Fashion braces: E don turn trend for Nigeria?

Ezinne Ojo bin faced a problem, when she was young she had an accident that left her front teeth unstraightened.

It has been carrying food for years and the e bin does not make me smile outside well.

Mrs. Ojo bin don sabi di idea of ​​braces bifor but not until 2022, with the encouragement of two doctors who tell me she wants to go, she has started a project to get her smile back.

He told BBC News Pidgin about when he first learned about what he calls teething. He said, “I don’t remember the first time I heard about braces. Be like me and say I can solve your problem. Like, for example, if pesin gets a fever, I’m going to tell you tell you to get paracetamol , da and kassi.

“Well, when I’m not ready, I’ve had two doctors examine me and they say, I need braces, and to say braces I’m going to solve the problem.”

But for the kontri wey di Nigerian Association of Orthodontists revealed, let’s only get about 70 specialists to perform the dis kain procedure, to correct the result of her childhood accident.

He says, “I get metal braces becos e bin dey cheaper for me. The fitting cost me about 750,000 naira ($494). I also have to cut four teeth so I add money. about 900,000 ($508) naira for installation p.m .».

Mrs. Ojo tok said the reason why it costs like this say, “I go to a private hospital to do. I choose to do I’m for private, so I go fit to arrange wit di hospital and I came to retighten my braces. “

For Nigeria nowadays braces are not done much pride but from wia you get your braces done and if you do it is for a private hospital as opposed to a public hospital even though the price is not much different.

But no be di only tin pipo dey reason wen dem tok say dem wan do braces.

Mrs Ojo explained, she said: “With the public hospital there are specific dates to come if you want to get one or two made for your braces. So I want some flexibility because of my job and because I go to a private hospital to do . “

Di craze for braces like many oda tins wey pipo like they come from inside.

Mary wey is an entrepreneur and the bin also makes her own braces, she tells BBC News Pidgin says it’s the first time she’s heard of TV braces.

He said, “That I can’t say in the first place, because I don’t hear about braces for TV. I can’t say, I watch a lot of Disney channels growing up, so it’s possible to say from one of my shows follow listen for am. “

Mary talked about how her own teeth start. She says she’s learning as she gets older, her teeth are just coming out. She reveals she says, “I’m getting braces because my teeth are falling out over time, and I’m just getting more and more separated. So I decide to say I’m going to clean up.”

“I feel a little insecure. I don’t smile most of the time. I’m very, very weird about my teeth.”

Mary broke down the cost of the procedure, wey still paying till now as she wants to get her teeth checked up.

He says, “I spend a lot of money on my teeth. First I pay for orthodontist sessions, I can’t even afford to start the treatment. And the bucket costs about 980,000 naira. I pay money every six weeks, I go for check-ups and call again and make bags.”

But Mary thinks braces are the best option to fix her teeth to say she’s hearing about options that don’t sound at all.

“Braces are the only natural solution I’m fit to get my teeth. The solution bins are more technical, I like to have surgery to get veneers out. I’m not interested in veneers at all. way to fit, they look fake, but the more natural means of getting your teeth with braces,” he said.

But it doesn’t mean that processes don’t take place in the way they affect lives.

From food restriction to pain, from two women from BBC News Pidgin follow the document of tok bin all di tins wey do dem, one of the women who want to stop and give up.

Mary reveals she says, “Mainly, I’m not prepared financially and mentally, I’m not just physically prepared for the amount of pain I’m in, to put spacers to make room for bands, the pain will last for weeks.

“Ah, I’m not ready at all. I’m going to say pain to see harder tin becos for a while I don’t even put steak. I almost leave everything sef, say make dem just comot am. Master, you don’t stop.”

But Mrs. Ojo revealed said: “It is not obvious that they do not match steak. movement and how long you apply wear the brace.

“Sometimes, the wires go to choke you in your mouth, drag me and not my face. I also like to bite my partner up and down, and now I’m not able to bite again,” he said as he said. to laugh

“From an accident that happened to me, I was very cut, my incisors were crooked and the bucket that I carry is like this throughout primary, secondary education in the university and I always have in my mind, say to go and fix them.”

“I’m very self-conscious, I don’t have a proper open-mouth smile. So I always go for closed-lipped smiles or avoid photos altogether.”

Doctor Keye wey is a dentist for Khings Dental Clinic to say some pipo dey get braces just for fashion.

“We recommend braces for teeth correction. Some people call to say they want braces, we ask if I don’t use for fashion, and only doctors recommend braces for teeth correction. Some people don’t buy disposable fashion.” it’s ok.

I can’t say that I will consider different conditions to recommend for patients that I use correct minor tooth irregularities.

Dr. Keye Tok says doctors recommend ceramic or metal braces based on tooth occlusion in the jaw or teeth, and patients should come for regular check-ups to align the teeth.

Tell us during the consultation, check if the pesin’s teeth are aligned and the movement between the teeth, mouth, jaws and gums, to consider correction of the teeth.

“We look at the relationship of the jaw, the teeth and the road parts of the mouth to see if they are aligned. If the bite fits properly without biting the tongue and if it doesn’t affect the way di pesin dey tok and chop,” he said. Dr Keye on the BBC. News Pidgin.

The doctor explains that his price ranges from 700,000 naira ($460) to 1 million naira for any public and private medical center across Nigeria.