I am 28 and just got braces

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#1 Post by **Yoda1** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:42 pm

I just got braces last week and this has been about the hardest
thing I have had to do. I had to have my wisdom teeth taken
out and I ended up getting Dry Socket. So now I have a mouth
full of braces and my jaw is killing me.
I also have lifts on the back of my teeth, because I also
have a crossbite, so it's preventing me from biting all the way
down.
Right now I want to ripe these things out of my mouth.

Does it get any better?

#2 Post by **MyTinGrin** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:45 pm

Yes, believe or not...it does get better

. I'm 27 and I just got braces in January. I had the blue bumper things that prevent you from biting down fully, so eating was nearly impossible. I had 2 bicuspids extracted 3 weeks later and ended up with dry socket at both sites. HORRIBLE. But after 4 days of going back and forth to the oral surgeon to get the extraction sites packed, it was all over. I know how you feel. It was just too much going on all at once. But it will pass.

#3 Post by **Yoda1** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:29 pm

Thanks so much for your input.
Comforting to know someone out there can understand what
this is like.

#4 Post by **bethne3** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:21 am

Hey Yoda,
Your post caught my eye because i'm 28 also. I also had my wisdoms taken out and then braces put on. Ouch!
I hope that you're feeling better by now. It does get easier. Promise!

Bethany

#5 Post by **Flora2006** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:45 am

Congratulations on gettin braces.

Don't worry, things will get better. It's a lot of energy to get used to having braces, but you will get used to them. Hang in there.

#6 Post by **materialsgirl** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:36 pm

Hi Yoda! Don't worry, it does get better! I felt that way when I got my braces on a couple weeks ago. I couldn't eat anything, I was so sore, I couldn't bite down... but you do get used to them and the pain subsides. Hang in there!