Tootsie teeth

[Guest Razilee]

I finally got Tootsie teeth. Ever since seeing "Toostie" where Michael Dorsey transforms into Dorothy Michael, I've wanted that store-bought smile that seemed to make so much difference. Wigs, make-up, clothes help in presentation, but I was always ashamed to smile, to open my mouth. Now that I've gotten my personalizable upper teeth I find I am smiling more easily and more often. I don't know yet whether it is actually helping with my presentation and they are not recomended for eating because they are not dentures, but I feel more confident which likely helps. They change my face in a good way. I seem to be smiling more even when I'm not wearing them. It not like I'm putting on a false face. It's like I'm letting out the inner me that my natural teeth had been holding back. Has anyone else had a similar problem or experience?

Raz

[Charlize]

One of the first things i did before transition was to begin the long process of getting my teeth fixed. My father would say that "boys" don't need good teeth. I guess he would have expected his daughters to have pretty smiles but certainly not me ( a resentment for sure). Fortunately insurance paid for most of the work but with Invisiline braces and some cosmetic work i also learned to smile. Friends said i looked so much better and i know i felt that way as well. It was well worth the time ,$, and discomfort.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Guest Razilee]

Thanks for your response, Charlize. My situation was that I started loosing teeth at puberty due to deteriation of the the bone. That was also when I became near-sighted and had to start wearing glasses. On top of not growing breasts like my sister it was a very traumatic time in my life! I lost some crooked teeth but not all of them. My cosmetc teeth only cost $34.98 and are proving to be worth much, much more.

{{HUGS}}

Raz

[Guest Raya]

Timely topic, I get fitted for dentures today.

In yet another example of God doing for me what I cannot do for myself, I was at a meeting where I mentioned how self conscious I was about needing dentures and was sitting next to a dentist! He knew I was trans, but I didn't know he was a dentist, and he is quite gifted. He said I should get some feminine teeth - who knew!

Kinda sad to think it took transition for me to work on losing the crusty guy image, but I am sooo looking forward to a nice smile!

[Guest]

I have a dream of a beautiful womanly smile that was shattered by a jokester dentist. My poor ragged teeth needed to be gone. Being indigent I had no money. I found help through a community service finding professionals that can work pro gratus. Everyone but the last dentist was loving and caring and shared my excitement.

My biggest problem was my big male teeth being bullies to my tiny female teeth and painfully twisting them out of line in teeth that never fit my jaw.

I went to this dentist who quickly agreed they all had to come out. He promised a pretty new girl smile, but would not do the work to extract them.

Next we found a good oral surgeon that would, but I could not afford the extra cost of nitrous or anistesia so I had to have all 23 pulled with Novacain shots. Beauty hurts, I know that. After I healed I went back for dentures to dentist one.

The dentures were made with intentional defects that I did not know of until they were examined and explained to me by a denturist.

I was asked what size and color teeth I wanted which were small and bright white. He gave me big ugly male yellow teeth because he said they looked right to him. The dentures did not fit and were painful at the gate. The top plate was so long it was way into my gag reflex and I wondered if they weren't made from someone else's impression. He made the bite way too wide and a top gum overhang portion that made my lip look like a caracture of the Cheshire Cat. I never could eat one bite of food successfully, not even soup that felt like I would drown. When I asked for them to be made over this dentist refused. Each new visit he would take the dentures and grind a tiny bit off and tell me to wear them. After five tries I never went back.

Working on the phone for a Medicare insurance company, client girl friends all told me "Honey, get out your nail file and fix them yourself, we did!". So I did, they are now only cosmetically usable for appearance and I only wear the uppers.

The denturist showed me that the new incisors have to be placed exactly where the old natural incisors have to be with no variance or the plates will rocker hence I can't eat anything. He also stated that no 20+ year dentist would make them as a mistake it had to be intentional.

I cried hard with that knowledge. I can't take any action against him as it was pro gratis and hard to expose his tricks. I can't imagine anyone hating us to want to starve us, but I accept his sick punishment for being me.

I will one day get my pretty new teeth from the dental college, it is all set up all I have to do is find $1400. It's not in my back pocket so I wait.

Dear Lord please don't let this happen to anyone left in my shoes! I will still give a big toothless smile to anyone that will give me a steak. Giggle. I just can't eat nuts, chew gum or bite my fingernails anymore. It's all good and in God's time.

And to you Doctor Doug, I am still an unbreakable woman! You could not be smaller Mr Man! Choke on your good works they will not go unnoticed. JodyAnn

[VickySGV]

I made this post back in October 2012. Dental work is a very positive form of Transition health improvement that too many people overlook. I do not have a visible natural tooth in my head any more since I have crowns and two permanent bridges, but the amount paid by dental insurance and the safety from "outing" myself, etc. did make it part of my total package that was safe and doable. http://forum.lauras-playground.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=50332&hl=

[Guest Razilee]

You have a great attitude, Jody Ann. "It's all good and in God's time." The toothless smile reminds me of my ex-girlfriend. She had missing upper front teeth and was trying to get a new job so I gave her my as yet unpersonalized cosmetic teeth. She got the job and then didn't want to see me any more. Now that I have another set I can smile again. Another saying (My mom had lot's of them.) is "If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger."

{{HUGS}}

Raz

[Guest katie ann flowers]

Hi Raz

I also started smiling again when I got my implants. Its hard to be happy if you cant smile. Also thanks for friending me. As soon as I figure out how to use this system I will return the compliment. Thanks, Katie