![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
Boy, I'm one of those people that wants immediate results.... it took me 26 years to decide to give in and get braces and now that I've made the decision I want them on NOW! But after 2 months of spaced out appointments I finally had my consult last week:
I need braces for 22 months
I need to have a tooth pulled
The 3rd week in July I get spacers put in..... and I have NO clue what spacers are or what they look like. I've talked to people at work about getting braces and w/out even asking specifically about spacers I got 2 responses from people "The braces aren't so bad, just pray you don't need spacers"
Really?
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
Now on to my main question: my orthodontist said I could wait until AFTER I got braces to get my tooth pulled or I could get it pulled before I got braces. How can I have a tooth pulled with braces on? Are they *that* easy to take off and put back on that the dentist could do it?
I'm a tad confused.
Anyone have pictures of spacers? I'm so nervous about the idea of getting spacers and braces (and more so about pulling a perfectly healthy tooth) I feel like I'm going to throw up.
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
But that's all part of the "pain diet" otherwise known as braces, right?
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)