Anxious about Braces?!?!?
1) Soon I will have to get my teeth pulled. If somebody could tell me what they do (the process) and what it is like that would be great. Does it hurt? What was your experience like (if you have had your teeth pulled)?
2) Second, getting my braces. I'm really anxious about getting my braces after I get my teeth pulled. What is the process, what do they do when they put your braces on. Does it hurt, how long does it take? What was your experience like (for people who have braces, have had braces, or orthodontists/dentist who put braces on).
Answer:
1) Sometimes theyll give you a shot to numb your mouth (I promise its just a small poke then the numbness kicks in) then they just pull out the teeth. If they are giving you a number, make sure your mouth is numb before they start pulling. If not, let them know! My friend didn't tell them the number wasn't working before she got 6 teeth pulled-ouch!
2) You wait a while in the chair...i waited like an hour (it was kinda boring) then they clean your teeth well and glue on the brackets. After the brackets are on they'll put the wire on. None of this will hurt while they're doing it, but your teeth will feel kind of tight. Make sure you check for any wire poking out when you leave and ask for some dental wax in case the brackets/wire irritate your teeth. They won't start hurting until a few hours after--but take an advil right when you get home and at night before you go to sleep (even if they aren't hurting-trust me, you'll want it!). Make sure you have soft food to eat for a couple of days before the pain goes away.
Don't worry-you'll get used to them in about a week's time--they really aren't that bad!
okay. before they remove your teeth, they give you some medicine to make you sleepy and just kind of out of it and it makes your mouth numb. after this, nothing hurts and your not even nervous, actually you dont even seem to care much. so dont sweat it.
getting braces was sometimes a little uncomfortable and the glue that they use to glue your braces on your teeth tastes extremely bad (but they let you rinse your mouth out, so no worries). at times, it was SLIGHTLY painful (but i am kind of a wimp lol) but not for long. i think it took around forty five minutes but im not too sure. i think it may have seemed a lot longer than it actually was just because i was bored and scared.
but dont worry about it. its definitely not as bad as you think!!
1) Teeth pulling literally doesn't hurt at all. The reason is because they numb your teeth and your gums around the tooth. They can either use this blue or purple looking liquid they squirt on your teeth, or they can use a laughing gas, which my best bet they will simply use the liquid.
2) I have also gotten braces 2 years ago and am now getting them off in a month or so. The process is a tad long and didn't hurt either. The process is they use cotton to dry out your mouth. Then they put this thing in your mouth the whole time that sucks out any saliva. Then they have to put little blobs of blue stuff on the side of every tooth. They put on square, metal looking things in on the blue stuff and use beam of blue light that comes out of a plastic thing the orthodonist holds to dry up the glue. Each time, it takes about 30 seconds for every tooth in your mouth. After that's over, they then put the wires in the square things. Then your done. The next week or so, your teeth wil hurt really bad, that's the only pain you will get.
Your teeth getting pulled will be no pain, i had mine removed just last week. of course the swelling might seem embarrassing. i was on prescribed medicine after surgery which took care of the pain. you will feel light headed and will have cotton mouth but just follow the doc's instructions and everythin should be fine.
The braces will need some getting used to, minor pain. It should be over in 2 weeks :-)
1) I can't fault my ortho. I had to have four teeth removed in order for a brace, two out each appointment. I was shaking horribly when I got there, they took it slow, told me what they were doing, gave me an anaesthetic ('Gas and Air' - Nitrous Oxide, as well as several injections around the mouth). The actual extraction of the tooth took seconds. It really isn't as bad as you'd expect it to be.
2) I have had braces for 3 months so far. The process of putting them on doesn't hurt at all. The next few days will, because of new pressure. The first few days with braces on at the worst part of it all. You will need to eat soft foods until the pain goes. Take some painkillers, keep hydrated, use the provided dental wax for sores, gradually introduce a normal solid food diet back in and keep up a good oral hygiene. Quick simple steps. How long it lasts depends on person to person, you are also having just the upper set first. It's more than likely going to be better for you. I have a full set of braces (upper and lower), it took 45 minutes to apply them and I was in pain (eating soft foods only) for 5 days. After those 5 days, I was fine, eating NORMALLY again.
This sounds just like my experience! The orthodontist said the same thing to me!
1) When you get the teeth pulled, you don't feel any pain because you are numb, so all you feel is pressure. This sounds like it would be a bad experience, but its really not.
2) I just got my top braces on 7 months ago and my bottoms on about 2 months ago. First, they will probably glue the back teeth brackets on. The orthodontist will paint the glue onto your teeth then put the brackets on. This is basically it, as I remember. Haha.
Good luck!
If there is anything else I can help you with, feel free to email me! It sounds like you are going through the same thing I went through about 8 months ago, so I'd be glad to help you =]
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