Teeth/ braces......?

ok...do braces hurt?

Teeth/ braces......?
I had a removable brace first. It didn't hurt but was messy as the plate which is attatched to the roof of your mouth gets filled up with food when you eat .. yuk.. so you need to scrub it with a spare toothbrush after eating.





I later had train tracks braces. They feel like someone is applying pressure to your teeth when they are fitted. About an hour later they will start to ache. I took painkillers everything I got mine fitted/repaired/tightened. Eat soup for the first day you get it fitted until the achiness stops. The day after having it fitted/repaired/tightened. it felt like pulled muscles in your mouth (weird hey ! )


You will probably get blisters on the inside of your lips from the rubbing of the "train track" blocks. I used to get some special wax from my orthodontist to rub on the tooth blocks and this stopped the rubbing. Train tracks need not be a bore. Mine were funky as you can choose what colour bands you have.. Don't worry these pains should be over and done with in about a day or so.
Reply:Getting them on hurts a lot, an hour or so after you get them on though...I was crying (partly because i didn't want them AT ALL!) then it hurts for 2-4 days, and then it calms down. But it hurts to the point where i couldn't physically eat other than like soup or swallowing pasta whole.





Then when you get them tightened you've already felt the pain before so it's not AS bad, it's still painful but it's not like drastically bad. Just take lots of painkiller. But it does hurt, just not as much as you probably expect, but it does hurt a lot.





Then like if you got teeth out at the sides like i did, then when they close up the gap then that doesn't hurt, i had it done for the 2nd time yesterday and i can't notice a difference!





If you're getting them then good luck! They're over sooner than you know.. i hope.





I've had mine for like 8 months and it feels like 8 weeks. No joke. But don't worry it's really not as bad as you think it is, it sounds worse than it is.





Overall, they are SO worth it. I mean think of how straight your teeth will be!
Reply:As soon as you get them on, they don't hurt. It feels very weird, but doesn't hurt. Then about an hour later, they hurt very bad.





They hurt like this for about a week. Then when your next appointment is you'll probably get your braces tightened and they'll hurt for a week again.





If you get a permanent retainer or rubber bands also, they hurt even worse.





*My advice = braces suck.