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#16 Post by **d0minic** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:46 am

had 8 for them for a week. hate them to the max. i can't eat anything with them in.

#17 Post by **ajs604** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:41 pm

Im having spacers in this afternoon from all accounts it does not sound like a pleasant expereince

#18 Post by **junglejulie** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:25 pm

I think I had 8, and I can recall them hurting A LOT

#19 Post by **jrk7382** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:30 am

I'm hoping I don't have to have any!!!

#20 Post by **JumpTheDitch** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:23 am

So 8 more spacers today makes 25 so far. The new 8 stay in for two weeks, then come out for two weeks, then are replaced with another 8 for two weeks, and so on. I'm not sure how long the cycle goes on for. So next month my spacer count will reach 33, then 41, etc. I only have 30 teeth in total! I really hope I get to stop before my count reaches triple figures

#21 Post by **samoorelaw** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:31 pm

Had 1 around my one crown on one of my molars: the rest of the molars have traditional brackets.

#22 Post by **Orwellian** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:47 pm

I have none so far, yet again there is still 10 days that I could get them in.

#23 Post by **JumpTheDitch** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:39 am

That's good Orwellian; I assume if your ortho wanted you in for a spacer-placing appointment they'd have let you know when you made your 'installation' appointment. There's a schedule that they normally follow for appointments - consult, records, impressions, spacers, banding, etc - however your ortho does it. If they haven't mentioned spacers when they gave you your date for bracketing, take it and run! Good luck for the big day

#24 Post by **Orwellian** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:36 pm

JumpTheDitch wrote:That's good Orwellian; I assume if your ortho wanted you in for a spacer-placing appointment they'd have let you know when you made your 'installation' appointment. There's a schedule that they normally follow for appointments - consult, records, impressions, spacers, banding, etc - however your ortho does it. If they haven't mentioned spacers when they gave you your date for bracketing, take it and run! Good luck for the big day

My ortho lives a 15 hour drive away and comes for 4 days a month to my city. His four days for March are the 3,4,5,6 so if I get them I will get them the day before my bonding, would they still do anything if they get placed the day before?

#25 Post by **millersgirl** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:39 am

None! My ortho also doesn't use them. He said if I had an issue with snapping wires then he would but until then, no spacers. It's been just over a month and no snapped wires yet...

#26 Post by **JumpTheDitch** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:00 am

8 more spacers went in this month, so officially I'm up to 33. I wonder what the Guinness Book of Records has to say on ortho spacers??

#27 Post by **Nozzelnut** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 2:57 pm

JumpTheDitch wrote:8 more spacers went in this month, so officially I'm up to 33. I wonder what the Guinness Book of Records has to say on ortho spacers??

Did your ortho tell you why they're doing this for treatment? Just wondering.

#28 Post by **jessicachung** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:09 pm

I had 4 spacers. Wasn't that bad until the 3rd day. Couldn't bite down really...

#29 Post by **millersgirl** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:37 am

None! My ortho doesn't use them. I'm happy...one less painful part of the experience.

#30 Post by **Norrie** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:42 am

None (one benefit of Incognito braces, I guess), but my daughter's had 4-6. She has swallowed at least three of them.

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