Re: Re: Heart Condition and Anesthesia

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I removed my braces the first time around with pliers. Actually, it was

not painful at all! The type of brackets I had just popped off when you

squeezed them. I popped them all off in about 5 minutes. There was a

little cement there but it wasn't too bad and I had the bands removed

by the dentist a few months later. The braces I have now are different.

If I was inclined to yank those off- which I'm not- I think it would

hurt a lot more.

Tova

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> Ouch !!!  Removing the stupid wires is one thing (they're not actually

> attached the same way as braces), but removing all the braces, that's

> ... painful !

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> I will entire in negociation with my ortho for the night retainers,

> if he's in the mood.  If not, I'll leave his office.  But my wires

> won't

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> Ray

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> > Congratulations, Ray, on your arrival this far! Never doubted you

> > would get there, myself.

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> > But I wouldn't recommend do-it-yourself ortho. (Believe it or not, a

> > guy in another group got as far as having the braces put on, then

> > decided he couldn't stand them, and got his girlfriend to use a pair

> > of pliers and take them off! To me, that's one of the more

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> > stories I've heard.)

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> > I know quite a few folks who have those " permanent retainers, " and

> > most aren't seriously bothered by them, except for initially, or

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> > it's time to floss. Sorry yours is giving you so much trouble.

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> > there are other alternatives you can explore, I'd think, but I'm no

> > ortho.

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> > I can tell you that there are times when even my little acryllic

> > ones, which I usually wear almost all the time, now, 2.5 years after

> > removal of the appliances -- anyhow, there are times when, for some

> > reason, some of their edges start chopping up my tongue or cheeks.

> > Generally I leave 'em out for a few hours to let things heal over a

> > bit, then can go back to them with no problems.

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> > Hope you can find a solution. Is it possible that your ortho could

> > put some more acryllic glop over the offending sections of the wire?

> > Maybe that could give you a smoother surface to work with...

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> > best,

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> > cammie

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