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They do a mold of your teeth, you get a metal hook thing glued onto each one of your teeth, then they put a wire through all the hooks and put tight little rubber band things over each one of the metal things. The first time you're there, it takes maybe 2 hours and you have to keep your mouth open forever. Then every other time it takes maybe 15 minutes. Hurts like hell for a couple days after every visit. However, it's damn worth it in the end. I even enjoyed having braces, getting to choose my colors and all.
These days there are different types of braces which means different kinds of procedures. (I assume you meant braces for your teeth?) You can call dental offices & I'm sure they would answer that question at no cost to you.
Well depending on what kind of braces you get.. some people get spacers.. Im not too sure about those except i have heard they are uncomfortable.. they just PREPARE the teeth for getting braces.
For my kind of braces , i didn't get spacers.. it was about a 45 minute process. They held my mouth open with this plastic thing and glued every bracket on top and bottom and put the wire through each.. I have Damon braces so they work a bit different from regular ones..
It doesnt hurt when they put them on.. just like later on the day you feel pressure.. I remember thinking.. "how am i ever gonna eat with these" Well give it about 2 or 3 days and you'll start to even forget they are in there! Goodluck
my upper teeth protrudes out a little caused by pacifiers when i was younger. i just got my braces done bout a year ago. my dentist had to extract one tooth from each side of my upper row in order to form a space for the rest of the teeth to be tightened together..
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