i have spacer right now... do they hurt more than spacers??
2007-01-16 09:38:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
i got those too! im getting braces on the 22nd. all my friends say spacers dont hurt but mine really do... if you are getting urs after me email me at bananahead541@aim.com if you have questions...
friends have told me that they hurt more than spacers and that they hurt for 2 days- a week. they also say it hurts to eat. heres a link to a question that might help you:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgCkTBq3pB7Jl8JzRL9gh.nsy6IX?qid=20061202162024AAGb6jj
2007-01-16 09:42:54 · answer #1 · answered by Hannah 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's just going to hurt for the first couple of days but it's not that bad. I think spacers are way worse! It only hurts as the teeth start to adjust and get into place. Try having something soft to eat for awhile. Even have some smoothies. It really isn't too harsh unless you have to wear rubber bands... those are the painful part! Good luck
2007-01-16 09:46:57 · answer #2 · answered by V.V.C. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. I have braces right now. After a week or so, it stops hurting, but don't eat any sticky candy. Every month, they tighten the braces. The spacers don't hurt that much, but the first day that I got braces, it hurt so much that I couldn't sleep until 6:00 a.m. Also, when they are putting on the braces, make sure NOT TO TASTE THE GLUE! It tastes really bitter. Hang in there!!
2007-01-16 09:43:00 · answer #3 · answered by Tinctured Eyes 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wore braces from the time I was 12 til 16, I wore a retainer for two years before and two years after, they pulled out all four of my canine teeth (because my mouth was too crowded) and they took skin from the roof of my mouth and stuffed it into my lower gums (because they said they would probably recede). It hurts, like a dull thudding, until you actually try to bite something. Then that hurts. Be prepared to eat a lot of ice cream, and get into protein shakes for energy. When they first get put on, they hurt for about a week or more. It is painful. After that, when you get them tightened about once a month, they will hurt for a couple days. Again, go on ice cream and protein shakes. Another problem is the brackets may rub sores into the inside of your gums. This hurts so bad!!! Buy listerine, and rinse but keep it in as long as you can before spitting. Use the wax they give you to put over the bracket, and use orajel as little as possible. I know the orajel will numb the pain, but it is impossible not to get it all over the inside of your mouth and make everything else numb. It is totally worth it to get braces, just promise me that you will wear your retainers after they come off until your wisdom teeth get pulled. Your teeth will shift if you don't.
2016-05-23 21:58:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the person. I had braces and they hurt when I first got them, but everytime I got them tightened it didn't hurt. A good idea would be when you first get them is to start chewing on something hard or tough ( your doctor may be able to give you some wax that fits your mouth to chew on) and that can really help with any pain you may have. They may hurt when the back teeth are coming back together from where the spacers were, though.
2007-01-16 09:49:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had braces in middle/high school. Yeah, they hurt! I don't want to scare you. When they tighten them it will hurt for about a week and then it won't be bad (until they do it again!) Always have wax and chap stick on hand!!! The absolute worse is when they take them off! OUCH!! Especially the top front teeth!!
2007-01-16 09:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by Heather C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It really depends on hoe tolorent you are. I've had braces since July and they seem to not hurt as bad as time goes by. At first they hurt pretty bad, but not enough to cry over. Don't listen to people who say they hurt like nothing else blah blah blah. I listend tto that and it wasn't as bad as I expected. Good Luck!
2007-01-16 09:49:22 · answer #7 · answered by taco 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh, if you think spacers are bad, the pain the agony, the soft foods that do no good. THEY HURT
SAVE YOURSELF
2007-01-16 09:42:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
to be complely true it does not hurt the minute you get them on but a day or so after they will
2007-01-16 10:28:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont hurt when they put them on, but for the first few days i had them or the first week, it hurt.
2007-01-16 10:54:01 · answer #10 · answered by iloveelliottMORE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