Getting braces and pulling teeth!?

im getting my braces soon and i havent seen my orthadontist yet but my dentist said they might have to pull a few teeth cus of my overcrowdedness.


I have one tooth on the top witch is pushed back to were it looks like im missing a tooth and its pushing another tooth forward.ive never had a tooth pulled.does it hurt?how do they do it??

Getting braces and pulling teeth!?
Before i got my braces, the dentist pulled out 4 teeth but not at one time. He pulled out 2 every visit. He numbed an area on my gums where the tooth was near with a needle. The needle feels like a little pinch but it doesnt hurt. When he uses the plyers he just moves ur tooth side to side untill it comes out. You wont feel anything, you'll just ear a little bit of cracking. After the my teeth where removed, he just gave me some pain killers. You'll be just fine.
Reply:They pull your tooth out with a pair of plyerz. And it does hurt unless they numb your mouth before they pull the tooth out.
Reply:It doesnt hurt to bad i had like 3 pulled at once. Just ask for sweet air because you feel like your on drugs and dont really know whats going on. It feels like your sleeping.
Reply:for me they numbed the entire side of the mouth and they used a giant clam thingy and they jigle the tooth and pulled it out
Reply:usually it doesnt hurt, just feels kind of tense. the only thing that hurts is the novacane that they do before they pull your tooth, and its disgusting because for like 2 hours after you get out of the dentist it bleeds A LOT. they give you like a bunch of gause to use so it doesnt clot. take some motrin or advil before you go and you'll be fine=)
Reply:I had 8 teeth pulled when I got my braces. Yikes! that sounds like a lot doesn't it? They chose to pull my four bicuspids, that's the fourth tooth back from the center on each side top and bottom. And later they pulled my wisdom teeth or third molars as they came in. You know those pointy eye teeth? Are yours stuck way up high and can't come down right because of the tooth below them? Mine were. It looked terrible. But now all these years later I still have straight, white teeth.


To pull teeth they can either put you to sleep or else give you shots in your mouth to pull them. The shots do hurt a little, not a lot. And if they put you to sleep it is scary, but there is no pain. Either way, they can pull all the teeth they need to. You will not feel that either way they do it.


After the extra teeth are gone your orthodontist will give you little rubber bands stuck between your crowded teeth called spacers. They will stay in for about a week. Then you will get your bands. Over time your teeth will move into a nice position and be beautiful. Nobody will ever know that you have less teeth than some other people do. It won't ever show. And when it is all over, you will have a beautiful smile.





The most painful part of the whole braces process is actually the spacers. I know that sounds strange, but it is true. You can ask anyone who has had them. As they loosen and move the teeth they do ache. But it's not bad, just a dull ache that makes you not want to close your mouth.
Reply:I have braces, they had to pull out 2 of the teeth sitting next to my top front two. It doesn't hurt one bit, but I must say the novocain shots are a bit unnerving. I HATE needles, so naturally I was tense. It doesnt hurt, but the needle does go in deep. Not to mention I had to have 6 of them.





As for the teeth pulling, it just feels like they are pushing your tooth back and forth. Totally painless. I cant remember this too well, but I think it made a grinding noise when it finally came out. Anyways, that's it for me. Don't worry about it, it wasn't bad and took like 10 minutes to take out 2.





And by the by, it bleeds for the rest of the day, more or less a pinkish gummy substance.
Reply:With traditional orthodontics it is common practice to have teeth taken out. Take a closer look at people you know who have had premolars(bicuspids) taken out. You will notice that their mid face has a sunken in appearance. In saying that there are extreme cases where it is still necessary to remove teeth. Ask your orthodontist about functional orthodontics. Eg. Compare the smile of Prince William-narrow smile, sunken face. extraction orthodontics, Tiger Woods- broad smile -non extraction. Narrow arches have also shown in later years of life to cause breathing problems because the tongue gets pushed back and crowd the airway.


Good Luck



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