Braces Tomorrow Morning

[CoolioTiffany]

Bring on the pain!

Any advice or past experience?

And food... oh God I won't be able to eat LOL. I love food. Frosties from Wendy's and smoothies from Smoothie King?

[BuckeyeBalls]

lol good luck. That i would not want to do

[FIEND_FO_LYFE]

Depends on what kind you get...
but they aren't bad...

Your mouth will be sore, and it will hurt to eat, but it will go away after a day or two.

[CoolioTiffany]

lol good luck. That i would not want to do

LOL thanks, definitely something I don't wanna do either. My oldest sister and younger brother don't need braces, but my second oldest sister and I did/do. Maybe I should take pics tomorrow? If I can, I'll get a pic of what I look like with that thing that opens up your mouth really wide LOL.

[CoolioTiffany]

Depends on what kind you get...
but they aren't bad...

Your mouth will be sore, and it will hurt to eat, but it will go away after a day or two.

I'm just getting your average braces, no clear ones for me.

I heard the pain goes away after 4 days, but everyone is different. Hopefully it'll go away sooner for me because I really want to eat the stuff I normally do 0_0

[FIEND_FO_LYFE]

Oh, and don't chew gum...
Ive had brackets broken off, and wires break.
no fun.

[CoolioTiffany]

Oh, and don't chew gum...
Ive had brackets broken off, and wires break.
no fun.

LOL try telling that to my friends, they chew gum no matter what. I have one friend who chews it everyday in almost all of his classes and he's had braces on since like 6th grade with no problems.

I don't really chew gum often though, if someone gives me gum randomly I'll take it but other than that I stopped chewing gum because of my expander.

[Hulihzack]

Keep some toothpicks handy for picking food out of the brackets lol. Maybe invest in a water pick, I found it very useful.

[CoolioTiffany]

Keep some toothpicks handy for picking food out of the brackets lol. Maybe invest in a water pick, I found it very useful.

I heard about those water picks, I'll ask my orthodontist about em. I definitely would keep some tooth picks around no problem LOL, getting food stuck in my expander already bothers me a whole lot

[Christina]

The thing I was whispered right before they started gluing the braces on, "Sugar free is ok!" It's the sugar that will break things, not the actual gum, unless you really mess with your brackets. But I chewed sugar free all the time, never one bracket came off. Even got mine off 7 months early!

Good luck! It isn't all that terrible, although I wouldn't do it again.