What are spacers?!
Question:
What are spacers?
I have an appointment to get spacers on before braces. What are they, exactly? Rubber bands? Metal? Do they hurt? Do they make your teeth feel loose? I'm an adult getting braces and am a little anxious about the whole process.
Answers:
They are thick pieces of rubber that they put between tow teeth, normally in the back. It helps seperate them so that the dentist can put a metal band around your back molars. These are used as anchors in the straightening process. They dont make your teeth feel loose, they make it feel like you have something big between your teeth.