What do they do before like do they do prep. work or something or do you just go in and they take your braces off???Id really like to know thx if you post something. :)
2007-01-09 14:09:45 · 9 answers · asked by comediankid4 3 in Health ➔ Dental
Here is an exerpt from our website which explains it:
How Do They Take Braces Off?
Taking off your braces is easier and faster than you'd think. When your braces are ready to be removed, your dentist or orthodontist will clip the curve on the back of the braces with a special plier. This breaks the adhesive bond between the bracket and your tooth. While it does make a loud clipping sound, it doesn't really hurt.
As Dr. Echols in Florida explains on his informative website, Braceface.com, "No, we don't pull them off. The plastic bonding material is simply fractured gently off the back of each bracket and all the brackets come off with the wire if the wire is left in place when we gently squeeze the bracket. It's physics, inclined planes, levers, fulcrums... weggie orthodontics".
Dr. Echols continues, "Each bracket is 'popped' off clean, which leaves a layer of the bonding plastic on the tooth. We then use a high speed handpiece to smooth the plastic off the teeth and polish the enamel where the plastic was removed, and finish up with a polishing disk to smooth the enamel."
The Braceface website has a great set of photos showing how Dr. Echols takes braces off one of his young patients.
What does it feel like to have your braces removed? Read what other ArchWired readers said in Braces Removal Stories!
The "R" Word: Retainer!
You have just spent several months or years, and a great deal of money and inconvenience, to have your bite corrected and your teeth straightened. Now the braces are gone! But you're not really done. You must wear a retainer to help keep your teeth in their new positions.
There are three basic types of retainers:
"Hawley" retainers, which have plastic that is molded to your mouth, plus a wire to hold your teeth in position (this is the most common type of retainer). The plastic part is available in clear, and in a variety of colors and interesting designs.
"Essix" retainers made of clear plastic (similar to the Invisalign appliance). Some people love these, while others feel that they are too uncomfortable.
Permanent retainers, which are glued to the back of your teeth and are not removed.
2007-01-09 14:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by ArchWired Braces Website 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million) No 2) 10 minutes plus cleansing time -- 0.5 hour altogether 3) They grab each and each bracket with a pair of plyers and dad them off. 4) No 5) Get what your ortho recommends 6) approximately 2 weeks 7) Years or till your expertise tooth ascertain what they are going to do (erupt or must be pulled) 8) No 9) particular. they do no longer look to be slimy, they only sense relatively smoooooth. 10) A cord and 2 brackets. 11) it is troublesome, notwithstanding that's finished 12) Our ortho takes them off then does the cleansing, then you definitely return returned a week later for impressions, then 2 weeks later for the retainer. thirteen) No 14) Ate an apple, then corn on the cob.
2016-10-06 22:21:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you don't have any funky type of braces, there's no prep work or anything.
You sit down in the chair, and the pop the braces off, clean up your teeth so they look really nice and shiny and you're done.
As I recall, made quite an impression on my mates the next day... was fun.
-dh
2007-01-09 14:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time you will usually get retainers, so after you get your braces off, they just take it off and clean up the remaining glue from your teeth, they will mold your the back of your mouth and the bottom. Getting your braces don't hurt.
2007-01-09 14:17:14 · answer #4 · answered by Sara Ryan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just remove the braces and polish up your teeth. Its no big deal.
2007-01-09 14:13:14 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually they just pop them off they might take impressions fo rretainers or before and after syudy models..u should get them cleaned
2007-01-09 15:38:37 · answer #6 · answered by KAREN K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just pop them off. It doesn't hurt at all.
2007-01-09 14:13:07 · answer #7 · answered by Jimmy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they just pry them off, then they sand off all of the glue.
2007-01-09 14:15:14 · answer #8 · answered by frodobaggins115 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first they take them off
then they clean your teeth
then they give you a retainer (if needed)
2007-01-09 14:14:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