braces and nervous system?

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#1 Post by **comeatmebro** » Sun May 09, 2010 7:25 pm

is it possible getting braces and having your wires tightened can cause a person to have anxiety and temporary nerve problems?

i ask this because I have seen people wearing braces and act different from constant pain like having spacers in between teeth.

can anyone clear this up?

#2 Post by **ashesgap** » Mon May 10, 2010 6:33 am

Maybe the constant pain from spacers makes them cranky? Some people don't deal with pain very well.

#3 Post by **catgyrl** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:21 am

I don't know about anxiety, but I agree with ashesgap - I know I was rather cranky with my spacers. Not because they HURT, but because they kept falling out or breaking, and I had to keep having them replaced, which delayed my getting fully wired.

As for the wires being adjusted - YES, it can hurt, as evidenced by my adjustment last week Thursday afternoon. I was in "heavy discomfort" until Sunday, and even today, I can't touch my teeth together because it hurts too much.

Pain has a way of making people cranky... hehe...

#4 Post by **Lisablueeyes1** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:03 pm

Pain I think will be part of it till they come off!!! I 've been braced for 3 months now and I hate to say it... But my teeth are always sore!!! Is this what its going to be like for the the next 20 or so months????

#5 Post by **Jewles** » Tue May 11, 2010 4:13 am

I was in constant pain for the first 6 months. Beyond that I am very rarely in pain