One thing I'd like to bring up in case others are in a similar situation is payment. I am a grad student, and although I make pretty good money as a fellow/grader/lecturer, I am poor in the context of the real world. So, I saved the money for my braces and put a sizeable down payment on them today, but planned to use the office's free financing for the rest of the amount. Well, I was denied. I made them call the financing place so I could talk to them because luckily my credit is really excellent. Ultimately, though, I just made too little.
Luckily, I had a credit card and was able to pay the rest so my payment is completely taken care of now, which is nice. (I don't know what other offices are like, but in this one, I had to have all of the balance reconciled in some way today.) Just wanted to mention this because I know some others are grad students/college students or otherwise may be in a similar financial situation. The office was really confident I'd be approved for the financing and they were wrong...if it's a concern, it may be worth investigating. So, I have the spacers in, too. Not a terribly pleasant experience, but I'm surviving. Initially, my gums were really irritated (sort of like when you stab yourself with a toothpick, if that makes sense.) It's been about two hours now, and I just have a mild headache.
So, on January 3, I'm getting my extractions. Then I'm getting braced on January 5. It's amazing to think about it!!
On the extractions, will they give me an antibiotic for infection or is that not a concern? I was planning on going the route of no gas, just local...have others done that? I wasn't knocked out when I had my wisdom teeth taken out and wasn't traumatized, so I'm assuming this will be okay, too.
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