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Laser Treatment and Braces
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:01 am
by eva0614
Quite embarrasing to ask
, but I'm not sure if anyone here had such experience before -
I'm going to have a LASER treatment to remove the tiny hairs above the upper lip this saturday. I am not sure if the laser treatment will have some bad effect on the braces or hurt my teeth/gum cos the laser light is of high temperature?
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:06 am
by Samantha08
Well, I havent had that done but I would think the best thing you could do was call either the laser technician, your ortho, or both. They would know best.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:49 am
by Lillers
Don't be embarrassed. I had a laser treatment just the other day, and no probs at all. Still, asking the ortho wouldn't hurt, just to be sure.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:00 am
by katmc_tx
I'm having laser treatment done too and I asked both the laser tech and my ortho and both said one shouldnt have any effect on the other. I've had my braces for over six months and have three treatments for laser and so far so good. You should ask both your laser tech and ortho just to set you mind at ease and good luck.
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:45 pm
by Echo
I have had this done several times on my upper lip. They always give me some gauze to cover my top braces with. This gives a little padding so your braces won't cut the inside of your lip since they have to press down on your lip with the laser. Cutting the inside of your lip would be the only problem with having the laser treatment done.