Indlela Amazinyo Ami Aqonde Ngayo Aphenduka Ngophawu Lomcebo

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• Uma uhluphekile, izinto eziningi zehlela kumamaki abonakalayo obuphofu
• Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, sathola izindaba zokuthi umshwalense wami wawungeke uzikhokhele izinsimbi zokubopha
• Noma kunjalo ngangiba nelungelo ngezindlela eziningi
• Ngithukuthele ukuthi amazinyo aphilile nokunakekelwa kwamazinyo akuyona ilungelo wonke umuntu angakwazi ukufinyelela kulo

Sibona kanjani ukwakheka komhlaba esikhetha ukuba yibo - futhi nokwabelana ngamava acindezelayo kungakha indlela esiphathana ngayo, ibe ngcono. Lo ngumbono onamandla.

Ngobusuku ngemuva kokuba udokotela wamazinyo wangincoma ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ngifakwe izinsimbi, ngaya e-turkey ebandayo ngilele ngomunwe wami wenkomba yangakwesokudla emlonyeni wami. Ngangineminyaka engu-14. Umkhuba wasebusuku wawungukubamba kusukela ebuntwaneni bami ovela ohlangothini lukamama. Umzala wami oneminyaka engama-33 usakwenza, futhi umama wakwenza isikhathi eside kunezingane eziningi.

Lo mkhuba futhi wawungaba yicala ekwenzeni ukubhebhetheka kwami ​​kube kubi kakhulu kunofuzo kuphela obekungaba khona. Ngemuva kokushona kukamama, ngenza noma yini ukuze ngilale kahle ebusuku, noma ngabe kusho ukulala ngomunwe wami emlonyeni.

Ukuma kwakunzima ngokwedlulele ekuqaleni, kodwa ngangifuna ngempela izinsimbi - futhi ngangifuna ukuthi zisebenze ukuze ngingaphinde ngibe namahloni ngamazinyo ami agwegwile futhi.

Lapho ekugcineni ngilahlekelwa wonke amazinyo engane yami, ngangicishe ngibe ngu-14 - ngimdala kunabangani bami abaningi abaqala ngama-brace esikoleni esiphakathi. Abanye baze baqala isikole samabanga aphezulu ngamazinyo aqonde ngokuphelele. Angikwazanga ukuthola ama-brace ngaphambili ngoba ngangimpofu futhi kwakudingeka ngilinde izincomo zikadokotela wamazinyo.

Uma uhluphekile, izinto eziningi zehlela kumamaki abonakalayo obuphofu

Izambatho zeKmart neWalmart, izicathulo ezingekho komkhiqizo ezivela kwaPayless, ukunqunywa kwezinwele okuvela kwaSupercuts esikhundleni se-bougie salon yedolobha, izingilazi ezishibhile ezizohlanganiswa umshuwalense wezempilo womphakathi.

Omunye umaka? Amazinyo "amabi". Ngenye yezimpawu zaseMelika zomhlaba wonke zobumpofu.

“[Amazinyo‘ amabi ’abonwa njengohlobo lokuziphatha okuhle futhi okuvame ukulingana nokuziphatha, njengabantu abanamazinyo ahlukene kahle bayawohloka,” kusho uDavid Clover, umbhali nomzali ohlala eDetroit. Wahamba iminyaka eyishumi engenalo uhlobo lokunakekelwa kwamazinyo ngenxa yokushoda komshwalense.

Intengo emaphakathi yama-brace ngo-2014 yayisuka ku- $ 3,000 iye ku- $ 7,000 - obekungeke kutholakale ngokuphelele kithi.

Siphinde sibe nokuhlangana okungekuhle nokumamatheka okuswele amazinyo noma okungahambisani nse nokumhlophe ngokuphelele. Ngokuya ngocwaningo olwenziwe nguKelton lwe-Invisalign, abaseMelika babona abantu abanamazinyo aqondile njengamaphesenti angama-58 amathuba okuphumelela. Futhi kungenzeka ukuthi bathathwe njengabajabule, abanempilo futhi abahlakaniphile.

