 depending on the season) and we have a round robin type tournament. Our team was called the “Rough Diamonds”. I don’t know who came up with that name but safe to say we had some hidden talent on our team. We had some multiculture and diversity in our team. Dave was Australian and I was from born in China but emmigrated when I was 5. He was 50 and I was 20 years old.
This story is about the captain of our team. I’m not mentioning her name too much, because she’d kill me if she knew I was writing about her. She works at WalMart even though she has a degree in Nutritional Science and plays tennis with us to unwind. We always commented on how good she looked, physically She was quite curvy but fit at the same time and said that when she was younger, she had erratic weight changes. She doesn’t know how she stays toned without exercising that much.
After the Summer season, I was pretty rusty. Walking into the courts, I greeted my team members, one by one. When I saw my captain, I jaw hit the ground. I quickly shut my jaw when she said, “through the magic of cosmetic dentistry my underbite’s gone! What do you think?” My face was down so she couldn’t see my embarassment. I quickly asked her, “it looks good, but did you really have to do it?”
She went on to explain that she had actually been struggling with common things throughout her entire life but particular during her teenage years as she went through puberty. Her underbite was inherited from her mother’s side. When she talked, she had trouble pronouncing some words because, according to her, her tongue with click against the roof of her mouth. I never noticed.
Another problem she had was not eating properly; her bottom molars wouldn’t grind with her top ones. Me and another team mate, Bob, thought she looked better beforehand. She quickly retorted by saying, “it’s not for cosmetic reasons.” We knew that, but in the end, it did have quite a pronounced effect on her face. We got over it pretty quickly. Over the following months, we got used to her “new” face and by the end of the season, we forgot what she looked like prior to the surgery.
Her underbite is no longer a problem to her. She can speak and eat fine. She’s happy and we’re happy for her. She said that doing the cosmetic dentistry surgery was one of the best decisions she’s ever made.
