Got braces yesterday but no pain today - something wrong?

[senate]

Hi I just got my braces on yesterday evening at 5pm. I was told to expect the pain to kick in approx 4-5hrs later. I have woken up today and to be honest I don't feel any pain at all. If i press my finger against my top/bottom front teeth i feel very slight tenderness. I am actually concerned because I expected to experience what others have - soreness/loose feeling. I don't mean to say i enjoy pain but I would simply take it as a sign something is happening. Should I phone the orthodontis?

[sirwired]

When I was a kid it hurt like heck. This round all I felt the next day was a little bit of pressure. Everybody's teeth are different, and I think a lot depends on what's getting fixed and what archwire the ortho starts out with.

[senate]

Thanks for reply - I'm to go back in 5 weeks and she did say she might not change the wire. I wonder maybe if she is being super easy with me or something. When i was younger I had braces that clipped around my top teeth that i could take out. That hurt but this doesn't at all so I was worried. My teeth are not crooked. I have an overbite but it has happened because my top teeth bend out, not so much that my jaw goes over. I also want my cannine teeth to be less prominent too.

Its funny because I went online before this and was typing in - DO braces hurt? etc and getting all these pain filled stories. I bought myself 400mg Ibuprofen and Oragel in preperation and used some of my annual leave to get a week off work.

[sirwired]

Well, enjoy your week of pain-free vacation!

Seriously, don't worry about the schedule or force aggressiveness; it doesn't take much to move teeth. In my case, not only did I not feel much pain the next day, he didn't even schedule my first ligature change (much less wire change) for two months! Orthodontics deals in forces measured in grams or ounces... gentle forces applied 24/7. Any pain is caused by inflammation, not the forces themselves. Maybe you just don't have much of an inflammatory response to the pressure.

If you do have pain from your braces (and this isn't guaranteed), it may come at different times. Some people here complain that certain wire changes hurt, others that the initial bracing hurt. Speaking for myself, as a kid, only the couple days after the bracing was bad; none of my (very few) wire changes caused any pain at all, and elastics were annoying more than anything else.

[senate]

Thanks for being reassuring - This is definately a reminder to take a more balanced approach when researching something!

[CoryDaniels]

Just wait. it will come. I didn't feel any pain until about 2 weeks after getting my braces. I woke up one morning and my teeth hurt for about 1-2 days. After I got my last wire change...I was sore for about 1 week and now my teeth feel normal....beleive me, I don't "enjoy" the pain, but it does make me feel like my teeth are moving and the braces are working.

Don't worry...I have seen the most improvment in my teeth when I wasn't in any pain.

[jem]

Gosh Cory, I did not realise there could be such a delay after fitting of braces before any pain kicks in. I am about 10 days in and had assumed that if I was going to have any pain it would have happened by now. I had better make sure I still have some painkillers to hand.

Regards,

Jem

[kennyandrew85]

sounds like you're one of the lucky ones, I too was lucky...
But sooner or later, you will feel THE PAIN. Don't worry though it's not too bad.

I've only ever been like... 'ow' when I bit into a baguette after an adjustment without thinking.
Now I know to test softer foods and work my way up haha

[zcenteno]

good for you. hmmmm.. well you said your teeth isnt that crooked, so that means movement on your teeth isnt that active since it is in proper arc. what brackets do you use? self-ligating or traditional metal with rubber ligs? some say self ligating brackets are less painful because because the wire just glides with the bracket compared to tradiational that usees rubber ligs that induces much force.

[senate]

Well they're regular fixed braces with clear brackets - very discreet. I did actually ask about damon braces but the ortho said they were phasing them out. Now though on day 3 I have got a sore leftside cheek and rubbish chewing power. The worst thing is not being able to eat properly and an annoying excess of saliva. Makes me feel like I need ice cold water all the time to make my mouth feel fresher than it does. I shouldn't complain though I realise others have it worse.

[Ilikedng]

I ate a full meal right after I've got my braces on and thought I was a lucky one who was miraculously exempt from any pain.

On the third day I thought my face was hit by a truck...

[Swiftystylelove]

Me to. I never felt pain except when I brushed my teeth for the first 2-3 days. I'm also worried that it's not working. I never felt any pain except when brushing my teeth

[EmilyTravels]

I expect it's typical for the orthodontist to start you out in very light "trainer" wires, as mine did me. These cause a lot less pain than later with heavier-duty wires.

[djspeece]

Just be thankful. As your ortho starts to use heavier arch wires, elastics, and godhelpyou powerchains, you will look back on this as "The good old days " Best of luck to you.

[Bracefacemom47]

I don't get much pain. My teeth just get itchy inside. So weird.