Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey everyone, I'm "new" here, but I've been reading this forum since about a week before my braces went on (Late Sept. '04). 2 Weeks ago from today I went in for what I thought was a regular appointment, and my ortho took a look at my teeth and surprised me by saying I was ready to have them off! He asked me if I was concerned with anything and I told him I felt my left lower canine tooth was a little slanted, and the right one was perfectly straight. He made an adjustment with the wire and had me wear 2 elastics. 2 Weeks later(today) I come in thinking I should be getting them off, since he said they were looking good. He then reveals that it will be another 6 weeks or so to get them off.

Anyways, needless to say, I was a bit nervous coming into today's appointment, and was just wondering if the actual process of getting the braces off is painful? Any help or reassurance would be greatly appreciated

Hi,

If you are worried about pain you should be glad he is waiting another six weeks. I just had 5 brackets pulled off and NONE of them hurt except for one, and that was the only tooth that had been moving recently! I didn't even feel any of the others come off. In fact, I have damon3 brackets and I just thought she was opening the brackets to get the archwire off! You may want to read the braces removal stories. There is a link here:

http://archwired.com/Braces_Removal_Stories.htm

Good luck!

Everytime I go to the ortho he takes a few brackets off and repositions them. I don't even know they are taking them off while they are doing it. The bands come off a little harder but it didn't hurt.

Oh come on! You've waited for so long! What's another six weeks?
Cheer up! No it doesn't hurt a lot to come out of braces.
Good Luck,
Joanna