I don't like the TOWIE trend for having the length of the top front teeth lengthened (veneers or crowns) to make the top lip appear more pouty. If you're hardly able to close your lips together the face looks somewhere between gormless and agressive when in a relaxed state. It's a weird trend that will cost the £££ to re-do when they come to their senses.
and my dentist had to extract 4 perfectly good double molars and then refer me on to see a specialist. I was extremely lucky because he actually referred me to Harley St (!) and Mum had to take me every month for a year to see a brilliant lady orthodontist who fitted braces top and bottom which were checked and adjusted every month. I felt quite intimidated going there because in those days it was considered very posh and out of reach for NHS patients but now I realise just how fortunate I was to get this treatment. Like you Tinks I had the full monty top and bottom and I remember feeling very embarrassed and hating them with a vengeance whereas these days so many kids and adults have them they have almost become a fashion accessory lol. How-ever, they certainly did the trick for me and I think that is why I am very aware of other peoples' teef to this day.
) I know I've got a killer smile which was only enhanced by the orthodontic treatment. My lovely mum used to say that I had a smile that would stop traffic. Aaah perhaps people who have to have a couple of teeth removed and have a brace pull teeth together as with my DS, have to keep wearing it regularly to stop teeth trying to drift back to their original place. He had the top two teeth behind his canines removed due to overcrowding.
