Getting braces!!!?!
Question:
Getting braces!!!?
in two weeks I am going getting braces and I wanted to know everything what they are going to do to me since I feel in the armchair of the orthodontist.
Thank for your answers.
Answers:
What they do - (my experience)
They sit you in the chair and lean you back and put in a plastic thing you bite on so they can get a good look at your teeth. Then the assistant will go through and put a material on your teeth called "etch" which roughens up the tooth surface and gets your teeth ready for the brackets! (and BTW none of this tastes good!) Then the orthodontist will come over and place the brackets one by one and use a small light (the "gun" someone referred to) to make them stick. The assistant will then go through again and use the light some more. It feels different now. THEN they go through and place a wire and put little elastic bands around each bracket to hold the wire on. They might have to trim the wire and sometimes they have to re-cement a bracket so be prepared!
Then you sit up and feel the weirdness!! :) They tell you what to do and how to take care of them, and make sure you get wax! They are kinda rough on your lips at first and the wax will definitely help! And braces usually hurt for a few days after you get them adjusted or when you first get them on. Mine were sore for a long time! Good luck with the braces! :)