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Cheers all. mouth and tongue is not too bad today but will go out and get some for next time as there is sure to be a next time!!

All the best

Sam

Can anyone recommend a mouth wash in the UK that slightly numbs your mouth. I read about one on one of the message boards here and managed to get hold of it but have used it all and my boyfriend chuck the bottle out and I can not remember what it was called My tongue is really sore at the moment and...

I order wax from the following website - http://www.orthostore.co.uk/ which was fine. I am a nearly 3 months in but have stopped wearing it all together. I was wearing wax all the time in the beginning but started to cut back on it to let my mouth get used to the metal and now do not need it at all....

Hi on my gaps at the top - i have a small plastic tube across the wire but do not seem to have this on the gaps at the bottom.

And the wire at the bottom seems to be really cutting my tongue.

Does anyone know what the plastic is for? And should i have this at the bottom as well.

Cheers
Sam

xTc - I was worst with the uppers (ibraces) but I think that was because I was just not aware of how the braces would feel! and was only on soups and smoothies for the first few days so lack of food did not help either. I did not have any speach problems though and no one has noticed. The few friend...

I have had my top braces fitted for about 5 weeks and was just getting used to them but then had to have the bottom ones fitted yesterday !! the bottom of my tongue is hurting so much and I have already got 3 sores come up and I am working from home today so am not even talking that much. Any advice...

Well done ! :D I am getting my bottom brace fitted next Monday so am only on the start of my journey! but i know it will be worth it. Thanks for the advice in the beginning. It helps enormously to get advice from people that are going or have gone through the same as you so do pop back to give us ne...

The sun is out in the UK today so am feeling much better - cheers for the advice. Wax is working and I have been putting loads of bonjela on my tongue which seem to have done the trick!

Hi all

I am having a bad day today - not sure why but back brace is still cutting up my tongue plus had 2 tooth extractions this week and gums feel really weird like they are caving in!

I get the bottom brace fitted in a week and 1/2 and am wondering is it all worth it??

hang in there - I felt bad for the first week but have my top ones on for 13 days now and feel so much better now. Mash potato is a good thing to eat if you are fed up of soups and smoothies as well as pasta and sauce. all the best
sam

I was not too bad the first couple of hours afterwards but I ony had the top fitted not both at the same time. It is day 2, 3 and 4 are the worst due to your tongue being cut up by the wires so yes definitely wax as this helps but it does take some time to get use to putting the wax on. I was given ...

I am feeling better tonight but did manage to eat some sweet potato mash and Veg Chilli. The Veg was cut up into really small pieces so did not really have to chew and the sweet potato mash is soft so no need to chew either but because it is quite filling I feel much better. The right hand bracket r...

Does anyone know why you should avoid carbonated drinks when wearing lingual braces especially sparkling wind and sparkling mineral water??

Thanks
Sam

I am in the same boat guys - got my top fitted on Monday! it is not so much the chewing thing with me but the pain. The back has really rubbed my tongue so much that it hurts when I talk and my throat fills sore as well. I go back to get the bottoms fitted on 22 Sept which I am not looking forward t...

Saps - Thanks for the encouragement - I have spent the last hour on this site reading people's stories and it is encouraging to hear everyone say that it gets better. I know I have worst to come as yet and hope that I can get through it. I have spend the last 20 years wishing my teeth was straight a...