nhs dental veneers

i had braces for like 4/5 yrs n now ma teeth have not gone straight because i never wore my retainers, n they wernt fully straight wen the train tracks were taken out. n im not happy with ma teeth, want them more straight n more white. i am gettin free healthcare cos im 18+ and go 2 uni, so i filled out a form and really wnt veneers done.

Firstly:

If you didn't wear your retainers, then it's your own fault your teeth didn't stay straight so why should the NHS pay to correct that?

Secondly, not everyone who is 18+ and goes to university gets free healthcare. I assume you've filled in your HC1 form, in which case that should detail what you can have done with it.

Thirdly, for God's sake learn to write proper English!

That's a bit harsh, she may have been quiet young when she got the retainer and we don't know why she didn't wear it. Maybe it hurt a lot, mine hurt my jaw so much I could only eat soft foods for the first couple of months I wore it. I was very tempted to stop wearing it but seeing as my parents paid for it and I'd spent 1 1/2 years in horrible braces I kept it up. I'm not sure that a medical system that rejects people based on whether we think they are stupid is going to work very well.

As for writing in proper English, sometimes people make typos on forums and don't bother to spell check seeing as they are meant to be casual friendly places.

Sweetie, if your teeth weren't straight, then why did they take them off? Does nobody think to question these things occasionally?

Personally, I have found venners a lot of trouble, for example I can't bite into an apple for the fear of them falling off. I would have just got mine whitened but apparantly that wasnt possible as my front teeth had no enamel on them. I think whitening would be the easier option for you.

Generally there is a limit to how straight they can get your teeth. Sometimes making them totally straight would cause problems with your bite and other times it's just plain impossible.

Retainers often hurt not just because they may be badly designed but because your teeth move a bit when you have them off to eat etc and when you put them back on they get moved again. Mine hurt my jaw because they stopped me closing my mouth and teeth in a comfortable position when I wore the retainer. It's not something can they can fix really but luckily many people don't have that problem or get used to it after a couple of months.

Did you ever have bracer or a retainer yourself? These things are generally well known to people who have had them.

Yes, I'm not entirely ignorant or I wouldn't have commented. I had braces for almost 2 years, and then retainers full-time for 6 months and at nights for another 3 years.

My retainers were uncomfortable and painful at times, but nothing compared with the braces themselves. Also because I'd had a good orthodontist (compared with my sister's one who really rushed people through and so had a much higher relapse rate from anecdotal evidence) I didn't have so much trouble with teeth moving once I'd got the retainers. Sure, I talked like an idiot for the first few days, but I adapted.

So please don't patronise me.