Njengomfundi wasesikoleni esiphakathi lapho umzali wakhe engakwazi ukukhokhela i-orthodontic noma i-orthodontic ekwelapheni ephaketheni, kunzima uma uphikisana nezibalo ezinjalo.

Ngokusho kweNational Association of Dental Plans, ngo-2016, amaphesenti angama-77 abantu baseMelika babenomshuwalense wamazinyo. Ababili kwabathathu baseMelika abanomshuwalense babenomshuwalense wangasese wamazinyo, ovame ukuxhaswa ngumqashi noma okhokhelwa ukuphuma ephaketheni. Lokhu kaningi akuyona inketho yabantu abampofu.

ULaura Kiesel, umbhali ozimele ovela endaweni yaseBoston, wakhokha ephaketheni ukuze kukhishwe amazinyo akhe okuhlakanipha futhi wahamba ngaphandle kwe-anesthesia ngoba wayengakwazi ukukhokhela imali engaphezulu kwama- $ 500. “Kwakubuhlungu ukuphaphama ngale nqubo ngoba amazinyo ami okuhlakanipha ayethinteke kakhulu ethanjeni okwakufanele aqhekeke futhi lalinegazi kakhulu,” kukhumbula uKiesel.

Ukushoda komshuwalense wamazinyo nakho kungaholela esikweletini sezokwelapha futhi uma ungakwazi ukukhokha, isikweletu sakho singathunyelwa kuma-ejensi amaqoqo futhi singathikameza isilinganiso sakho sesikweletu iminyaka.

"Izinqubo zamazinyo obekufanele ngenze zona zithathe cishe iminyaka eyishumi ukukhokha," kusho uLillian Cohen-Moore, umbhali nomhleli waseSeattle."Ngasiqeda isikweletu sokugcina sesikweletu samazinyo ngonyaka odlule."

Udokotela wamazinyo waqinisekisa ubaba wami ukuthi iMassHealth, izwe laseMassachusetts lakhulisa ukunakekelwa kwezempilo emhlabeni wonke ukuthi uMthetho Wokunakekelwa Okungabizi kakhulu wawususelwe, "nakanjani uzongamukela" ngenxa yokuthi amazinyo ami ayemabi kangakanani. Kwakungeke kudingeke ukuthi akhathazeke nganoma yimaphi ama-copay. (Selokhu kwashona umama, ubaba wami wayekade engumzali ongayedwa nomshayeli wekhumbi edonsa kanzima eminyakeni eyalandela ukwehla kwamandla omnotho. Umsebenzi wakhe awuzange ufike ne-401 (k) noma umshuwalense wezempilo oxhaswe yinkampani.)

Futhi bengazi ukuthi ama-copays angenza ama-brace ami angabizi, ngoba besivele sifike sekwedlule izinyanga kuzo zonke izikweletu esinazo - intela, imoto, ikhebula ne-inthanethi.

Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, sathola izindaba zokuthi umshwalense wami wawungeke uzikhokhele izinsimbi zokubopha

Babebone amazinyo ami engalungile ngokwanele. Engangicabanga ngakho kwakuyisikhunta samazinyo esathathwa ngudokotela wamazinyo ngomlomo wami ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwami. I-putty eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yakha ukubamba kwami ​​okweqile, ama-molars agwegwile, nokugcwala kwamazinyo amane angeziwe ababehlela ukuwakhipha engangingenakukwazi ukuwakhipha emlonyeni wami.

Ngangisenayo i-chip ezinyozini lami langaphambili kusukela lapho ngiwa ngiseyingane ngenkathi ngigijima.

"Ungcono kunomshuwalense wokufaka isikhalazo, futhi ulinde kuze kube ngemuva kokuba usuthole izinsimbi ukuze ulungise i-chip," kuchaza udokotela wamazinyo wami.

