July Braces Poll

bbsadmin · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:27 am

Everyone has a different pain threshold, and everyone experiences the pain of bracess slightly differently. Some people always feel pain after an adjustment, and others don't. How about you?

For me, it varied by appointment. Some months my teeth would be sore for a few days. Other months, it would barely hurt at all. Of course, if my orthodontist put on a new wire or elastics, I could anticipate that I'd be in pain for a while until my teeth got used to it!

Karan's Mum · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:31 am

Hi!
Well, I generally have sore teeth after my adjustments. Whenever I get new archwire installed, I'd get like 3 to 4 days pain and canker sores (maybe it's because of the new wire threads around my teeth). But it doesn't really bother.. I eat normally although I wont be able to chew properly

CactusZAF · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:45 am

Well, although I did vote 1-3 days, I wouldn't really call it "pain". For me I find it to be more of a discomfort for a few days. :wink:

callmeswtmisery · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:14 am

Hello All,

I voted 1-3 days of pain. For some reason I don't get pain until maybe a week after my adjustment.

Meryaten · **Joined:** Mon May 02, 2005 11:51 pm **Posts:** 19179

For most of my adjustments I'd say there was at most a little discomfort, and that generally wore off in just a few hours. Only one or two adjustments (the first couple) brought pain, and that was not severe, and lasted only for a day or three. So, considering the entire span of my treatment, I'd have to vote for generally not hurting.

iBorg · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:38 pm

I've only had a couple of times when I've had pain. One was the day after the tops were first put on and I was starting. My last adjustment, yesterday has been the most painful one. I've had a few irritations but very few adjustments that could have been considered painful.

I guess I've been lucky.

Mike

purpleteeth · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:22 am

Depending on what is done, the pain doesn't last more than about 3 days before I am back to a fairly normal diet. When they were using springs to create space, it would hurt on and off for a while longer...

XXNECRAXX · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:32 am

i dont even know what it feels like yet but its nice to see what the average is!... and im not even sure how often i would have to go in for adjustments with damon braces???

acd · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:35 am

Pain is a strong word for what I've felt; discomfort would be more accurate. The day of and the day after I feel it but then it is back to normal (if there is such a thing as normal with braces). The only times I've felt actual pain was when my lower brackets were first installed and when the wire slides out of the back of my molar bands.

Meryaten · **Joined:** Mon May 02, 2005 11:51 pm **Posts:** 19179

XXNECRAXX - it's not really the bracket brand that determines frequency - it depends a lot on the orthodontist. Granted, on average, people with self-ligating may go in a little less frequently than those with "conventional.

snowy0024 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:03 am **Posts:** 8

It will be 7 days until my braces go on so I'm hoping any pain from adjustments will be managable. Although, I have to say that my spacers have been in for 7 days now and today is the first day I can bite down completely on my molars. They have been driving me NUTS!! My teeth don't feel aligned like they used to already.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be able to handle any pain that comes from getting my braces next week.
Wish me luck. :wink:

blindboarder2008 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:27 pm

for me i'd have to say between 1 and 3 days. The first day after an adjusments is always the worst then the pain seems to improve within the next few days and i'm eating pretty much back to normal (or as normal as i can!). I don't really think its pain per say, it feels almost like pressure and discomfort

jt2lang · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:12 pm

No real pain.
Pressure for a day or two depending on the adjustment - but no "hurt".

Nancy51 · **Joined:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:41 pm **Posts:** 203

Since I was braced just over a year ago, I've felt surprised once or twice at the tightness of a new wire. For some minutes I expected to feel pain, but then the tight feeling seemed to vanish. I would guess that my daily aspirin regimen (81 mg) would be a factor, by "preempting" the pain.

nimo · **Joined:** Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:00 pm **Posts:** 282

I've found that my teeth don't hurt as much after adjustments as they used to. But the past few months have been kind of different because of my surgery. The adjustments leading up to it were mostly just a lig change, so there wasn't much pain afterwards. And now they're just kind of fine-tuning things and making sure nothing's moved where it shouldn't. In the beginning there were days where I couldn't eat oatmeal because it was too hard, or I'd wake up in pain because the side of my face was laying on my pillow. There's a lot less pain now that all the major shifting is done.

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