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a lot of people ask about choosing colours for their braces....but some orthodontists dont even use colours anymore (they are little band things that go on each bracket) like when i have mine, the bracket son my top row of teeth were actually clear so the looked smaller and i didnt have to choose colours, which i prefered... but if you have to choose colours? get whichever colour you like....experiment with it....personally i would always choose clear or white (people say that clear and white stain really bad , but they actually dont....)
yes it does hurt getting them on and after appointments...but NO it isnt as bad as everyone makes it out to be...just take some tylenol or advil and try to relax. for me, the night i got them on didnt hurt at all..the next day it started to hurt abit, but then i just took advil and stuff. this will sound starnge; but the pain of braces is like...it felt to me like i couldnt feel my individual teeth, it felt like all of my teeth was jsut one solid block and my gums felt tender(i didnt like biting down on anything...even if i wasnt eating)
while your mouth hurts you can eat soups mac %26amp; cheese...really soft sandwiches (think pb %26amp; jam) applesauce...there isnt too much variety! afterwards the pain will go away, TRUST ME and you can eat pretty much anything...jsut stay away from gum (yeah ive had friends who chewed gum while they had braces, but its just gross, getting gum stuck in them?! yuck, i never did) stay away from hard candy, carrots, and just hard crunchy things...for apples and stuff cut them up into wedges instead of jsut biting into them
just brush and floss (your ortho will steach you how)...go to your appointments...dont break brackets (you cna avoid that by not eating foods that you shouldnt be eating) and go to apointments.....if your ortho gives you elastics, then wear them!!!!!!! they suck, but they actually do work and you wont get your braces off any sooner if you dont do what he/she tellsa you to do, so always follow their instructions
another tip: gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) is very common for people who have braces, i had some pretty bad...so to avoid it the best you can, FLOSS everyday, it makes ahuge difference, even though its hard at first youll get better as you practice.Im Gettin Braces Next Week n Im Real Sketched Out? Any Word of Advice I Sud Know Or Any Information?
When you first get them, they hurt quite a bit. Take some advil or tylenol, and youll be fine. the hurt lasts untill the second day, then you are good to go. then after you get them tightened, theyll hurt for a day each time, but then again, advil works wonders.
Eat soft stuff when you first get them, and when they are tightened, like yogurt and bananas and jell-o. i had the hardest time with spaghetti, because it got stuck between the wires, and it was just a mess.
its really easy for your teeth to get yellower when you have braces, so do your best to brush them 3 times daily, try and bring a tooth brush to school for after lunch. carry around a mirror and check after lunch, becuase you do not want to be walking around with food particles suck in your brackets.
ooh, braces suck, majorly. Anywhere, here are some tips;
When you first get them on, they will hurt, don't believe people who say they don't when you get them on, the first few days/weeks, you will be sore, it'll be weird, and you will probably talk a bit funny until you get used to them. For the first few weeks,try to onlye at soft foods, don't eat anything terribly hard or that requires chewing, that includes gum, candies, stuff like that. hard vegetables.
Take advil for the pain, you will hurt, and it won't be fun, but the pain should go away after af ew days /weeks down to a sore. more or less. so just try to take it easy, and watch out for your mouth and take advil.
if you ahve any problems with your braces, go to the ortho, they can help yo. there's no need to be scared, they just hurt, but it's worht it in the end.
They will be tight the first week and the only thing you will be able to eat is yogurt.聽 you should brush well.聽 Good Luck!!聽 Braces are not that bad and if you think they are bad while you have them on, than you'll see how silly you were when you get them off!! That's what happened to me, I got them when I was 8. Your Orthodontist will tell you not to chew gum or Peanut Butter but gum is OK just don't chew it for a long time and try not to smoosh it into your braces, PB is fine too just not the crunchy kind. and NEVER HAVE A GRANOLA BAR!!! I broke two brackets doing that!
Just relax and try not close your mouth to much because it will take a long time for the dentist to put ont he braces.
Hi, congrats for being a braceface...
Eat a big meal before going to get them put on.
OK, so as for the procedure, be prepared to have your mouth open for a long time...bring some Vaseline for your lips. Be prepared for some nasty tasting glue and biting a stick really hard to push a band in. Have an idea of what color you want to put on your braces(no worries, you change them every adjustment) ';
When you are done, pop some pain pills before the pain gets a little hard to get rid of. I'm sorry to say, but it's gonna be a rough few days, as well as when you get them tightened. If you have any questions, just ask.
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