Adult Braces: Spacers Make Me Want to Punch People
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What Are Spacers?
So like I said in my previous braces post, I'm going in for full "installation" on Friday. The brackets are the little square guys they put on each individual tooth and through which the "arch wire" is threaded across the teeth. In my case, they are putting metal bands around four molars, one on each side of both the top and bottom teeth. The bands are there to anchor the wire.
To make it easier for them to slide the bands around the molars they placed "spacers" on either side of each molar. These spacers are pretty much tiny, but thick rubber bands that they force between the teeth to create more space in between.
This picture was swiped off the innernetz. It's not me, but pretty much what I've got going on.
Spacers Suck.
The gals at the ortho's office told me that the two weeks I have the spacers in will be the worst two weeks of my whole treatment.
P'shaw, said I. I had braces twice already. I don't remember spacers being bad.
Spacers are bad. Let me try to describe it for you:
Imagine chewing on a big, dry piece of steak. And imagine that huge strings of meat got stuck in 8 separate places in your teeth, and that everytime you chewed on something else, those pieces of meat get lodged further and further between your teeth, cutting into your gums. Now imagine THAT YOU HAD TO KEEP THAT CRAP IN YOUR TEETH FOR 14 DAYS STRAIGHT.
(Side note: There's a Filipino word for stuff that gets stuck in your teeth, "tinga" pronounced tee-NGAH. There's no word for that in English.)
And it hurts like a mother, y'all... It's wierd. These spacers make my teeth and head hurt. And I swear, my inner ears are burning. The pain doesn't eventually subside, like the pressure of braces does. It just pretty much hangs around all day.
Obviously, this is just my experience, so I can't say that spacers will make you want to punch folks in the face. But me, I'm ready to sock someone. If only someone would let me. So far, no takers.
These little bitches come out on Friday!!! And then the real fun begins! I'm excited to get this party started.
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As I was reading this, I realized that I was grinding my teeth in sympathy pains. While I never had spaces, I can only imagine what it's like. I can find people for you to punch.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember spacers at all the first time around... I wonder if they even used them back in the day. Em doesn't remember them either.
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ReplyDeleteI hear you loud and clear. Just got my spacers yesterday... not enjoying them AT ALL. My poor kids...
ReplyDeleteSrsly, I got mine earlier today, and it feels like I wanna punch someone too. When my dentist put it earlier, gosh it really hurts! Now im suffering from extreme pain and my inner ear and jaws really hurts a lot :(
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