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I started 5 weeks ago with spacers on the top only, they couldn't get them in at the bottom. It hurt but then that is par for the course, the pain gets replaced by something else. I have now pretty bad hot/cold sensitivity. Buy a big bottle of Ibuprofen. One other thing to expect, with the spacers y...

I started 5 weeks ago with spacers on the top only, they couldn't get them in at the bottom. It hurt but then that is par for the course, the pain gets replaced by something else. I have now pretty bad hot/cold sensitivity. Buy a big bottle of Ibuprofen. One other thing to expect, with the spacers y...

Thanks for the replies. We'll wait it out.
Popped the wire out of a bracket this evening eating my first non-soaked cookie. I knew better. So one more trip to the orthodontist tomorrow......

Hello, I started braces 3 weeks ago (again, after 27 years) and wanted to know if anyone has the same experience with a really bad contact developing early on in treatment. My upper/lower teeth are touching only in one place and in that spot they don't "fit" together at all. I'm not sure w...