I never wore braces personally and
I get the overall theory of braces. It seems so painful… Can one adjust to them pretty easily?Just wondering about the mechanics. Tia!
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It depends on how off your teeth are. Braces can be very painful. It’s not uncommon for people who have braces to eat liquid foods/soft foods for a few days after their adjustment. There’s a sort of crown that’s placed at one of the molars at each end. These act as anchors for the wire you see in braces. Then when the dentist adjusts the wire, usually they’ll pull it in ever so slightly, but it can be rather painful (tho some less painful, again depending on how offset your teeth are). Do this a few times over several months, and voila, the teeth are corrected.
Once they are corrected, depending on the situation, sometimes the dentist will also require you to wear retainers. As the name implies, retainers ‘retain’ the shape of your teeth orientation. Since they were able to be moved before, they can still move even after the braces are off. Some people who don’t wear retainers find their teeth slightly misalign after some time.
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