I am probably getting braces either late this year or early next year (in 2009)...........

Question

i no i have already asked this but i would like some more info please! x

i have moderate to seviear (no idea how you spell it!!) crowding on my lower teeth and they look really bad. i have been on the waiting list for about 1 1/2 to 2 years now but when do you think i will get my braces put on (fixed ones). i have got to have some teeth taken out to and an extra one in the middle so that may delay the time because i having it done at the hostpital. (?)

i would also like to know if i will need spacers and bands on my back teeth and do they hurt?

i am 13 so what colours should i have and does it look okay to have red and green at x-mas?

i no its alot of questions but i just want to know! i'm going to the ortho in like 2/3 wees so i probs find out then but i'd like to no sooner!

b x

Additional details

i am also having them on my top teeth as my spikey teeth are to far up. what do they do to bring them down?

Answer 1

Hello, I first got my braces when I was a couple of years younger than you, I got one of those removable braces first before I got a fixed one.  

I had to have teeth removed at the hospital, don't worry about it too much, that part is easy.  

I think I got little spacers which were like tiny little rubber bands?  They don't hurt at all.  If you mean those big rubber bands which go from top to bottom to align your jaw, I don't know, I never needed those.  

If you want colours, get colours.  I got different colours each time.  

Spikey teeth?  Do you mean your canines?  If you mean they haven't fully grown in yet then obviously they can't fix a brace to them, you might get a removable one like I had for a while.

Good luck with your braces, sometimes they are c**p and it can hurt a bit when you get them tightened but I promise you it's worth it in the end.  I'm 23 now and get compliments on my teeth :)