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Posted: **Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:26 pm**

Hi everyone,
I will be getting braced in 2 weeks. is it best to stay home or is it okay to go back to work? Has anyone thought about this? any advice would be recomended. I will have my progress on braces on my website and it wil be under the blog section.

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Thanks and Happy New Year to everyone...

Tom

Posted: **Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:07 am**

I wondered the same thing myself. So on my brace day (1-17) I will take the day off. If I feel good I will go shopping or to a movie. If I don't feel good I will get in bed and maybe cry

P.S. - Let me know what you did

Posted: **Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:59 am**

I don't think going back to work will be a problem. I ate my first meal after being braced at a restaurant.

Posted: **Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:02 am**

I got my upper braces on 1-4 and I got on a plane to go to Vegas for work on 1-5. I just packed my wax and some motrin and so far I have been fine. I'm still getting used to them but the pain (for me) wasn't really THAT bad.

Posted: **Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:47 pm**

I had the same question myself. But thanks to the great people on this forum I realized I didn't need to worry about being homebound the rest of the day.

I popped a couple advil just in case and went to my appointment. It took just over an hour to get them on and I was out the door and back to work. Minor pressure pain but nothing I needed to stay home for.

I think you'll be fine returning to work after getting braced!

Good Luck!

Posted: **Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:12 pm**

Howdy,
Yep, people have thought about this (and discussed it) before. Here's a link to a recent discussion on the topic:
viewtopic.php?t=15303

Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:25 am**

I was homebound, but that's my usual after any dental or ortho appointments due to severe jaw pain, not due to tooth pain. Any time I have an appointment I have to take the rest of the day off, and often I end up with jaws locking, a bad headache or migraine, etc.

Luckily this isn't an issue for most people, as you can see above.

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going to work after getting braced?

going to work after getting braced?