Awekho amarekhodi okumomotheka kwami ​​kusukela eminyakeni yami yesikole esiphakeme.

Yilapho-ke lapho amazinyo ami ngokusemthethweni aba wuphawu lokuthi ngangingeyona ingcebo noma ngisho isigaba esiphakathi. Ukushintsha ukubukeka kwakho kuyilungelo elidinga imali, izinsizakusebenza nesikhathi. Intengo emaphakathi yama-brace igijima phakathi kuka- $ 3,000 kuya ku- $ 7,000 - obekungafinyeleleki ngokuphelele kithina.

Ubaba wangilanda esikoleni ngetekisi lakhe noma ngahamba ngezinyawo ngiya ekhaya ngoba sasingenayo imali yokuthenga imoto. Amateku ami abengeyona i-Converse, bekungama-knock-offs abukeka ecishe afane ne-Converse ngaphandle kwelogo yenkanyezi ebonakalayo. Futhi amazinyo ami ayengaqondile, noma ngabe wonke umuntu owayengizungezile wayevakashela udokotela wamazinyo njalo ngenyanga ukulungisa okuthile njalo.

Ngakho-ke, ezithombeni, ngangivala umlomo wami nezindebe zami zivaliwe. Awekho amarekhodi okumomotheka kwami ​​kusukela eminyakeni yami yesikole esiphakeme. Ngiphinde ngayeka ukumunca umunwe wami ebusuku ngemuva kwesincomo sokuqala se-orthodontist yami, noma ngabe ngiphuthelwe ukuhogela kukamama. Ingxenye yami yayihlale inethemba lokuthi ngelinye ilanga ngiyokwazi ukuthola ama-brace.

Ngesinye isikhathi, ngemuva kokuba ngiqabule intombazane, ngaqala ukwethuka ukuthi amazinyo ami agwegwile "azongena endleleni" nokuthi ngabe amazinyo ami amabi angenza yini ngiqabule kabi. Wayenama-brace esikoleni esiphakathi futhi ezakhe zase ziqondile ngokuphelele.

Noma kunjalo ngangiba nelungelo ngezindlela eziningi

Eminyakeni eminingi ngaphambi kwe-ACA, ngangikwazi ukuthola ukunakekelwa kwamazinyo osezingeni eliphakeme. Ngabona odokotela bamazinyo bokuhlanzwa okuvamile njalo ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuchashazi ngaphandle kwephoyinti (udokotela wamazinyo wami ukhokhisa u- $ 25 kuphela uma uphuthelwe ama-aphoyintimenti amathathu elandelana ngaphandle kokukhansela, okulungile).

Noma nini lapho ngiba nomgodi, ngangithola ukugcwaliswa. Khonamanjalo, ubaba uhambe iminyaka eyi-15 engambonanga udokotela wamazinyo ngesikhathi lapho iMassHealth ikhethe ukungavali ngamazinyo kubantu abadala.

Kwathi lapho ngineminyaka engu-17, udokotela wamazinyo nodokotela wamazinyo ekugcineni banxenxa umshwalense wami wezempilo womphakathi ukuba ubhekane nokwelashwa kwami ​​- ngesikhathi esifanele, kusukela ngemuva kweminyaka engu-18, lokhu bekungeke kusaba inketho kuMassHealth.

Ngangifakwe izinsimbi zokubopha izinsimbi ngo-Agasti ngaphambi konyaka wami wokufunda esikoleni esiphakeme futhi ngacela udokotela wamazinyo ukuthi asebenzise amabhande okunwebeka ngephethini yothingo olushintshanayo, ngoba ngangifuna abantu babone izinsimbi zami lapho ngimamatheka: Bebeyindlela yami yokumemezela ukuthi maduzane angabe esaba namazinyo abonakala kabi.

Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwamazinyo ami amane, ukumamatheka kwami ​​kwakhululeka kakhulu futhi izinyo ngalinye laqala ukushintshela endaweni yalo.

