Biting on front teeth

[hellocanada]

Hi everyone,

I have had my braces in for almost two weeks now. The first week and a half was unbearable but now I am gradually getting used to them. However, the bands on my molars are still bothering me quite a bit and I find myself biting on my cheek when I sleep or when I eat. Does this eventually get better?? If not, is there a way to avoid this when I sleep?

Also, ever since I had my braces, I've been biting down on my front teeth vs my molars. I think it's because whenever I bite down on my molars, my cheeks get in the way. Does anyone else experience this?

Thanks!

[helricha]

Although it seems like you can hardly stand it...I promise it gets better. Then it will get bad again and better and bad and better...but yes I bit my cheeks more times than I can remember. I also was biting on only my front teeth for a while, and then it was only one tooth on bottom and one tooth on top that I was biting on. It changes and you adapt with it.
Keep your chin up, beautiful teeth and a great bite await you!!!

[kathydell]

Not sure if it's this way for everyone but the part of my mouth I use to bite has changed 10 times over during this journey. When I started out, I could only bite on the left. A couple of months later, only the right. Sometimes only the front. Sometimes never the front. I think as your bite changes along with your treatment you just get used to using your teeth differently along the way. Right now, she is expanding my upper arch a little bit so I'm in a great phase where my top lip keeps getting stuck on the hook of the top canine and I keep biting on my cheek on the same side. It's getting better each day as I get used to it. I'm sure it will change again at the next visit.

[Sailrgrl]

Sometimes my bite is totally different when I wake up from how it was when I went to sleep. I can't believe how much movement there is.