It started with bad orthodontics in middle school, some gaps were closed, but my open bite was never addressed. Went back to a different orthodontist at 18 years old to address the bite and he pulled 4 molars to push everything “back”, my face shape changed completely. Cut to adulthood, I assumed wisdom teeth were the reason my jaw was hurting and ears ringing so a dentist recommended pulling them and I went through with that. I am now 32 and have chronic breathing problems, anxiety, depression, I never feel rested, headaches, pressure in my cheeks, severe astigmatism, asthma/allergies that I had never used to have, clicking in both sides of my jaw, double tinnitus, receding chin, sunken cheekbones, forward head posture, chronic stiff neck and back….the list seems never ending. I am so upset that these doctors took all those teeth from me rather than trying for expansion!! Now Ive gotten the runaround from a local dentist who is trying to help me but my case is so extreme she is intimidated. I have a video consultation with Dr. Movahed next month but I am not financially prepared for the costs and my family isn’t either. I feel so defeated.
