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I heard about a home solution for poking wires which I tried before using wax. The wire can be bent using the rubber end of a pencil. This should be done carefully.

You're right, I've noticed some extra pieces of skin on the interior cheek after a while and the wax only protected me during the first couple of weeks until I got used to the brackets. I also used to forget about it and I ate some wax at that time (and I stiil do ).

I had the same problem with poking wires at first. I found that wax was the best solution. But there can be another one. After I had the wire changed I checked with my tongue if there's any poking wire and asked my orthodontist to cut again the end of the wire. My first poking wire was quite long (a...