Okubi kakhulu engangikulindile kwakungasekho, futhi ku-Thanksgiving, umzala wami wangitshela ukuthi ngimuhle kanjani. Ngithathe i-selfie yami yokuqala ngamazinyo abonakalayo cishe eminyakeni eyi-10.

Kuthathe iminyaka emihlanu ukukhipha ama-brace, uma kuqhathaniswa nobude obujwayelekile bokunakekelwa kwe-orthodontic.

Ngikhuphukela ebangeni eliphakathi manje, futhi ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngokushintsha imibono yabantu ngabantu abampofu kunami ngokuziguqula ngilingane nelungelo le-classist ngokwenza mhlophe amazinyo ami noma ngenqabe ukuthenga ezitolo ezitolo ezinjengeWalmart noma iPayless .

Unyaka noma ngaphezulu ekwelashweni kwami, udokotela wamazinyo waqala ukungiphoxa ngobuqili ngokungangeni emihlanganweni evamile. Kodwa ikolishi lami lalingaphezu kwamahora amabili futhi ubaba wayengenayo imoto. Ngingalahlekelwa ukumbozwa komshuwalense uma ngishintshela ukunakekela komunye umkhuba.

Ukubambezela ukwelashwa kwami ​​ngamazinyo kugcine kungibize iminyaka eminingi yesikhathi sami, ngoba bengizokwazi ukungena lapho ngizoqokwa khona njalo ngenkathi ngisafunda isikole samabanga aphezulu ngihlala ekhaya.

Ngosuku abagcine bephume ngalo, ngangijabule ngokungafanele ngihlale egumbini lokulinda phakathi kwezingane nentsha - nokuthi abantu ngeke besabuza ukuthi kungani nginezinsimbi ku-22.

Ngithukuthele ukuthi amazinyo aphilile nokunakekelwa kwamazinyo akuyona ilungelo wonke umuntu angakwazi ukufinyelela kulo

Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, lapho mina nomlingani wami sithatha izithombe zokuthembisana kwethu, ngamoyizela lapho ngibona engikhamisile, ngihleka amahlaya akhe. Ngikhululeke ngokwengeziwe ngokumamatheka kwami ​​nokubukeka kwami. Kodwa ngenkathi ngakwazi ukulwela ukuthola umshwalense wami wezempilo ukumboza ukwelashwa, abantu abaningi abanakho ngisho nokuthola umshuwalense wezempilo oyisisekelo noma wamazinyo.

Amazinyo ami awamhlophe qwa futhi uma ngibheka kahle, ngiyabona ukuthi aphuzi kancane. Ngibonile izimpawu zokuba mhlophe ngokobungcweti ehhovisi likadokotela wamazinyo wami ngacabanga ukukhokha ukuze zenziwe mhlophe ngaphambi komshado wami, kodwa azizwa ziphuthuma. Akuwona umuzwa wokuphelelwa yithemba wokuqondisa amazinyo wami okhuthazekile ngenkathi ngisemusha ongavikelekile ngifunda nje ukuthi izidingo eziyisisekelo kaningi zidinga ingcebo nemali.

Ngikhuphukela ebangeni eliphakathi manje, futhi ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngokushintsha imibono yabantu ngabantu abampofu kunami ngokuziguqula ngilingane nelungelo le-classist ngokwenza mhlophe amazinyo ami noma ngenqabe ukuthenga ezitolo ezitolo ezinjengeWalmart noma iPayless .

Ngaphandle kwalokho, leyo ntombazane nganginovalo ngokuqabula ngamazinyo ayisigwegwe eminyakeni edlule? Uzoba ngumkami. Futhi uyangithanda noma ngaphandle kokumamatheka okumhlophe okuqondile.

U-Alaina Leary ungumhleli, umphathi wezokuxhumana nomlobi waseBoston, eMassachusetts. Njengamanje ungumsizi womhleli we-Equally Wed Magazine nomhleli wezokuxhumana wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo Sidinga Amabhuku Ahlukahlukene.