Land of Lakes and Volcanoes

I'm getting braces. In three weeks. For non-cosmetic reasons.  For the past 20 years, I've been destroying my front teeth, slowly but surely wearing them down with every chomp and utterance. It's now time to fork over massive quantities of cash to get this fixed or else they are going to die and I will have 6 (6!) dead teeth in the front of my mouth.  Not good for anyone, but especially not for someone who works on speech for a living. The problems: I have a huge overbite! Duh.  My front teeth actually point inward. I had no idea.  Severe overcrowding on the bottom despite having 3 teeth removed when I was a kid. The only reason I don't have severe overcrowding on the top is bc I had 4 teeth removed, including both my canines.  I guess they tamed me early.  Severe wear on my front teeth, uppers and lowers, thanks to the front teeth grinding together inappropriately during my bite.  My snaggletooth.  Spencer and I will no longer match in this respect.  My gums.