I'm so annoyed!!!

I don't know what exactly is going on or how it happened, but it's annoying and it also starts to hurt!!

I'm talking about my teeth.
First of all, one of my teeth in the lower jaw moved quite a bit since I moved to Japan, so it looks like there's a tooth gap now.
This is a beauty problem. It never caused any problems and I didn't even notice it until I went back to Germany 2.5 years ago and my friends and family noticed at once! That "tooth gap" wasn't there before. At least not the last time they had seen me.

No big deal.

However, recently I assume some more teeth in my lower jaw have moved gradually. At least some teeth have moved over the time, but I think it's the front teeth of my lower jaw.
But it wasn't until a few days ago that I actually FELT something has changed. While they still look pretty normal in the mirror, they don't feel normal anymore.
I really can't describe it well, but when I close my mouth / my jaw, then at least one of the upper front teeth and one of the lower ones are rubbing against each other every single time.
One of them is "in the way", because it moved so far that it's "in the way" now.

I'm self-conscious all the time, because it's annoying as hell and all the rubbing has made my teeth more sensitive.



The solution might be a dental brace for my lower jaw.
I had braces (upper and lower jaw) for two years (the metal thingies) when I was a teenager - like most of us did. I thought I'd never need them again.

I wouldn't mind getting some into my lower jaw if that means my teeth will stop rubbing and destroying each other! This is clearly a health issue which means in Germany my health insurance would cover all of the costs.
I'd only have to pay it on my own if I simply wanted to do it for "beauty reasons".

I researched a little and found out that the costs are pretty much the same in Japan and in Germany (about 50man yen+ / about 3000-8000€+).
But the HUGE AND CRUCIAL DIFFERENCE is that in Japan I WOULD have to pay all the money on my own, so 100%, no coverage!!!!!

Roughly 500.000yen (3500€ / 5000US$) in Japan vs. ZERO in Germany!!!
That's a lot of money!



And what happens if I start treatment in Japan and move back during that time? As we all know it usually takes 1.5 to 2 years to get everything fixed. In the end I have to pay twice as much!


Of course, I haven't been to a dentist yet to check. I will do so next week. I go regularly anyways.
And I've mentioned a few times that I have the feeling that my teeth got worse ever since I moved to Japan anyways.

Maybe there's another solution for the problem, but if not .... I really wonder what I should do.

I do have 500.000yen, but if I pay that much, I will barely have enough money to move back to Germany or travel.

But something NEEDS to be done, because I can't take this "teeth rubbing" much longer - and I'm sure my teeth would be destroyed if I just ignored the problem.
Apart from the fact that it's not possible to ignore it. Like I said it's annoying as hell and it hurts!

Well, of course I do not know for sure if the health insurance in Germany would accept it as "health problem" at the moment, but I suppose they would.


JESUS, gimme a break please!
Why does that have to happen now? Can it not wait a few more years? T___T ....