want to rip my teeth out!

[tookie]

Okay, just got these things put on yesterday and at first it felt fine, aside from the feeling that I have a mouth full of rocks. Today, I have had an annoying tenderness and pressure (not pain). THe best way to describe it is when you chew a peice of gum too long and then your teeth and gums get kind of sore. That's how I feel. I don't know what to do. I'm just plain- uncomfortable and cranky. Please tell me this will pass soon. Someone give me a timeline of how this progresses at the beginning. I know there has to be a light at the end of the tunnel....

[lionfish]

Give it a couple of weeks for things to settle down.

Make sure you're properly hydrated, do some warm salt water rinses and put wax on any brackets that are rubbing the inside of your cheeks.

This phase will pass and things will get better.

[Jillianleab]

I complained so much in my first week my mom told me to go have them taken off!

Feeling like your mouth is full of rocks will pass, as will the pressure and tenderness. It's all part of the "getting-used-to" part of being braced!

Hang in there!

[mhiemstra]

*hugs* I know the feeling - yesterday, when the pain suddenly flared up, I was doing little attempts at pulling my teeth, haha. Today the worst seems to have passed . Chewing certainly helped, in particular on the most sore areas (do this in private: I was doing little 'eep!' noises each time I tried )