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Hey there. Same thing happened to me. I had my brackets put on mid November or so and just got the wire in and everything "activated" this morning. In between I had 8 teeth pulled (4 wisdom and 4 others) and the reason I was given is that it's sort of a "fail-safe" plan. He put t...

Thanks for the responses. :) The jaw is back to normal now, ever since I didn't need the gauze anymore. Thank God. It scared the life outta me when I woke up with that feeling. Gums are slowly healing, still on a soft food diet of course. I just can't wait until I can eat semi-regular food again! On...

Hey all, new here. I just got 8 teeth extraced today due to overcrowding and to make room for braces. Question rfor those who can relate: it's been about 4 hours since I've been back home and I just changed my gauze for the 4th time or so. However, the right side of my jaw seemed locked in place alm...