Bracing the age barrier

Bracing the age barrier

In their seventies, most people are thinking about settling down with some knitting in front of the television. Yet at the age of 76, Doreen Hurley made the life changing decision to fix the teeth she had hated all her life. As a self confessed coward (who couldn’t even face having her ears pierced), Doreen was apprehensive about the discomfort braces might cause, yet was reassured by the advances in modern orthodontic technology and the technical knowledge of her orthodontic specialist to help her achieve an age old ambition.

Doreen’s dentist had previously expressed concern over the stability and state of her teeth, which were not decaying but were very crooked and had wide gap between the two central upper teeth.  Doreen’s gums were also receding, so she was initially referred to a periodontist to treat her gum disease.  Once the condition of her gums had been stablised, her mouth was considered to be in a fit state for orthodontic treatment which eventually led to her long awaited “brace day.”   Doreen confesses she was anxious about having “a set of wires on her gnashers”, however the excitement of moving ahead with her treatment prevailed over her fears. The support of her family encouraged Doreen still further. Three generations of women in the Hurley family went through orthodontic treatment at the same time, and their stories, laughter and shared inability to eat toffee bonded the women together.

Doreen was thrilled with the end result of her treatment, and stated “yes yes yes, it was worth all the time, cost and trouble… my teeth looked fantastic”. She feels eternally grateful to her orthodontic specialist Peter Huntley of Quality Orthodontics in the West Midlands, whom she describes as her “knight in shining armour and blue latex gloves”.

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