!?!?!?braces help!?!?!?

Question

i need information on braces i mean like how long did the procedure take to put on braces...did it hurt etc. etc.

i need info plz cause i am getting braces very soon...

Answer 1

well you do need pain relievers. im getting mine off in september so i went through it. maybe an hour. it doesnt hurt, they apply a special glue on these brackets and put them on your teeth. then they put a wire along your teeth on both upper and lower. then rubber bands go on each bracket to keep the wire in place. after, ur  teeth will be under pressure and u will have to eat soft foods for maybe 2 days. most of it is from the fear of breaking them. hope i helped. :-p

EDIT: when i started my answer, there was only the first answer. sorry if people thought i took their answer.

Answer 2

It takes about an hour to put them on the first time.  I suggest that right before they start you take some pain relievers.  Also, make sure you have plenty of soft foods to eat for the next three or four days.  When braces first go on, it's really painful for a few days.

Answer 3

It doesn't hurt while they're putting it on. There's just the individual brackets that they glue on your teeth so you won't feel anything. Then they put the wire through and that's when it hurts. It just feels really tight in your mouth and you might get a headache, but some motrin or tylenol will take care of it. It doesn't take very long. Maybe twenty minutes or so. Depends on if you're getting bottom and top braces or just one.

Answer 4

After having the spacers getting braces was a piece of cake. The only thing that bothered me was when they were trying out the different sizes of molar bands and it squeezed on a fairly new filling. That hurt pretty bad. Other than that I didn't feel much of anything. When they put the ligatures on it felt a little uncomfortable but nothing unbearable. However, the company they got the porcelain brackets from were trying out a new glue or something and I had a bracket pop off the top within a few hours and they had to reapply it the same day when I was sore. After they reapplied it I was in serious pain but after a few hours it was gone and then my mouth just felt slightly sore but it wasn't too bad. You will do fine. It's not as bad as you think.

Answer 5

Mine only took about 45 minutes to put on. And no, it doesn't hurt, but you feel pressure. The only things that hurt me was when he put in my molar bands, but that might be because my back teeth were REALLY crowded.

Answer 6

It took them a half an hour to fully complete putting braces on me. Like others said, it doesn't hurt when they're putting them on. They just have to put some glue on your teeth and stick them on. So don't be worried. Later on it kind of hurts a bit when they tighten the wires on your teeth. Just make sure you take some Tylenol before you go in when they tighten them. :)