Hi everyone I’m back
And in pain. paaaaain drawn like moths to a flaaaaaaaame [id by lavina reference heh. very peak go listen to it]
I’ve had braces for a little bit and my teeth HURT
And obviously everyone tells you about braces and how much they hurt but I’m gonna say some stuff I want to clarify about having teeth metal things
Because maybe you, if you’re going to have braces, will be less hurty.
- TEETH HURTY
The big part. When you first get your braces or get your wires changed, your teeth will HURT for like four days. At least for me. Could vary by person. But expect a while. Take headache med stuff. So you can actually sleep.
Your teeth might hurt because your wire popped out or is insecure. Also could be because your teeth are moving. That’s gonna hurt. So that could also be it. Obviously if it’s like really hurting and medicine isn’t really helping, you can go see your orthodontist and ask them to check it out.
- FOOD
You still have to eat with braces. Remember to brush your teeth after every meal, and if you can’t, rinse well.
After your first few days, they say you can eat soft foods. But if you’re like me, then chewing hurts. So yeah, soft foods. But only if you know you can swallow them without chewing. So like mac n cheese, pudding, ramen. Don’t choke. Probably pick stuff you can’t choke on. Like pudding. Pudding good.
- WIRES
WIRES.
When your wires get changed, or even as you wear your braces over time, your wires might start poking you. You can ask your orthodonist to clip them. But they’ll usually give you wax you can put on the ends of your braces so they’re not pokey. I’ve also put wax on my brackets so they don’t press into my mouth.
If you want to take the wax out before you eat, you can do that. If you forget, though, that’s fine. The wax is probably edible. If not it seems kind of stupid to put that in your mouth in the first place so I’m just gonna hope.
Anything is edible once anyway
With your wires if you’re getting them changed: you can tell the orthodontist if they cut your wires too long. They’re already there. They’re supposed to cut them and make sure it’s not poky. Don’t worry about telling them, “Hey excuse me, this wire is poky.” They won’t get mad about it [if they do, they shouldn’t]. They’ll just cut it.
- BRACES COLORS
You can be whimsical and pick out a wire cover. I’ve done gray and light blue. Personally I don’t really like having colors so I just do gray but you can do whatever :3
So those are all my tips. Hope that if you have to get braces, it sucks not as badly. Make sure to take good care of your teeth and not extend your braces time <33
Bye bye 😀