I think it's different for everyone whether it hurts or not. I had bands on my bottom teeth (my mouth was a mess, I'm minus 8 teeth total because there just wasn't room for them!) and that hurt!!!! so much getting them on that I left fingernail marks in the PAINT on the underside of the chair arm - which was metal, so that shows how much I didn't like it that my fingernails chipped enamel off metal! Owww!
The only thing that hurt worse was a new dental assistant with really long painted red fingernails didn't realize she was actually digging into my gum with one when she was holding something in place for the doc - I had a half-inch-long cankersore there for days afterwards. The next time I went back, though, her fingernails were very short, and had no polish - someone else must have complained. I couldn;t at the moment it was happening, because there were three hands IN my mouth!
But it is differnt for everyone, and was completely worth it! I often get compliments on my smile, and I don't get cavities where my teeth overlap so tightly I couldn't even floss before - now they don't overlap at all!
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