Q. Hello, i’m 26 and have had crooked teeth for as long as i can remember. (i used to suck my thumb when i was younger) I first went to a dentist about my teeth when i was 14 or so, he gave me a removeable brace, it was a plastic plate in my mouth with a wire going around my teeth. (top teeth) I wore it for afew weeks, but it was uncomfy and hurt my teeth really badly. so i had to stop wearing it. (i went back to him several times saying that. he changed it slighty and gave it me back :/ no improvement. another few weeks went by, and it still hurt my teeth, so i went back to him, told him that.. he took the brace out of my mouth and threw it into the dustbin. and told me not to come back.! I was only 14 at the time, and wanted my teeth sorting out. he wouldnt help me. (he was the only orthodontist in my area back then) so i had no other choice then to find another dentist.. but they didnt do that kind of work. I never got my teeth straightened. I’m sure i saw a dentist after that time, but it was many years ago, and i’ve done lots since then. I last saw a dentist in march 2008, but not since then. Anyway moving onto my teeth, i’d love to get them looking nice and straightened. my top 2 front teeth overbite the bottom ones, about 1cm? then the 2 top teeth either side of the 2 top front teeth over bite the bottom teeth by half a cm.. like so, _–_