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Speaking from experience here, a spring (or coil as orthodontists may call it) is used to push apart teeth. They will cut the spring down to size, and slide it over the wire in the correct place. It will most likely be placed in between two brackets (the metal bit on your teeth) and this will push them appart. They move your teeth quite quickly, so your teeth that are being pushed will be sore for a few days, and depending where the spring is, it will probably rub on the inside of your mouth.
Hope this helps, as I said before, I am speaking from experience here as I have had 2 springs on my braces before.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoYES! For a couple days. Take Tylenol or Advil & it'll help with the pain.
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How does reverse pull headgear work?
Reverse pull headgear uses springs and elastics to get rid of an underbite. I have this and it sucks. My headgear is a big square facemask that my orthodontist wired into my mouth so i couldn't remove it. The four springs are attached permanently to my braces and go out of my mouth and attach to a metal bar that runs above my mouth connecting to both sides of the facemask. These springs and 4 elastics hold it against my face. It is the worst to be a 14 year old boy and to go to school with this attached to my face. I went to the orthodontist expecting to get an expander which i did. I also have top braces, bottom braces, twinblocks (permanent springs in my mouth), elastics in my mouth, and a lip bumper that runs along my lower teeth making my lip stick out. I have been like this for 3 mounths and have at least a year to go. It is very difficult to eat and talk properly and never mind the discomfort of my chin cup and the hooks on my braces attached to the springs that stick out of my mouth enough that i can't fully close it. I feel like such a dork especially with all my freckles when i am in public around my friends about all my braces and headgear. Its so embarrassing to have to were this to school and not be able to take it off.
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Lingual braces are placed on the back side of your teeth. So, they are called as hidden braces. From: http://bracesprices.net/lingual-braces/lingual-braces-go-unnoticed/
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