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Help! I have braces on top teeth and have had them for 3 weeks.... Have already noticed a great improvement already! However last sun night I broke the wire flossing! My teeth moved that close that the floss got stuck. I went back to the dentist and had a new wire put in on Tuesday. (Holy crappola I think I'd rather give birth than experience that again... Sadly I will have to at next adjustment anyway next month ) anyway so yesterday I ate 2 marshmallows (just shoot me) and since then I've had this searing pain in 1 tooth almost like there is a hole but both hubby and I can't see it. I think it is a hole but what wondering if "adjustment" pains are similar to needing a filling? I guess I really do not want to go back to the dentist so soon if I don't have to.

If your teeth were that sensitive when the new wire was applied, it could be the pressure from the braces causing that pain, in my opinion. I had the same experience the first time they changed the wire and removed a bracket: agony. I have not had that experience for subsequent adjustments. I always take the maximum amount of ibuprofen before my appointments now which may be helping, or maybe my teeth just aren't quite as sensitive.

I hope it is just the pressure causing that but you should get it checked out if it doesn't get better or gets worse!

Jabbajaws01 wrote:I think I'd rather give birth than experience that again...

Thanks isthistaken! It helps to know that sensitivity and "first" adjustments are horrible. The pain has subsided and I am not getting it when I eat anything sweet just when I chew on that side.

Matilda - I had a relatively easy birth and the pain was actually not a focus for me it was the end result and the overwhelming drive to get "the job done" and meet my baby. I always knew I had a high pain threshold I guess that doesn't count for my mouth. Hehehe

It's official! I got 3 cavities - YES 3. 2 of them both the dentist and I knew about but they were in an extremely difficult spot and unreachable (in between my teeth, which my teeth are badly cramped). Although I'm getting 2 teeth extracted sometime soon my teeth have surprisingly moved quite a lot already something I was thrilled to see - until now! My front tooth used to protrude heaps and it prevented the cavity in the tooth behind it getting filled. Now my front tooth has become a hell of a lot straighter I've noticed that both teeth that it was in front of have cavities! Far out! My mouth is prone to cavities as my parents couldn't afford or have 2 hoots about dental hygiene, it's only now I'm learning that very important lesson! I see the dentist in 9 days and it couldn't come quick enough! I like the braces look but these cavities are utterly disgusting to look at. I feel very self conscious and I am not usually like this! I'd post a pic but I'm on my phone and I can't work out how to upload a small file
This braces thing is hard enough without cavity pain on top of it! Sorry but I just needed to vent tonight!