I have decided to get braces. Unfortunately I didn’t wear my retainer the last time I had them and it’s recently started to annoy me. I plan to change career’s next year to a more public one, so it seems like a good time to do it now and just get it over and done with.
I saw the orthodontist today and say my dentist last month. The dentist just offers Invisalign instead of traditional braces, so I wanted a second opinion and I got one today. She said traditional braces take longer, which is a major downside as I want this done before I start my course next August, but they are a lot cheaper. There are two types of traditional braces: the normal ‘train tracks’ and the ceramic ones, which are a bit more discreet. Tbh, it’s between Invisalign or the ceramic ones as the ceramic is only a bit more expensive than the traditional type. Invisalign was initially not something I wanted to consider because it’s like 3x’s more expensive, but the fact it takes less time, has made me want to seriously consider it again.
— So, I asked tarot for a past, present and future of the braces journey.
— I then pulled a card for each type of brace starting with traditional, ceramic and then Invisalign.
— Third row of card was to ask for how good an option the orthodontist was, and 2nd card was for the dentist.
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I see Death as quite positive for present because it represents a ‘transformation,’ which could mean the situation changing. 5 wands I was a little concerned about until I realised it looks like the wands are the braces moving the teeth about sometimes tarot can be really literal imo.
For the traditional braces option was King of Swords. Hmm, does the job well I suppose. 4 wands was ceramic braces, they would do a very good job and I’d be happy with them. Invisalign was 8 Wands…they’re quicker.
The orthodontist was Temperance, so she’s fair. Dentist is 6 Wands, he may be the one I choose since he looks successful here.
I’d really appreciate anyone’s thoughts. I am not in a rush to make a decision, I have a dentist appointment in January so plenty of time.
I did pull 2 clarifiers for the future 5 Wands cards cos I was confused about it at first. Ace sword is what it means, 5 Pents what it does not mean. So 5 Wands is positive I think. I’ll post the same photo again but with the clarifier’s showing so you can see.
I think I go with the dentist and Invisalign. He does offer free teeth whitening and composite bonding is on offer too.
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